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N.Y. Business Corporation Law § 1526: Rendering of professional service

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  1. Business Corporation Law
  2. Article 15-A. Foreign Professional Service Corporations

§ 1526. Rendering of professional service.

(a) No foreign professional service corporation may render

professional services in this state except through individuals

authorized by law to render such professional services as individuals in

this state.

(b) Each final plan, drawing and report made or issued by a foreign

professional service corporation practicing professional engineering,

architecture, landscape architecture, geology or land surveying shall

bear the name and seal of one or more professional engineers,

architects, landscape architects, professional geologists or land

surveyors, respectively, who are in responsible charge of such plan or

report.

(c) Each report, diagnosis, prognosis, and prescription made or issued

by a foreign professional service corporation practicing medicine,

dentistry, podiatry, optometry, ophthalmic dispensing, veterinary

medicine, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy or chiropractic shall bear

the signature of one or more physicians, dentists, podiatrists,

optometrists, ophthalmic dispensers, veterinarians, pharmacists, nurses,

physiotherapists, or chiropractors, respectively, who are in responsible

charge of such report, diagnosis, prognosis, or prescription.

(d) Each record, transcript, report and hearing report prepared by a

foreign professional service corporation practicing certified shorthand

reporting shall bear the signature of one or more certified shorthand

reporters who are in responsible charge of such record, transcript,

report, or hearing report.

(e) Each report and statement prepared by a foreign professional

service corporation practicing public accounting or certified public

accounting shall bear the signature of one or more public accountants or

certified public accountants, respectively, who are in responsible

charge of such report or statement.

(f) Each opinion prepared by a foreign professional service

corporation practicing law shall bear the signature of one or more

attorneys and counsellors-at-law who are in responsible charge of such

opinion.

(g) In addition to the requirements in paragraphs (b) through (f)

inclusive herein, each document prepared by a foreign professional

service corporation which under the rules, regulations, laws or customs

of the applicable profession is required to bear the signature of an

individual in responsible charge of such document, shall be signed by

one or more such individuals licensed to practice in this state.

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