{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-79-10-5","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 79-10-5","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(a) “Disqualified person” means an individual, general partnership, professional corporation or other entity that for any reason is or becomes ineligible under this chapter to be issued shares by a professional corporation.\n(b) “Domestic professional corporation” means a professional corporation.\n(c) “Foreign professional corporation” means a corporation or association for profit incorporated for the purpose of rendering professional services under a law other than the law of this state.\n(d) “Law” includes rules promulgated in accordance with Section 79-10-103.\n(e) “Licensing authority” means the office, board, agency, court or other authority in this state empowered to license or otherwise authorize the rendition of a professional service.\n(f) “Professional corporation” means a corporation for profit, other than a foreign professional corporation, subject to the provisions of this chapter.\n(g) “Professional service” means a service that may be lawfully rendered only by a person licensed or otherwise authorized by a licensing authority in this state to render the service, including, without limitation, certified public accountants, dentists, architects, veterinarians, osteopaths, physicians, surgeons and attorneys-at-law.\n(h) “Qualified person” means an individual, general partnership, professional corporation or other entity that is eligible under this chapter to be issued shares by a professional corporation.","path":["Title 79. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships","Chapter 10. Mississippi Professional Corporation Act","Article 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.79.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:54:23Z","sha256":"aeb6e20f362c0df034471c0eb5b1df8dc43c951eda1975e908a6631f5c05e947","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-79-10-4","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-79-10-11","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}