Texas Business Organizations Code - Section 301.003. Definitions
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§ 301.003. DEFINITIONS. In this title:
(1) "Licensed mental health professional" means a
person, other than a physician, who is licensed by the state to
engage in the practice of psychology or psychiatric nursing or to
provide professional therapy or counseling services.
(2) "Professional association" means an association,
as distinguished from either a partnership or a corporation, that
is:
(A) formed for the purpose of providing the
professional service rendered by a doctor of medicine, doctor of
osteopathy, doctor of podiatry, dentist, chiropractor,
optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, veterinarian, or licensed
mental health professional; and
(B) governed as a professional entity under this
title.
(3) "Professional corporation" means a corporation
that is:
(A) formed for the purpose of providing a
professional service that by law a corporation governed by Title 2
is prohibited from rendering; and
(B) governed as a professional entity under this
title.
(4) "Professional entity" means a professional
association, professional corporation, or professional limited
liability company.
(5) "Professional individual," with respect to a
professional entity, means an individual who is licensed to provide
in this state or another jurisdiction the same professional service
as is rendered by that professional entity.
(6) "Professional limited liability company" means a
limited liability company formed for the purpose of providing a
professional service and governed as a professional entity under
this title.
(7) "Professional organization," with respect to a
professional corporation or a professional limited liability
company, means a person other than an individual, whether
nonprofit, for-profit, domestic, or foreign and including a
nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association, that renders the
same professional service as the professional corporation or
professional limited liability company only through owners,
members, managerial officials, employees, or agents, each of whom
is a professional individual or professional organization.
(8) "Professional service" means any type of service
that requires, as a condition precedent to the rendering of the
service, the obtaining of a license in this state, including the
personal service rendered by an architect, attorney, certified
public accountant, dentist, physician, public accountant, or
veterinarian.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006. Amended by
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 64, § 97, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Section: 252.013 252.014 252.015 252.016 252.017 301.001 301.002 301.003 301.004 301.005 301.006 301.007 301.008 301.009 301.010
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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