California Corporations Code PART 4 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS

• Section 13400.
  This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act.”(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1375.)
• Section 13401.
  As used in this part:(a) “Professional services” means any type of professional services that may be lawfully rendered only pursuant to a license, certification, or registration...
• Section 13401.3.
  As used in this part, “professional services” also means any type of professional services that may be lawfully rendered only pursuant to a license, certification,...
• Section 13401.5.
  Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 13401 and any other provision of law, the following licensed persons may be shareholders, officers, directors, or professional employees of...
• Section 13402.
  (a) This part shall not apply to any corporation now in existence or hereafter organized which may lawfully render professional services other than pursuant to this...
• Section 13403.
  The provisions of the General Corporation Law shall apply to professional corporations, except where such provisions are in conflict with or inconsistent with the provisions...
• Section 13404.
  A corporation may be formed under the General Corporation Law or pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 13406 for the purposes of qualifying as a...
• Section 13404.5.
  (a) A foreign professional corporation may qualify as a foreign corporation to transact intrastate business in this state in accordance with Chapter 21 (commencing with Section...
• Section 13405.
  (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 13404, a professional corporation may lawfully render professional services in this state, but only through employees who are licensed...
• Section 13406.
  (a) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (b), shares of capital stock in a professional corporation may be issued only to a licensed person or to...
• Section 13407.
  Shares in a professional corporation or a foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state may be transferred only to a licensed...
• Section 13408.
  The following shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the certificate of registration of a professional corporation or a foreign professional corporation qualified...
• Section 13408.5.
  No professional corporation may be formed so as to cause any violation of law, or any applicable rules and regulations, relating to fee splitting, kickbacks,...
• Section 13409.
  (a) A professional corporation may adopt any name permitted by a law expressly applicable to the profession in which such corporation is engaged or by a...
• Section 13410.
  (a) A professional corporation or a foreign professional corporation qualified to render professional services in this state shall be subject to the applicable rules and regulations...

Last modified: October 22, 2018