(a) Any person or group of persons licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional services may organize and become a shareholder or shareholders of a professional corporation for profit under the provisions of chapter 601, for the sole and specific purpose of rendering the same professional service.

(b) Any group of persons, each member of which is licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render any of the professional services specified in subparagraph (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) or (G) of subdivision (2) of section 33-182a, may organize and become shareholders of a professional corporation for profit under the provisions of chapter 601, for the sole and specific purpose of rendering two or more of the professional services specified in said subparagraph (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) or (G), respectively.

(c) Persons licensed to render the same professional services in another jurisdiction shall not be shareholders, directors or officers of a professional corporation if such persons (1) unlawfully practice their profession in this state, or (2) direct or control any person licensed to practice such profession in this state concerning the delivery of professional services or the exercise of professional judgment.

(1969, P.A. 332, S. 3; P.A. 91-324, S. 6; P.A. 96-254, S. 4, 10; 96-271, S. 163, 254; P.A. 97-153, S. 2; P.A. 03-158, S. 2; P.A. 05-216, S. 2; P.A. 13-157, S. 2; 13-198, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 91-324 deleted the requirement that the person or group of persons be licensed or authorized to render the same professional services “within this state” and added Subsec. (b) re the circumstances when persons licensed in another jurisdiction are prohibited from being shareholders, directors or officers; P.A. 96-254 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change and inserted new Subsec. (b) to authorize persons licensed or authorized to render any of the professional services specified in Sec. 33-182a(2)(B) to organize and become shareholders of a professional corporation for the purpose of rendering two or more of said professional services, relettering former Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to Ch. 599 with Ch. 601, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-153 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to Sec. 33-182a(2)(C); P.A. 03-158 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to Sec. 33-182a(2)(D); P.A. 05-216 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to Sec. 33-182a(2)(E); P.A. 13-157 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to Sec. 33-182a(2)(F); P.A. 13-198 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to provision codified by the Revisors as Sec. 33-182a(2)(G).