§ 1513. Business corporation law applicable.

This chapter, except article 13 and article 15-A, shall be applicable
to a professional service corporation, including a design professional
service corporation, except to the extent that the provisions thereof
conflict with this article. A professional service corporation,
including a design professional service corporation, may consolidate or
merge only with another corporation organized under this article or
authorized to do business in this state under article 15-A of this
chapter or authorized and registered to practice the same profession, or
in the case of a design professional service corporation one or more
professions as provided in paragraph (e) of section 1501 of this
article, pursuant to the applicable provisions of subdivision six of
section seventy-two hundred nine of the education law, subdivision four
of section seventy-three hundred seven of the education law or
subdivision four of section seventy-three hundred twenty-seven of the
education law, or may be a member of a professional service limited
liability company, a foreign professional service limited liability
company, a registered limited liability partnership or foreign limited
liability partnership, and only if all of the professions practiced by
such corporations, limited liability companies or limited liability
partnerships could be practiced by a single corporation organized under
this article.