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SECTION 1526
Rendering of professional service
Business Corporation (BSC) CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 15-A
§ 1526. Rendering of professional service.

(a) No foreign professional service corporation may render
professional services in this state except through individuals
authorized by law to render such professional services as individuals in
this state.

(b) Each final plan, drawing and report made or issued by a foreign
professional service corporation practicing professional engineering,
architecture, landscape architecture, geology or land surveying shall
bear the name and seal of one or more professional engineers,
architects, landscape architects, professional geologists or land
surveyors, respectively, who are in responsible charge of such plan or
report.

(c) Each report, diagnosis, prognosis, and prescription made or issued
by a foreign professional service corporation practicing medicine,
dentistry, podiatry, optometry, ophthalmic dispensing, veterinary
medicine, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy or chiropractic shall bear
the signature of one or more physicians, dentists, podiatrists,
optometrists, ophthalmic dispensers, veterinarians, pharmacists, nurses,
physiotherapists, or chiropractors, respectively, who are in responsible
charge of such report, diagnosis, prognosis, or prescription.

(d) Each record, transcript, report and hearing report prepared by a
foreign professional service corporation practicing certified shorthand
reporting shall bear the signature of one or more certified shorthand
reporters who are in responsible charge of such record, transcript,
report, or hearing report.

(e) Each report and statement prepared by a foreign professional
service corporation practicing public accounting or certified public
accounting shall bear the signature of one or more public accountants or
certified public accountants, respectively, who are in responsible
charge of such report or statement.

(f) Each opinion prepared by a foreign professional service
corporation practicing law shall bear the signature of one or more
attorneys and counsellors-at-law who are in responsible charge of such
opinion.

(g) In addition to the requirements in paragraphs (b) through (f)
inclusive herein, each document prepared by a foreign professional
service corporation which under the rules, regulations, laws or customs
of the applicable profession is required to bear the signature of an
individual in responsible charge of such document, shall be signed by
one or more such individuals licensed to practice in this state.