Massachusetts General Laws
Title XXII - Corporations
Chapter 156a - Professional Corporations

Section 1 - Short Title - Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...

Section 3 - Professional Services Provided - Section 3. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, a professional corporation...

Section 4 - Applicable Provisions; Powers and Duties - Section 4. (a) Chapter 156D shall apply to professional corporations...

Section 5 - Rendition of Professional Services; Construction of Chapter - Section 5. A professional corporation may render professional services in...

Section 6 - Shareholder Liability; Professional Relationship; Privileged Communications - Section 6. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law or...

Section 7 - Organization; Content of Articles of Organization - Section 7. One or more individuals, each of whom is...

Section 8 - Corporate Name - Section 8. The corporate name of every professional corporation shall...

Section 9 - Licensing of Directors and Officers - Section 9. A majority of directors of a professional corporation...

Section 10 - Issue or Transfer of Shares, or Rights or Options to Purchase - Section 10. (a) A professional corporation may issue shares, fractional...

Section 11 - Proxies; Voting Trusts - Section 11. No proxy for shares of a professional corporation...

Section 12 - Purchase or Redemption of Shares by Corporation; Contingencies; Time - Section 12. (a) It shall be provided in the articles...

Section 13 - Liquidation, Dissolution or Merger of Corporation - Section 13. (a) If any of the events described in...

Section 14 - Merger Into or Consolidation With Business Corporation - Section 14. A professional corporation which has ceased to render...

Section 15 - Dissolution - Section 15. If action required by section 12 or 13...

Section 16 - Merger or Consolidation With Another Corporation - Section 16. (a) Except as provided in section fourteen, a...

Section 17 - Foreign Professional Corporations; Registration - Section 17. (a) A foreign professional corporation shall register under...

Section 18 - Annual Report - Section 18. The annual report of a professional corporation or...

Section 19 - Regulating Boards; Rules; Authority or Duties - Section 19. Each regulating board in the commonwealth is hereby...