(a) A foreign professional service corporation may apply for authority
to do business in this state. An application entitled "Application for
Authority of .......... (name of corporation) under Section fifteen
hundred thirty of the Business Corporation Law," shall be signed and
delivered to the department of state. It shall set forth:
(1) The name of the foreign professional service corporation. If the
name does not end with the words "Professional Corporation" or the
abbreviation "P.C.", it shall in addition to the foregoing set forth the
name to be used in this state, ending with the words "Professional
Corporation" or the abbreviation "P.C."
(2) The jurisdiction and date of its incorporation.
(3) A statement of the profession or professions to be practiced in
this state and a statement that the foreign professional service
corporation is authorized to practice such profession or professions in
the jurisdiction of its incorporation.
(4) The name, address and license number of each person within the
foreign professional service corporation who is licensed to practice the
profession or professions in this state.
(5) The city, incorporated village or town and the county within this
state in which its office is to be located.
(6) A designation of the secretary of state as its agent upon whom
process against it may be served and the post office address within or
without this state to which the secretary of state shall mail a copy of
any process against it served upon him.
(7) If it is to have a registered agent, his name and address within
this state and a statement that the registered agent is to be its agent
upon whom process against it may be served.
(8) A statement that the foreign professional service corporation has
not since its incorporation or since the date its authority to do
business in this state was last surrendered, engaged in any activity in
this state, or in lieu thereof, the consent of the state tax commission
to the filing of the application, which consent shall be attached
thereto.
(b) Attached to the application for authority shall be:
(1) A certificate by an authorized officer of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation that the foreign professional service corporation is an
existing corporation.
(2) A certificate or certificates issued by the licensing authority
that each individual within the corporation intending to practice the
profession or professions in this state is licensed to practice said
profession or professions in this state. In order to obtain said
certificate or certificates, a copy of the certificate of incorporation
shall be furnished to the licensing authority.
(3) A certificate or certificates issued by the licensing authority in
the case of a foreign professional service corporation providing health
services that each shareholder, officer and director of the foreign
professional service corporation is licensed to practice said profession
in this state.
(c) The fee for filing the application for authority shall be two
hundred dollars, payable to the department of state, and the fee for a
certificate of authority issued by the state education department shall
be fifty dollars.
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