(a) General rule.--A professional corporation may adopt any name that is not prohibited by law or the ethics of the profession in which the corporation is engaged or by a rule or regulation of the court, department, board, commission or other government unit regulating the profession.
(b) Additional names permitted.--The provisions of section 202 (relating to requirements for names generally) shall not prohibit the use of a name of a professional corporation if the name contains and is restricted to the name or the last name of one or more of the present, prospective or former shareholders or of individuals who were associated with a predecessor or whose individual name or names appeared in the name of the predecessor. The name may also contain:
(1) the word "and" or any symbol or substitute therefor;
(2) the word "associates";
(3) the term "P.C."; or
(4) any or all of the words or terms in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3).
(Dec. 18, 1992, P.L.1333, No.169, eff. 60 days; Oct. 22, 2014, P.L.2640, No.172, eff. July 1, 2015)
2014 Amendment. Act 172 amended subsec. (b).
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
Chapter 29 - Professional Corporations
Section 2901 - Application and effect of chapter
Section 2902 - Definitions and index of definitions
Section 2903 - Formation of professional corporations
Section 2904 - Election of an existing business corporation to become a professional corporation
Section 2905 - Election of professional associations to become professional corporations
Section 2906 - Termination of professional corporation status
Section 2907 - Proceedings to terminate breach of qualifying conditions
Section 2922 - Stated purposes
Section 2923 - Issuance and retention of shares