In this chapter:
(1) "Disqualified person" means an individual or entity that for any reason is or becomes ineligible under this chapter to be issued shares by a professional corporation.
(2) "Domestic professional corporation" means a professional corporation.
(3) "Foreign professional corporation" means a corporation or association for profit incorporated for the purpose of rendering professional services under a law other than the law of this state.
(4) "Law" includes rules promulgated in accordance with Section 33-19-630.
(5) "Licensing authority" means the officer, board, agency, court, or other authority in this state empowered to license or otherwise authorize the rendition of a professional service.
(6) "Professional corporation" means a corporation for profit, other than a foreign professional corporation, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(7) "Professional service" means a service that may be rendered lawfully only by a person licensed or otherwise authorized by a licensing authority in this State to render the service and that may not be lawfully rendered by a corporation under chapters 1 through 17 of this title.
(8) "Qualified person" means an individual, general partnership, or professional corporation that is eligible under this chapter to be issued shares by a professional corporation.
HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-51-20 [1962 Code Section 56-1602; 1962 (52) 1911; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 4(5)]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement
Section 33-19-101. Short title.
Section 33-19-103. Supplement definitions.
Section 33-19-109. Election of professional corporation status.
Section 33-19-120. General powers.
Section 33-19-130. Rendering professional services.
Section 33-19-140. Prohibited activities.
Section 33-19-150. Corporate name.
Section 33-19-200. Issuance of shares.
Section 33-19-210. Notice of professional corporation status on shares.
Section 33-19-220. Share transfer restriction.
Section 33-19-221. Attempted share transfer in breach of prohibition.
Section 33-19-230. Compulsory acquisition of shares after death or disqualification of shareholder.
Section 33-19-231. Option to purchase shares of a terminated shareholder.
Section 33-19-240. Acquisition procedures.
Section 33-19-250. Court action to appraise shares.
Section 33-19-260. Court costs and fees of experts.
Section 33-19-270. Cancellation of disqualified shares.
Section 33-19-300. Directors and officers.
Section 33-19-310. Voting of shares.
Section 33-19-320. Confidential relationship.
Section 33-19-330. Privileged communications.
Section 33-19-340. Responsibility for professional services.
Section 33-19-410. Termination of professional status.
Section 33-19-420. Judicial dissolution.
Section 33-19-500. Authority to transact business.
Section 33-19-510. Application for certificate of authority.
Section 33-19-520. Revocation of certificate of authority.
Section 33-19-600. Annual report.
Section 33-19-610. Rulemaking by licensing authority.
Section 33-19-620. Licensing authority's regulatory jurisdiction.
Section 33-19-630. Penalty for signing false document.
Section 33-19-700. Application to existing professional corporations.