Section 1526. Rendering of professional service  


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  • (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  and  report  made  or  issued  by  a  foreign
      professional service corporation  practicing  professional  engineering,
      architecture,  landscape  architecture  or land surveying shall bear the
      name and  seal  of  one  or  more  professional  engineers,  architects,
      landscape  architects,  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.