Section 1501. Definitions

As  used  in  this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the
  term: (a) "licensing authority" means the regents of the  university  of
  the state of New York or the state education department, as the case may
  be,  in  the  case  of all professions licensed under title eight of the
  education law, and the appropriate appellate  division  of  the  supreme
  court in the case of the profession of law.
    (b) "Profession"   includes   any   practice   as   an   attorney  and
  counselor-at-law, or as a  licensed  physician,  and  those  occupations
  designated in title eight of the education law.
    (c) "Professional  service"  means  any  type of service to the public
  which may be lawfully rendered by a member of a  profession  within  the
  purview of his profession.
    (d) "Professional  service  corporation" means a corporation organized
  under this article.
    (e) "Officer" does not include the secretary or an assistant secretary
  of a corporation having only one shareholder.