Section 1512. Corporate name  


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  • (a) Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  the  name  of  a
      professional service corporation may contain any word which, at the time
      of incorporation, could be used in the name of a partnership  practicing
      a  profession  which  the corporation is authorized to practice, and may
      not contain any word which could not be  used  by  such  a  partnership.
      Provided,  however,  the  name of a professional service corporation may
      not contain the name of a deceased person unless
        (1) such person's name was part of the corporate name at the  time  of
      such person's death; or
        (2) such person's name was part of the name of an existing partnership
      and   at   least   two-thirds  of  such  partnership's  partners  become
      shareholders of the corporation.
        (b) Such  corporate  name  shall  end  with  the  words  "Professional
      Corporation"  or the abbreviation "P.C." The provisions of paragraph one
      of subdivision (a) of section three hundred one shall  not  apply  to  a
      professional service corporation.