Section 1513. Business corporation law applicable

This  chapter, except article thirteen and article fifteen-A, shall be
  applicable to a professional service corporation except  to  the  extent
  that  the  provisions thereof conflict with this article. A professional
  service  corporation  may  consolidate  or  merge  only   with   another
  corporation organized under this article or authorized to do business in
  this  state  under  article  fifteen-A of this chapter or authorized and
  registered to practice the same profession pursuant  to  the  applicable
  provisions of subdivision six of section seventy-two hundred nine of the
  education law or subdivision four of section seventy-three hundred seven
  of  the  education  law,  or  may  be a member of a professional service
  limited  liability  company,  a  foreign  professional  service  limited
  liability company, a registered limited liability partnership or foreign
  limited  liability  partnership,  and  only  if  all  of the professions
  practiced by such corporations, limited liability companies  or  limited
  liability  partnerships  could  be  practiced  by  a  single corporation
  organized under this article.