Section 1302. Rendering of professional service  


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  • (a) No foreign professional
      service  limited  liability company may render a professional service in
      this state except through individuals authorized by law to  render  such
      professional service as individuals in this state.
        (b)   Each  final  plan  and  report  made  or  issued  by  a  foreign
      professional service limited liability company  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 limited liability company practicing
      medicine,  dentistry,  podiatry,   optometry,   ophthalmic   dispensing,
      veterinary  medicine, pharmacy, nursing, psychology, physical therapy or
      chiropractic shall  bear  the  signature  of  one  or  more  physicians,
      dentists,     podiatrists,    optometrists,    ophthalmic    dispensers,
      veterinarians, pharmacists,  nurses,  licensed  psychologists,  physical
      therapists 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  limited  liability  company   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  limited  liability  company  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 limited
      liability company practicing law shall bear the signature of one or more
      attorneys and counselors-at-law who are in responsible  charge  of  such
      opinion.
        (g) In addition to the requirements in subdivisions (b) through (f) of
      this  section,  each document prepared by a foreign professional service
      limited liability company that 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.