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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69417</law_id><section_number>13.1-542.1</section_number><catch_line>Practice of certain professions by corporations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1123</reference><reference>54.1-111</reference><reference>54.1-2717</reference><reference>54.1-3902</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Professional Corporations</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Unless otherwise prohibited by <span class="dictionary">law</span> or regulation, the professional services defined in subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/13.1-543/">13.1-543</a> may be rendered in this Commonwealth by:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A corporation organized as a professional corporation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; <a id="paragraph-251061" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-542.1/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A foreign corporation that has obtained a certificate of authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; <a id="paragraph-251062" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-542.1/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title" href="/13.1-601/">13.1-601</a> et seq.) or Chapter 10 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title" href="/13.1-801/">13.1-801</a> et seq.) of this title; or <a id="paragraph-251063" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-542.1/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A foreign corporation that has obtained a certificate of authority pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title" href="/13.1-601/">13.1-601</a> et seq.) or Chapter 10 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title" href="/13.1-801/">13.1-801</a> et seq.) of this title. <a id="paragraph-251064" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-542.1/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2003, c. 678.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
