                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 13.1-1102)

A. As used in this chapter:
			&#8220;Professional business entity&#8221; means any entity as defined in §
13.1-603 that is duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized under the laws of
the Commonwealth or the laws of the jurisdiction under whose laws the entity is
formed to render the same professional service as that for which a professional
corporation or professional limited liability company may be organized,
including, but not limited to, (i) a professional limited liability company as
defined in this subsection, (ii) a professional corporation as defined in
subsection A of § 13.1-543, or (iii) a partnership that is registered as a
registered limited liability partnership under § 50-73.132, all of the partners
of which are duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same
professional services as those for which the partnership was organized.
			&#8220;Professional limited liability company&#8221; means a limited
liability company whose articles of organization set forth a sole and specific
purpose permitted by this chapter and that is either (i) organized under this
chapter for the sole and specific purpose of rendering professional service
other than that of architects, professional engineers, land surveyors, or
landscape architects, or using a title other than that of certified interior
designers and, except as expressly otherwise permitted by this chapter, that has
as its members only individuals or professional business entities that are duly
licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional service
as the professional limited liability company or (ii) organized under this
chapter for the sole and specific purpose of rendering professional service of
architects, professional engineers, land surveyors, or landscape architects or
using the title of certified interior designers, or any combination thereof, and
at least two-thirds of whose membership interests are held by persons duly
licensed within the Commonwealth to perform the services of an architect,
professional engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect, or by persons
legally authorized within the Commonwealth to use the title of certified
interior designer; or (iii) organized under this chapter for the sole and
specific purpose of rendering the professional services of one or more
practitioners of the healing arts, licensed under the provisions of Chapter 29
(§ 54.1-2900 et seq.) of Title 54.1, or one or more advanced practice
registered nurses, licensed under Chapter 29 (§ 54.1-2900 et seq.) of Title
54.1, or one or more optometrists licensed under the provisions of Chapter 32
(§ 54.1-3200 et seq.) of Title 54.1, or one or more physical therapists and
physical therapist assistants licensed under the provisions of Chapter 34.1 (§
54.1-3473 et seq.) of Title 54.1, or one or more practitioners of the behavioral
science professions, licensed under the provisions of Chapter 35 (§ 54.1-3500
et seq.), 36 (§ 54.1-3600 et seq.) or 37 (§ 54.1-3700 et seq.) of Title 54.1,
or one or more practitioners of audiology or speech pathology, licensed under
the provisions of Chapter 26 (§ 54.1-2600 et seq.) of Title 54.1, or any
combination of practitioners of the healing arts, advanced practice registered
nursing, optometry, physical therapy, the behavioral science professions, and
audiology or speech pathology and all of whose members are individuals or
professional business entities duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to
perform the services of a practitioner of the healing arts, advanced practice
registered nursing, optometry, physical therapy, the behavioral science
professions, audiology or speech pathology; however, nothing herein shall be
construed so as to allow any member of the healing arts, optometry, physical
therapy, the behavioral science professions, or audiology or speech pathology or
an advanced practice registered nurse to conduct that person&#8217;s practice in
a manner contrary to the standards of ethics of that person&#8217;s branch of
the healing arts, optometry, physical therapy, the behavioral science
professions, audiology or speech pathology, or advanced practice registered
nursing, as the case may be.
			&#8220;Professional services&#8221; means any type of personal service to the
public that requires as a condition precedent to the rendering of that service
or the use of that title the obtaining of a license, certification, or other
legal authorization and shall be limited to the personal services rendered by
pharmacists, optometrists, physical therapists and physical therapist
assistants, practitioners of the healing arts, advanced practice registered
nurses, practitioners of the behavioral science professions, veterinarians,
surgeons, dentists, architects, professional engineers, land surveyors,
landscape architects, certified interior designers, public accountants,
certified public accountants, attorneys at law, insurance consultants, and
audiologists or speech pathologists. For the purposes of this chapter, the
following shall be deemed to be rendering the same professional services:

   1. Architects, professional engineers, and land surveyors; and

   2. Practitioners of the healing arts, licensed under the provisions of Chapter
   29 (&#xA7; 54.1-2900 et seq.) of Title 54.1, advanced practice registered
   nurses, licensed under Chapter 29 (&#xA7; 54.1-2900 et seq.) of Title 54.1,
   optometrists, licensed under the provisions of Chapter 32 (&#xA7; 54.1-3200 et
   seq.) of Title 54.1, physical therapists, licensed under the provisions of
   Chapter 34.1 (&#xA7; 54.1-3473 et seq.) of Title 54.1, and practitioners of
   the behavioral science professions, licensed under the provisions of Chapters
   35 (&#xA7; 54.1-3500 et seq.), 36 (&#xA7; 54.1-3600 et seq.), and 37 (&#xA7;
   54.1-3700 et seq.) of Title 54.1.

B. Persons who practice the healing art of performing professional clinical
laboratory services within a hospital pathology laboratory shall be legally
authorized to do so for purposes of this chapter if such persons (i) hold a
doctorate degree in the biological sciences or a board certification in the
clinical laboratory sciences and (ii) are tenured faculty members of an
accredited medical school that is an &#8220;institution&#8221; as that term is
defined in &#xA7; 23.1-1100.

C. Except as expressly otherwise provided, all terms defined in &#xA7; 13.1-1002
shall have the same meanings for purposes of this chapter.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 574; 1993, c. 113; 1994, c. 349; 1996, c. 265; 1999, c. 83;
2000, cc. 194, 688, 763; 2003, c. 678; 2008, c. 265; 2009, c. 309; 2017, c. 314;
2020, c. 726; 2023, c. 183.