                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY FOR FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS (§ 13.1-544.2)

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a foreign professional
corporation, organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the
Commonwealth of Virginia to perform a professional service of the type defined
in subsection A of § 13.1-543, may apply for and obtain a certificate of
authority to render such professional services in Virginia on the following
terms and conditions:

   1. Only stockholders and employees licensed or otherwise legally qualified by
   this Commonwealth may perform the professional service in Virginia.

   2. The professional corporation must meet every requirement of this chapter
   except the requirement that its stockholders be licensed to perform the
   professional service in this Commonwealth.

   3. The powers of any foreign professional corporation admitted under this
   section shall not exceed the powers permitted to domestic professional
   corporations under this chapter.

B. In order to qualify, a foreign professional corporation shall make
application to the Commission as provided in &#xA7; 13.1-759 and shall make such
application for and secure a certificate of authority as may be required by
&#xA7; 13.1-549; and, in addition, shall be required to set forth the name and
address of each stockholder of the corporation who will be providing the
professional service in this Commonwealth and whether such stockholder is
licensed, or otherwise legally qualified, to perform the professional service in
Virginia.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 674; 2002, c. 77; 2003, c. 678.