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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Alabama » Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code. » Chapter 4 - Professional Corporations. » Article 3 - Shareholders; Directors and Officers; Professional Liability.

Section 10A-4-3.01 – Issuance and Transfer of Shares.

Section 10A-4-3.01 Issuance and transfer of shares. (a) A domestic professional corporation may issue shares, fractional shares, and rights or options to purchase shares only to qualified persons. (b) Where deemed necessary by the licensing authority for any profession in order to prevent violations of the ethical standards of the profession, the licensing authority may, […]

Section 10A-4-3.02 – Death or Disqualification of Shareholder.

Section 10A-4-3.02 Death or disqualification of shareholder. (a) Upon the death of a shareholder of a domestic professional corporation, or if a shareholder of a domestic professional corporation becomes a disqualified person, or if shares of a domestic professional corporation are transferred by operation of law or court decree to a disqualified person, the shares […]

Section 10A-4-3.03 – Liability Generally.

Section 10A-4-3.03 Liability generally. (a) Every individual who renders professional services as an employee of a domestic or professional corporation shall be liable for any negligent or wrongful act or omission in which he or she personally participates to the same extent as if he or she rendered the services as a sole practitioner. (b) […]

Section 10A-4-3.04 – Professional Relationships; Privileged Communications.

Section 10A-4-3.04 Professional relationships; privileged communications. (a) The relationship between an individual performing professional services as an employee of a professional corporation, domestic or foreign, and a client or patient shall be the same as if the individual performed the services as a sole practitioner. (b) The relationship between a professional corporation, domestic or foreign, […]

Section 10A-4-3.05 – Voting Trusts.

Section 10A-4-3.05 Voting trusts. A voting trust with respect to shares of a domestic professional corporation shall not be valid unless all the trustees and beneficiaries thereof are qualified persons, except that a voting trust may be validly continued for a period of 12 months after the death of a deceased beneficiary or after a […]

Section 10A-4-3.06 – Directors and Officers.

Section 10A-4-3.06 Directors and officers. At least one director of a domestic professional corporation and the president of a domestic professional corporation shall be qualified persons with respect to the corporation; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction shall not apply for a period of 12 months after the death of the sole shareholder of a […]