Any two or more persons duly licensed to practice a profession under the laws of this state may form a professional association, as distinguished from a partnership and a corporation, by associating themselves for the purpose of carrying on a profession and dividing the gains therefrom upon compliance with the terms of this chapter. No professional association organized pursuant to this chapter shall render professional service in more than one type of professional service.
(Ga. L. 1961, p. 404, § 3.)
Cross references.- Refusal of license to practice medicine for engaging in practice as officer or employee of corporation other than one organized pursuant to this chapter, §§ 43-1-24,43-3-5,43-3-21 et seq.,43-11-47(a)(7), and43-15-23.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Medical doctors allowed to form association even with different specialities.
- Medical doctors are allowed to form an association even where they are specialists in different areas of the medical profession such as pediatrics, gynecology, general practice, etc., since all the doctors are practicing medicine and are governed by one board of medical examiners; on the other hand, they could not be joined in a professional association by a dentist, for example, or some member of an entirely different profession. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 791.
One-man out-of-state professional service corporation.- "One-man" Florida professional service corporation formed for the purpose of practicing medicine in Florida and Georgia cannot register as a foreign corporation under provisions pertaining to the admission of foreign corporations. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-507.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 6 Am. Jur. 2d, Associations and Clubs, §§ 1, 4.