§ 1210. Death, disqualification or dissolution of members. (a) A professional service limited liability company shall purchase or redeem the membership interest of a member in case of such member's death or disqualification pursuant to the provisions of section twelve hundred nine of this article or in the case of a member that is a professional service corporation, foreign professional service corporation, professional service limited liability company, foreign professional service limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership or professional partnership, dissolution or disqualification of such professional service corporation, foreign professional service corporation, professional service limited liability company, foreign professional service limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership or professional partnership (in the case of registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership and professional partnership, other than a dissolution followed by a reconstitution where at least a majority of the total interests in the current profits of a successor partnership are held by partners of the predecessor partnership that was a registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership or professional partnership who were partners of such predecessor partnership immediately prior to the dissolution of such predecessor partnership) or the death, dissolution or disqualification of all of its shareholders, members or partners, within six months after the appointment of the executor or administrator or other legal representative of the estate of such deceased member, or within six months after such disqualification or dissolution, at the book value of such membership interest as of the end of the month immediately preceding the death, disqualification or dissolution of the member as determined from the records of such limited liability company in accordance with its regular method of accounting. The operating agreement of such limited liability company may modify this section by providing for a shorter period of purchase or redemption, or an alternate method of determining the price to be paid for the membership interest, or both. If such limited liability company shall fail to purchase or redeem such membership interest within the required period, a successful plaintiff in an action to recover the purchase price of such membership interest shall also be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. Nothing herein contained shall prevent such limited liability company from paying pension benefits or other deferred compensation to or on behalf of a former or deceased member, manager or employee thereof, or where such member, manager or employee is a professional service corporation, foreign professional service corporation, professional service limited liability company, foreign professional service limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership or professional partnership, on behalf of a former or deceased shareholder, officer, director, member, manager, partner, or employee of such professional service corporation, foreign professional service corporation, professional service limited liability company, foreign professional service limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership or professional partnership, as otherwise permitted by law. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to require the purchase of the membership interest of a disqualified member where the period of disqualification is for less than six months and the member again becomes eligible to practice his or her profession within six months from the date of disqualification (or, in the case of a disqualified member that is a professional service corporation, foreign professional service corporation, professional service limited liability company, foreign professional service limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership or professional partnership, where the period of disqualification of such professional service corporation, foreign professional corporation, professional service limited liability company, foreign professional service limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership or professional partnership or all shareholders, members or partners of such professional service corporation, foreign professional service corporation, professional service limited liability company, foreign professional service limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership or professional partnership is for less than six months and such professional service corporation, foreign professional service corporation, professional service limited liability company, foreign professional service limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership or professional partnership or each such shareholder, member or partner becomes eligible to practice his or her profession within six months from the date of disqualification).

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of this section, the professional service limited liability company shall not be required to purchase or redeem the membership interest of a deceased or disqualified or dissolved member if such membership interest, within the time limit prescribed by subdivision (a) of this section, is sold or transferred to another professional pursuant to the provisions of section twelve hundred eleven of this article.