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§ 55B-9. Professional relationship and liability.
(a) Relationship. - Nothing in this Chapter shall be interpreted to abolish, modify, restrict, limit or alter the law in this State applicable to the professional relationship and liabilities between the licensee furnishing the professional services and the person receiving such professional service, or the standards of professional conduct applicable to the rendering therein of such services.
(b) Liability. - A shareholder, a director, or an officer of a professional corporation is not individually liable for the debts and obligations of the professional corporation arising from errors, omissions, negligence, incompetence, or malfeasance committed in the course of the professional corporation's business by another shareholder, director, or officer, or by a representative of the professional corporation not working under the supervision or direction of the first shareholder, director, or officer at the time the errors, omissions, negligence, incompetence, or malfeasance occurred, unless the first shareholder, director, or officer was directly involved in the specific activity in which the errors, omissions, negligence, incompetence, or malfeasance were committed by the other shareholder, director, or officer or by the representative. This subsection does not affect the joint and several liability of a shareholder, a director, or an officer of a professional corporation for any taxes owed by the professional corporation under Chapter 105 of the General Statutes or Article 3 of Chapter 119 of the General Statutes.(1969, c. 718, s. 9; 1993, c. 354, s. 2.)
§ 55B-10. Registration with licensing board. No professional corporation shall open, operate, or maintain an establishment for any of the purposes set forth in this Chapter without first having obtained a certificate of registration from the licensing board or boards. Applications for such registration shall be made to the licensing board or boards in writing and shall contain the name and address of the corporation and such other information as may be required by the licensing board or boards.
If the board finds that no disciplinary action is pending before the
board against any of the licensed incorporators, officers, directors,
shareholders or employees of such corporation, and if it
appears that such corporation will be conducted in compliance
with the law and the regulations of the board, the board shall
issue, upon the payment of a registration fee, not to exceed fifty
dollars ($50.00), a certificate of registration which shall remain
effective until January 1 following the date of such registration or
until such other expiration or renewal date as may be established
by law or by the regulations of the licensing board.(1969, c. 718, s. 10.)
§ 55B-11. Renewal of certificate of registration. Upon written application of the holder, accompanied by a fee not to exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), the licensing board shall renew the certificate of registration of a professional corporation as required by law or the regulations of the licensing board if the board finds that the corporation has complied with its regulations and the provisions of this section. If the corporation does not apply for renewal of its certificate of registration within 30 days after the date of the expiration of such certificate, the certificate of registration shall be automatically suspended and may be reinstated within the calendar year upon the payment of the required renewal fee plus a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00), if such corporation is then otherwise qualified and entitled to a renewal of its certificate of registration.(1969, c. 718, s. 11.) § 55B-12. Application of regulations of licensing boards. A professional corporation shall be subject to the applicable rules and regulations adopted by, and all the disciplinary powers of, the licensing board as herein defined. Nothing in this Chapter shall impair the disciplinary powers of any licensing board applicable to a licensee as herein defined. No professional corporation may do any act which its shareholders as licensees are prohibited from doing.(1969, c. 718, s. 12.)