(805 ILCS 305/1) (from Ch. 106 1/2, par. 101)
Sec. 1.
Any 2 or more persons duly licensed to practice a profession under
the laws of this State may form a professional association, as
distinguished from either a partnership or a corporation, by associating
themselves for the purpose of rendering professional services or,
if the professional services are within the fields of medicine,
dentistry and nursing,
related professional services and dividing
the gains therefrom as
stated in articles of association. Except for
an association formed for the purpose of rendering
professional services within the fields of medicine,
dentistry and nursing, no professional association organized
pursuant to this Act shall engage in more than one type of
professional service. Each of the members of the association
shall be licensed to perform the type of professional service
or one of the related professional services for which the
association is formed.
(Source: P.A. 79-1072.)
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