GA Code § 14-7-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 7 - Professional Corporations|§ 14-7-2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, the definitions contained in Chapter 2 of this title apply, and the term:    "Licensed" includes registered, certified, admitted to practice, or otherwise legally authorized under the laws of this state by the appropriate regulating board.   "Profession" means the profession of certified public accountancy, architecture, chiropractic, dentistry, professional engineering, land surveying, law, pharmacy, psychology, medicine and surgery, optometry, osteopathy, podiatry, veterinary medicine, registered professional nursing, or harbor piloting.   "Professional corporation" means a corporation, whether domestic or foreign, organized under Chapter 2 of this title which has elected to become subject to this chapter.   "Regulating board" means any board, commission, court, or governmental authority which, under the laws of this state, is charged with the licensing, registration, certification, admission to practice, or other legal authorization of the practitioners of any profession.    (Ga. L. 1970, p. 243, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 976, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1454, § 10; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 14; Ga. L. 1996, p. 352, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Professional corporations practicing certified public accounting and public accountancy, § 43-3-21 et seq.    Practice of architecture by firms, partnerships, and corporations, § 43-4-10.    Professional corporations engaged in practice of professional engineering or land surveying, § 43-15-23.    Licensing of corporations engaging in business as an electrical contractor, master plumber or conditioned air contractor, § 43-14-8.    Corporations engaged in practice of professional geology, § 43-19-25.    Corporations engaged in business of selling hearing aid devices or instruments at retail, § 43-20-19.    Refusal of license to practice medicine for engaging in practice as officer or employee of corporation other than one organized pursuant to this chapter, § 43-34-9.    Granting of real estate broker's licenses to corporations or partnerships, § 43-40-10.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    The clear intent of the Georgia Professional Corporation Act (see now O.C.G.A. § 14-7-1) is to limit the right to incorporate under the Act to those professions enumerated in the definition of "profession." 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-14.   Nurse anesthetist may incorporate when licensed to practice.   - Nurse anesthetist may not incorporate under the Georgia Professional Corporation Act (see now O.C.G.A. Ch. 7, T. 14) unless also licensed to practice medicine or one of other professions enumerated in that Act. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-14.   Real estate salesmen not allowed to practice in corporate form.    - Former Code 1933, § 84-1410 (see now O.C.G.A. § 43-40-7) contemplated that real estate brokers may practice in the corporate form, but this power was not extended to salesmen by Ga. L. 1970, p. 243 (see now O.C.G.A. § 14-7-2). 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U71-39.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - What constitutes professional services within meaning of statute preserving individual liability of professional employees of professional corporation, association, or partnership, 31 A.L.R.4th 898.