NY LLC L § 1207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LLC - Limited Liability Company Law Article 12 - Professional Service Limited Liability Companies 1207 - Membership of Professional Service Limited Liability Companies.

§   1207.   Membership   of  professional  service  limited  liability companies.  (a) A member of a  professional  service  limited  liability company shall be only:  (1)   A  professional,  other  than  a  foreign  professional  service corporation, foreign professional service limited liability  company  or foreign  limited liability partnership, authorized by law to practice in this  state  a  profession  that  such  limited  liability  company   is authorized to practice and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such  profession  in  such  limited  liability  company or a predecessor entity, or who will engage in the practice of such  profession  in  such limited   liability   company  within  thirty  days  of  the  date  such professional becomes a member;  (2)  A  professional,  other  than  a  foreign  professional   service corporation,  foreign  professional service limited liability company or foreign limited liability partnership, authorized by law to practice  in any  foreign  jurisdiction  a  profession  that  such  limited liability company is authorized to practice and who is or has been engaged in  the practice  of  such  profession  in  such  limited liability company or a predecessor  entity,  or  who  will  engage  in  the  practice  of  such profession  in  such limited liability company within thirty days of the date such professional becomes a member; or  (3) A foreign professional service corporation,  foreign  professional service   limited   liability   company  or  foreign  limited  liability partnership authorized by law to  practice  in  this  state  or  in  any foreign jurisdiction a profession that such limited liability company is authorized to practice and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such  profession  in  such  limited  liability  company or a predecessor entity, or who will engage in the practice of such  profession  in  such limited   liability   company  within  thirty  days  of  the  date  such professional becomes a member.  (b) With respect to a professional service limited  liability  company formed  to  provide  medical  services  as  such services are defined in article 131 of the education law, each member of such limited  liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to practice  medicine in this state. With respect to a professional service limited liability company formed to  provide  dental  services  as  such services are defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.  With  respect to  a  professional  service limited liability company formed to provide veterinary services as such services are defined in article 135  of  the education  law,  each  member  of such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article  135  of  the  education  law  to  practice veterinary  medicine  in  this  state.  With  respect  to a professional service  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide   professional engineering,  land  surveying,  architectural,  landscape  architectural and/or geological services as such services are defined in article  145, article  147  and  article 148 of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must be  licensed  pursuant  to  article  145, article  147  and/or article 148 of the education law to practice one or more of such professions in this state. With respect to  a  professional service  limited  liability  company formed to provide licensed clinical social work services as such services are defined in article 154 of  the education  law,  each  member of such limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article  154  of  the  education  law  to  practice licensed  clinical  social  work  in  this  state.  With  respect  to  a professional  service  limited  liability  company  formed  to   provide creative  arts  therapy services as such services are defined in article  163 of the education law, each member of such limited liability  company must  be  licensed  pursuant  to  article  163  of  the education law to practice creative  arts  therapy  in  this  state.  With  respect  to  a professional   service  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide marriage and family therapy services as such  services  are  defined  in article  163 of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice marriage and family therapy in this state. With  respect  to  a professional  service limited liability company formed to provide mental health counseling services as such services are defined in  article  163 of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must be  licensed  pursuant  to  article 163 of the education law to practice mental health counseling in this state. With respect to  a  professional service  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide psychoanalysis services as such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  psychoanalysis in  this state. With respect to a professional service limited liability company formed to provide applied behavior  analysis  services  as  such services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must be licensed or certified pursuant to article  167  of the education law to practice applied behavior analysis in this state.  (c) No member of a  professional  service  limited  liability  company shall  enter  into  a voting trust agreement, proxy or any other type of agreement vesting in another person, other than another member  of  such limited  liability  company  or  professional  who  would be eligible to become a member of such limited  liability  company,  the  authority  to exercise  voting power of any or all of the membership interests of such limited liability company. All membership interests or  proxies  granted or agreements made in violation of this section shall be void.