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SC Code § 33-19-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-270. Cancellation of disqualified shares.

 If the shares of a disqualified person are not acquired under Section 33-19-240 or 33-19-250 within ten months after the death of the shareholder or within five months after the disqualification or transfer or, in the case of the exercise of the option to purchase the shares following termination of employment, pursuant to Section 33-19-231, the professional corporation shall cancel immediately the shares on its books and the disqualified or terminated person has no further interest as a shareholder in the corporation other than his right to payment of the fair value of the shares under Section 33-19-240 or 33-19-250.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-300. Directors and officers.

 Not less than one-half of the directors of a professional corporation, and all of its officers except the secretary and treasurer, if any, must be qualified persons with respect to the corporation.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-51-80 [1962 Code Section 56-1608; 1962 (52) 1911; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 4(5)]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-310. Voting of shares.

 (a) Only a qualified person may be appointed a proxy to vote shares of a professional corporation.  (b) A voting trust with respect to shares of a professional corporation is not valid unless all of its trustees and beneficiaries are qualified persons. If a beneficiary who is a qualified person dies or becomes disqualified, a voting trust valid under this subsection continues to be valid for ten months after the date of death or for five months after the disqualification occurred.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-51-80 [1962 Code Section 56-1608; 1962 (52) 1911; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 4(5)]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-320. Confidential relationship.

 (a) The relationship between an individual rendering professional services as an employee of a domestic or foreign professional corporation and his client or patient is the same as if the individual were rendering the services as a sole practitioner.  (b) The relationship between a domestic or foreign professional corporation and the client or patient for whom its employees are rendering professional services is the same as that between the client or patient and the employee.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-51-70 [1962 Code Section 56-1607; 1962 (52) 1911; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 4(5)]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-330. Privileged communications.

 A privilege applicable to communications between an individual rendering professional services and the person receiving the services recognized under the statute or common law of this State is not affected by this chapter. The privilege applies to a domestic or foreign professional corporation and to its employees in all situations in which it applies to communications between an individual rendering professional services on behalf of the corporation and the person receiving the services.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-51-70 [1962 Code Section 56-1607; 1962 (52) 1911; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 4(5)]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-340. Responsibility for professional services.

 (a) Each individual who renders professional services as an employee of a domestic or foreign professional corporation is liable for a negligent or wrongful act or omission in which he personally participates to the same extent as if he rendered the services as a sole practitioner. An employee of a domestic or foreign professional corporation is not liable, however, for the conduct of other employees of the corporation unless he is at fault in appointing, supervising, or cooperating with them.  (b) A domestic or foreign professional corporation whose employees perform professional services within the scope of their employment or of their apparent authority to act for the corporation is liable to the same extent as its employees.  (c) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the personal liability of a shareholder of a domestic or foreign professional corporation is no greater in any respect than the liability of a shareholder of a corporation incorporated under the South Carolina Business Corporation Act.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-51-70 [1962 Code Section 56-1607; 1962 (52) 1911; Repealed, Act No. 444, Section 4(s)]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-400. Merger.

 (a) If all the shareholders of the disappearing and surviving corporations are qualified to be shareholders of the surviving corporation, a professional corporation may merge with another domestic or foreign professional corporation or with a domestic or foreign business corporation.  (b) If the surviving corporation is to render professional services in this State, it must comply with this chapter.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-410. Termination of professional status.

 If a professional corporation ceases to render professional services, it must amend its articles of incorporation to delete references to rendering professional services and to conform its corporate name to the requirements of Section 33-4-101. After the amendment becomes effective, the corporation may continue in existence as a business corporation under Chapters 1 through 17 of this title and it is no longer subject to this chapter.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-420. Judicial dissolution.

 The Attorney General may commence a proceeding under Sections 33-14-300 through 33-14-330 to dissolve a professional corporation if:  (1) the Secretary of State or a licensing authority with jurisdiction over a professional service described in the corporation's articles of incorporation serves written notice on the corporation under Section 33-1-300 that it has violated or is violating a provision of this chapter;  (2) the corporation does not correct each alleged violation, or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Secretary of State or licensing authority that it did not occur, within sixty days after service of the notice is perfected under Section 33-1-300; and  (3) the Secretary of State or licensing authority certifies to the Attorney General a description of the violation, that it notified the corporation of the violation, and that the corporation did not correct it, or demonstrate that it did not occur, within sixty days after perfection of service of the notice.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-500. Authority to transact business.

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a foreign professional corporation may not transact business in this State until it obtains a certificate of authority from the Secretary of State.  (b) A foreign professional corporation may not obtain a certificate of authority unless:  (1) its corporate name satisfies the requirements of Section 33-19-150;  (2) it is incorporated for one or more of the purposes described in Section 33-19-110; and  (3) all of its shareholders, not less than one-half of its directors, and all of its officers other than its secretary and treasurer, if any, are licensed in one or more states to render a professional service described in its articles of incorporation.  (c) A foreign professional corporation is not required to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this State unless it maintains or intends to maintain an office in this State for conduct of business or professional practice.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-510. Application for certificate of authority.

 The application of a foreign professional corporation for a certificate of authority to render professional services in this State must contain the information called for by Section 33-15-103 and, in addition, include a statement that all of its shareholders, not less than one-half of its directors, and all of its officers other than its secretary and treasurer, if any, are licensed in one or more states to render a professional service described in its articles of incorporation.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-520. Revocation of certificate of authority.

 The Secretary of State administratively may revoke under Sections 33-15-300 through 33-15-320 the certificate of authority of a foreign professional corporation authorized to transact business in this State if a licensing authority with jurisdiction over a professional service described in the corporation's articles of incorporation certifies to the Secretary of State that the corporation is in violation of a provision of this chapter and describes the violation in the certificate.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-19-600 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-600. Annual report.

 The annual report required by Section 33-16-220 for each domestic professional corporation and for each foreign professional corporation authorized to transact business in this State must include a statement that all of its shareholders, not less than one-half of its directors, and all of its officers other than its secretary and treasurer, if any, are qualified persons with respect to the corporation.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-51-130 [1962 Code Section 56-1613; 1962 (52) 1911; 1984 Act No. 281; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 4(5)]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; 1990 Act No. 446, Section 7.
SC Code § 33-19-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-610. Rulemaking by licensing authority.

 Each licensing authority is empowered to promulgate rules expressly authorized by this chapter if the rules are consistent with the public interest or required by the public health or welfare or by generally recognized standards of professional conduct.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; 1990 Act No. 446, Section 7.
SC Code § 33-19-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-620. Licensing authority's regulatory jurisdiction.

 This chapter does not restrict the jurisdiction of a licensing authority over individuals rendering a professional service within the jurisdiction of the licensing authority nor does it affect the interpretation or application of any law pertaining to standards of professional conduct.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; 1990 Act No. 446, Section 7.
SC Code § 33-19-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Professional Corporation Supplement|Section 33-19-630. Penalty for signing false document.

 (a) A person commits an offense if he signs a document he knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the licensing authority for filing.  (b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars.  (c) The offense created by this section is in addition to any other offense created by law for the same conduct.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; 1990 Act No. 446, Section 7.
SC Code § 33-20-101 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 20 - Transition Provisions|Section 33-20-101. Application to existing domestic corporations.

 This title applies to all domestic corporations in existence on its effective date that were incorporated under any general statute of this State providing for incorporation of corporations for profit if power to amend or repeal the statute under which the corporation was incorporated was reserved.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-1-110 [1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-20-102 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 20 - Transition Provisions|Section 33-20-102. Application to qualified existing foreign corporations.

 A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State on the effective date of Chapters 1 thru 20 of this title is subject to Chapters 1 thru 20 of this title but is not required to obtain a new certificate of authority to transact business under Chapters 1 thru 20 of this title.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-1-110 [1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-20-103 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 20 - Transition Provisions|Section 33-20-103. Application to nonprofit corporations.

 Except for corporations organized under or transacting business pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 49 of this title, except for corporations organized under or transacting business pursuant to Chapter 45 of this title or any other provision of law in this title relating to telephone cooperatives, except for corporations not-for-profit organized or operating pursuant to Chapter 36 of this title, and except for those nonprofit corporations which are governed exclusively by the provisions of Chapter 31 of this title, Chapters 1 through 20 of this title apply to every domestic nonprofit corporation and to any other foreign nonprofit corporation which is authorized to or transacts business in this State except as otherwise provided in Chapters 1 through 20 of this title or by the law regulating the organization, qualification, or governance of the nonprofit corporation.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-1-110 [1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; 1994 Act No. 384, Section 8; 2000 Act No. 404, Section 3.
SC Code § 33-20-104 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 20 - Transition Provisions|Section 33-20-104. Application of Chapters 18 and 19.

 The provisions of Chapters 18 and 19 of this title only apply to those corporations that elect to be governed by those chapters.  HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-1-110 [1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2.
SC Code § 33-20-105 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 20 - Transition Provisions|Section 33-20-105. Saving provisions.

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the repeal of a statute by Chapters 1 thru 20 of this title does not affect:  (1) the operation of the statute or any action taken under it before its repeal;  (2) any ratification, right, remedy, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred under the statute before its repeal, including, without limitation, any right acquired pursuant to Sections 33-11-220 and 33-21-130 in Section 2 of Act 146 of 1981;  (3) any violation of the statute, or any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred because of the violation, before its repeal;  (4) any proceeding, reorganization, or dissolution commenced under the statute before its repeal and the proceeding, reorganization, or dissolution may be completed in accordance with the statute as if it had not been repealed.  (b) If a penalty or punishment imposed for violation of a statute repealed by Chapters 1 thru 20 of this title is reduced by Chapters 1 thru 20 of this title, the penalty or punishment, if not already imposed, must be imposed in accordance with Chapters 1 thru 20 of this title.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; 1990 Act No. 446, Section 8.
SC Code § 33-27-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 27 - Transfer Of Stock In Custody Of Clearing Corporations|Section 33-27-10. Definitions.

 For the purposes of this chapter:  "Clearing corporation" means a corporation, all of the capital stock of which is held by or for a national securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  "Custodian" means a national bank, or a bank or trust company organized under or subject to the banking law, acting as custodian for a clearing corporation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-17.31; 1965 (54) 550.
SC Code § 33-27-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 27 - Transfer Of Stock In Custody Of Clearing Corporations|Section 33-27-20. Transfer of title to stock or rights.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a certificate or instrument evidencing shares of stock, or rights to purchase or subscribe to shares of stock, is in the custody of a clearing corporation or of a custodian subject to the instructions of a clearing corporation, title to any such certificate or instrument or to any interest therein and to the shares or rights evidenced by such certificate, instrument or interest may be transferred by making entries on the books of the clearing corporation reducing the account of the transferor by the number of shares or rights transferred and increasing the account of the transferee by such number of shares or rights. A transfer of title so made shall have the same effect as if the transferor had delivered to the transferee a certificate or instrument evidencing the shares or rights transferred, duly indorsed in blank.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-17.32; 1965 (54) 550.
SC Code § 33-27-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 27 - Transfer Of Stock In Custody Of Clearing Corporations|Section 33-27-30. Pledge of stock or rights.

 A valid pledge may be made of any such certificate or instrument or of any interest therein and of the shares or rights evidenced by such certificate, instrument or interest by  (a) The giving by the pledgor to the clearing corporation notice of the pledge and instructions that, until receipt by the clearing corporation of notice to the contrary from the pledgee, such certificate, instrument or interest therein and the shares or rights evidenced by such certificate, instrument or interest, shall be held by the clearing corporation (either directly or through the custodian) for the account of the pledgee, and  (b) By the making of entries on the books of the clearing corporation reducing the account of the pledgor by the number of shares or rights pledged and increasing the account of the pledgee by such number of shares or rights. A pledge so made shall for all purposes be as valid and effective as one made by transfer of actual possession of a certificate or instrument evidencing the shares or rights pledged from the pledgor to the pledgee.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-17.33; 1965 (54) 550.
SC Code § 33-27-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 27 - Transfer Of Stock In Custody Of Clearing Corporations|Section 33-27-40. Provisions of chapter shall be controlling.

 The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable although the charter or articles of incorporation or bylaws of the corporation, any shares or rights which are transferred or pledged as herein provided, and any certificate or instrument evidencing such shares or rights, in whole or in part, provide that such shares or rights, shall be transferable only on the books of the corporation or shall be registered by a registrar or transferred by a transfer agent.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 12-17.34; 1965 (54) 550.
SC Code § 33-31-101 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 31 - South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act|Section 33-31-101. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1994.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 384, Section 1.  Editor's Note  1994 Act No. 384, Section 11, provides as follows:  "SECTION 11. The analysis lines preceding the code sections are for identification only and are not considered part of the Code sections. The Official Comments and the South Carolina Reporter's Notes which are included after each section are included for analytical and information purposes only and must not be considered part of the sections themselves."
SC Code § 33-31-102 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 33 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 31 - South Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act|Section 33-31-102. Reservation of power to amend or repeal.

 The General Assembly of South Carolina has power to amend or repeal all or any part of Chapter 31, Title 33 at any time, and all domestic and foreign corporations subject to Chapter 31 of this title are governed by the amendment or repeal.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 384, Section 1.