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WA Rev Code § 18.100.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.080 - Engaging in other business prohibited—Investments.

RCW 18.100.080 Engaging in other business prohibited—Investments.No professional service corporation organized under this chapter shall engage in any business other than the rendering of the professional services for which it was incorporated or service as a trustee as authorized by RCW 11.36.021 or as a personal representative as authorized by RCW 11.36.010: PROVIDED, That nothing in this chapter or in any other provisions of existing law applicable to corporations shall be interpreted to prohibit such corporation from investing its funds in real estate, personal property, mortgages, stocks, bonds, insurance, or any other type of investments.[ 1984 c 149 § 170; 1969 c 122 § 8.]NOTES:Severability—Effective dates—1984 c 149: See notes following RCW 11.02.005.
WA Rev Code § 18.100.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.090 - Stock issuance.

RCW 18.100.090 Stock issuance.Except as otherwise provided in RCW 18.100.118, no professional corporation organized under the provisions of this chapter may issue any of its capital stock to anyone other than the trustee of a qualified trust or an individual who is duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same specific professional services within this or any other state as those for which the corporation was incorporated.[ 1998 c 293 § 3; 1997 c 18 § 2; 1983 c 51 § 4; 1969 c 122 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.095 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.095 - Validity of share voting agreements.

RCW 18.100.095 Validity of share voting agreements.Except for qualified trusts, a proxy, voting trust, or other voting agreement with respect to shares of a professional corporation shall not be valid unless all holders thereof, all trustees and beneficiaries thereof, or all parties thereto, as the case may be, are eligible to be shareholders of the corporation.[ 1997 c 18 § 3; 1983 c 51 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.100 - Legal qualification of officer, shareholder or employee to render professional service, effect.

RCW 18.100.100 Legal qualification of officer, shareholder or employee to render professional service, effect.Unless a director, officer, shareholder, agent or employee of a corporation organized under this chapter who has been rendering professional service to the public is legally qualified at all times to render such professional services within at least one state in which the corporation conducts business, he or she shall sever all employment with, and financial interests in, such corporation forthwith. A corporation's failure to require compliance with this provision shall constitute a ground for the forfeiture of its articles of incorporation and its dissolution. When a corporation's failure to comply with this provision is brought to the attention of the office of the secretary of state, the secretary of state forthwith shall certify that fact to the attorney general for appropriate action to dissolve the corporation.[ 1998 c 293 § 4; 1969 c 122 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.110 - Sale or transfer of shares.

RCW 18.100.110 Sale or transfer of shares.No shareholder of a corporation organized as a professional corporation may sell or transfer his or her shares in such corporation except to the trustee of a qualified trust or another individual who is eligible to be a shareholder of such corporation. Any transfer of shares in violation of this section shall be void. However, nothing in this section prohibits the transfer of shares of a professional corporation by operation of law or court decree.[ 1997 c 18 § 4; 1983 c 51 § 5; 1969 c 122 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.114 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.114 - Merger or consolidation.

RCW 18.100.114 Merger or consolidation.A corporation organized under this chapter may merge or consolidate with another corporation, domestic or foreign, organized to render the same specific professional services, only if every shareholder of each corporation is eligible to be a shareholder of the surviving or new corporation.[ 1998 c 293 § 6; 1983 c 51 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.116 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.116 - Death of shareholder, transfer to ineligible person—Treatment of shares.

RCW 18.100.116 Death of shareholder, transfer to ineligible person—Treatment of shares.(1) If:(a)(i) A shareholder of a professional corporation dies;(ii) A shareholder of a professional corporation becomes an ineligible person;(iii) Shares of a professional corporation are transferred by operation of law or court decree to an ineligible person; or(iv) A charitable remainder unitrust or charitable remainder annuity trust that holds shares of a professional corporation becomes an ineligible person; and(b) The shares held by the deceased shareholder or by such ineligible person are less than all of the outstanding shares of the corporation, thenthe shares held by the deceased shareholder or by the ineligible person may be transferred to remaining shareholders of the corporation or may be redeemed by the corporation pursuant to terms stated in the articles of incorporation or by laws of the corporation, or in a private agreement. In the absence of any such terms, such shares may be transferred to any individual eligible to be a shareholder of the corporation.(2) If such a redemption or transfer of the shares held by a deceased shareholder or an ineligible person is not completed within twelve months after the death of the deceased shareholder or the transfer, as the case may be, such shares shall be deemed to be shares with respect to which the holder has elected to exercise the right of dissent described in chapter 23B.13 RCW and has made written demand on the corporation for payment of the fair value of such shares. The corporation shall forthwith cancel the shares on its books and the deceased shareholder or ineligible person shall have no further interest in the corporation other than the right to payment for the shares as is provided in RCW 23B.13.250. For purposes of the application of RCW 23B.13.250, the date of the corporate action and the date of the shareholder's written demand shall be deemed to be one day after the date on which the twelve-month period from the death of the deceased shareholder, or from the transfer, expires.[ 1997 c 18 § 5; 1991 c 72 § 4; 1983 c 51 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.118 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.118 - Eligibility of certain representatives and transferees to serve as directors, officers, or shareholders.

RCW 18.100.118 Eligibility of certain representatives and transferees to serve as directors, officers, or shareholders.If all of the outstanding shares of a professional corporation are held by an administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, or receiver of the estate of a former shareholder, or by a transferee who received such shares by operation of law or court decree, such administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, receiver, or transferee for a period of twelve months following receipt or transfer of such shares may be a director, officer, or shareholder of the professional corporation.[ 1983 c 51 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.120 - Name—Listing of shareholders.

RCW 18.100.120 Name—Listing of shareholders.Corporations organized pursuant to this chapter shall render professional service and exercise its authorized powers under a name permitted by law and the professional ethics of the profession in which the corporation is so engaged. The corporate name of a professional service corporation must comply with the requirements of Article 3 of chapter 23.95 RCW. With the filing of its first annual report and any filings thereafter, a professional service corporation shall list its then shareholders.[ 2015 c 176 § 9120; 1993 c 290 § 1; 1982 c 35 § 169; 1969 c 122 § 12.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.Intent—Severability—Effective dates—Application—1982 c 35: See notes following RCW 43.07.160.
WA Rev Code § 18.100.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.130 - Application of Business Corporation Act and Nonprofit Corporation Act.

RCW 18.100.130 Application of Business Corporation Act and Nonprofit Corporation Act. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)(1) For a professional service corporation organized for pecuniary profit under this chapter, the provisions of Title 23B RCW shall be applicable except to the extent that any of the provisions of this chapter are interpreted to be in conflict with the provisions thereof, and in such event the provisions and sections of this chapter shall take precedence with respect to a corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.(2) For a professional service corporation organized under this chapter and chapter 24.03 RCW as a nonprofit nonstock corporation, the provisions of chapter 24.03 RCW shall be applicable except to the extent that any of the provisions of this chapter are interpreted to be in conflict with the provisions thereof, and in such event the provisions and sections of this chapter shall take precedence with respect to a corporation organized under the provisions of this chapter.[ 1991 c 72 § 5; 1986 c 261 § 2; 1983 c 51 § 6; 1969 c 122 § 13.]RCW 18.100.130Application of Business Corporation Act and Nonprofit Corporation Act. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) For a professional service corporation organized for pecuniary profit under this chapter, the provisions of Title 23B RCW shall be applicable except to the extent that any of the provisions of this chapter are interpreted to be in conflict with the provisions thereof, and in such event the provisions and sections of this chapter shall take precedence with respect to a corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.(2) For a professional service corporation organized under this chapter and chapter 24.03A RCW as a nonprofit corporation, the provisions of chapter 24.03A RCW shall be applicable except to the extent that any of the provisions of this chapter are interpreted to be in conflict with the provisions thereof, and in such event the provisions and sections of this chapter shall take precedence with respect to a corporation organized under the provisions of this chapter.[ 2021 c 176 § 5205; 1991 c 72 § 5; 1986 c 261 § 2; 1983 c 51 § 6; 1969 c 122 § 13.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 18.100.132 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.132 - Nonprofit professional service corporations formed under prior law.

RCW 18.100.132 Nonprofit professional service corporations formed under prior law.A nonprofit professional service corporation formed pursuant to *chapter 431, Laws of 1985, may amend its articles of incorporation at any time before July 31, 1987, to comply with the provisions of this chapter. Compliance under this chapter shall relate back and take effect as of the date of formation of the corporation under *chapter 431, Laws of 1985, and the corporate existence shall be deemed to have continued without interruption from that date.[ 1986 c 261 § 4.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: Chapter 431, Laws of 1985 enacted RCW 24.03.038, which was repealed by 1986 c 261 § 7.
WA Rev Code § 18.100.133 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.133 - Business corporations, election of this chapter.

RCW 18.100.133 Business corporations, election of this chapter.A business corporation formed under the provisions of Title 23B RCW may amend its articles of incorporation to change its stated purpose to the rendering of professional services and to conform to the requirements of this chapter. Upon the effective date of such amendment, the corporation shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and shall continue in existence as a professional corporation under this chapter.[ 1991 c 72 § 6; 1986 c 261 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.134 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.134 - Professional services—Deletion from stated purposes of corporation.

RCW 18.100.134 Professional services—Deletion from stated purposes of corporation. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)A professional corporation may amend its articles of incorporation to delete from its stated purposes the rendering of professional services and to conform to the requirements of Title 23B RCW, or to the requirements of chapter 24.03 RCW if organized pursuant to RCW 18.100.050 as a nonprofit nonstock corporation. Upon the effective date of such amendment, the corporation shall no longer be subject to the provisions of this chapter and shall continue in existence as a corporation under Title 23B RCW or chapter 24.03 RCW.[ 1991 c 72 § 7; 1986 c 261 § 3; 1983 c 51 § 9.]RCW 18.100.134Professional services—Deletion from stated purposes of corporation. (Effective January 1, 2022.)A professional corporation may amend its articles of incorporation to delete from its stated purposes the rendering of professional services and to conform to the requirements of Title 23B RCW, or to the requirements of chapter 24.03A RCW if organized pursuant to RCW 18.100.050 as a nonprofit corporation. Upon the effective date of such amendment, the corporation shall no longer be subject to the provisions of this chapter and shall continue in existence as a corporation under Title 23B RCW or chapter 24.03A RCW.[ 2021 c 176 § 5206; 1991 c 72 § 7; 1986 c 261 § 3; 1983 c 51 § 9.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 18.100.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.140 - Improper conduct not authorized.

RCW 18.100.140 Improper conduct not authorized.Nothing in this chapter shall authorize a director, officer, shareholder, agent, or employee of a corporation organized under this chapter, or a corporation itself organized under this chapter, to do or perform any act which would be illegal, unethical, or unauthorized conduct under the provisions of the following acts: (1) Physicians and surgeons, chapter 18.71 RCW; (2) anti-rebating act, chapter 19.68 RCW; (3) state bar act, chapter 2.48 RCW; (4) professional accounting act, chapter 18.04 RCW; (5) professional architects act, chapter 18.08 RCW; (6) professional auctioneers act, chapter 18.11 RCW; (7) cosmetologists, barbers, and manicurists, chapter 18.16 RCW; (8) assisted living facilities act, chapter 18.20 RCW; (9) podiatric medicine and surgery, chapter 18.22 RCW; (10) chiropractic act, chapter 18.25 RCW; (11) registration of contractors, chapter 18.27 RCW; (12) debt adjusting act, chapter 18.28 RCW; (13) dental hygienist act, chapter 18.29 RCW; (14) dentistry, chapter 18.32 RCW; (15) dispensing opticians, chapter 18.34 RCW; (16) naturopathic physicians, chapter 18.36A RCW; (17) embalmers and funeral directors, chapter 18.39 RCW; (18) engineers and land surveyors, chapter 18.43 RCW; (19) escrow agents registration act, chapter 18.44 RCW; (20) birthing centers, chapter 18.46 RCW; (21) midwifery, chapter 18.50 RCW; (22) nursing homes, chapter 18.51 RCW; (23) optometry, chapter 18.53 RCW; (24) osteopathic physicians and surgeons, chapter 18.57 RCW; (25) pharmacists, chapter 18.64 RCW; (26) physical therapy, chapter 18.74 RCW; (27) registered nurses, advanced registered nurse practitioners, and practical nurses, chapter 18.79 RCW; (28) psychologists, chapter 18.83 RCW; (29) real estate brokers and salespersons, chapter 18.85 RCW; (30) veterinarians, chapter 18.92 RCW.[ 2012 c 10 § 38; 2011 c 336 § 503; 1994 sp.s. c 9 § 717; 1987 c 447 § 16; 1982 c 35 § 170; 1969 c 122 § 14.]NOTES:Application—2012 c 10: See note following RCW 18.20.010.Severability—Headings and captions not law—Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 9: See RCW 18.79.900 through 18.79.902.Intent—Severability—Effective dates—Application—1982 c 35: See notes following RCW 43.07.160.
WA Rev Code § 18.100.145 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.145 - Doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery—Discrimination prohibited.

RCW 18.100.145 Doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery—Discrimination prohibited.A professional service corporation that provides health care services to the general public may not discriminate against a qualified doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW, who has applied to practice with the professional service corporation, solely because that practitioner was board certified or eligible under an approved osteopathic certifying board instead of board certified or eligible respectively under an approved medical certifying board.[ 1995 c 64 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.160 - Foreign professional corporation.

RCW 18.100.160 Foreign professional corporation.A foreign professional corporation may render professional services in this state so long as it complies with chapter 23B.15 RCW and each individual rendering professional services in this state is duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render such professional services within this state.[ 1998 c 293 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.005 - Transfer of duties to the department of health.

RCW 18.104.005 Transfer of duties to the department of health.The powers and duties of the department of social and health services under this chapter shall be performed by the department of health.[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 237.]NOTES:Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
WA Rev Code § 18.104.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.010 - Purpose.

RCW 18.104.010 Purpose.The legislature declares that the drilling, making or constructing of wells within the state is a business and activity of vital interest to the public. In order to protect the public health, welfare, and safety of the people it is necessary that provision be made for the regulation and licensing of well contractors and operators and for the regulation of well design and construction.[ 1993 c 387 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.030 - Compliance enjoined.

RCW 18.104.030 Compliance enjoined.It is unlawful:(1) For any person to supervise, construct, alter, or decommission a well without complying with the provisions of this chapter and the rules for well construction adopted pursuant to this chapter;(2) For any person to cause a well to be constructed in violation of the standards for well construction established by this chapter and rules adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter;(3) For a prospective water well owner to have a water well constructed without first obtaining a water right permit, if a permit is required;(4) For any person to construct, alter, or decommission a well unless the fees required by RCW 18.104.055 have been paid;(5) For a person to tamper with or remove a well identification tag except during well alteration; and(6) Except as provided in RCW 18.104.180, for any person to contract to engage in the construction of a well or to act as a well operator without first obtaining a license pursuant to this chapter.[ 1993 c 387 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 18.104.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.104 - Water Well Construction.|18.104.040 - Powers of department.

RCW 18.104.040 Powers of department.The department shall have the power:(1) To issue, deny, suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;(2) At all reasonable times, to enter upon lands for the purpose of inspecting, taking measurements from, or tagging any well, constructed or being constructed;(3) To call upon or receive professional or technical advice from the department of health, the technical advisory group created in RCW 18.104.190, or any other public agency or person;(4) To adopt rules, in consultation with the department of health and the technical advisory group created in RCW 18.104.190, governing licensing and well construction as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The rules adopted by the department may include, but are not limited to:(a) Standards for the construction and maintenance of wells and their casings;(b) Methods of capping, sealing, and decommissioning wells to prevent contamination of groundwater resources and to protect public health and safety;(c) Methods of artificial recharge of groundwater bodies and of construction of wells which insure separation of individual water bearing formations;(d) The manner of conducting and the content of examinations required to be taken by applicants for license hereunder;(e) Requirements for the filing of notices of intent, well reports, and the payment of fees;(f) Reporting requirements of well contractors;(g) Limitations on well construction in areas identified by the department as requiring intensive control of withdrawals in the interests of sound management of the groundwater resource;(5) To require the operator in the construction of a well and the property owner in the maintenance of a well to guard against waste and contamination of the groundwater resources;(6) To require the operator to place a well identification tag on a new well and on an existing well on which work is performed after the effective date of rules requiring well identification tags and to place or require the owner to place a well identification tag on an existing well;(7) To require the well owner to repair or decommission any well:(a) That is abandoned, unusable, or not intended for future use; or(b) That is an environmental, safety, or public health hazard.[ 1993 c 387 § 4; 1991 c 3 § 249; 1971 ex.s. c 212 § 4.]