2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 805 - BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS › 805 ILCS 10/ - Professional Service Corporation Act.

(805 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-1)
Sec. 1. 
		
		This Act may be cited as the
Professional Service Corporation Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
(805 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-2)
Sec. 2. 

It is the legislative intent to provide for the incorporation of an
individual or group of individuals to render the same professional service
or related professional services to the public for which such individuals
are required by law to be licensed or to obtain other legal authorization,
while preserving the established professional aspects of the personal
relationship between the professional person and those he or she serves
professionally.
(Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)
(805 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3)
Sec. 3. 

In this Act the terms defined in the Sections following this Section and preceding Section 4 have the
meanings ascribed to them in those Sections unless a contrary meaning is
clear from the context.
(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
(805 ILCS 10/3.1) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.1)
Sec. 3.1. 

"Ancillary personnel" means such persons acting in their customary
capacities, employed by those rendering a professional service who:
(1) are not licensed to engage in the category of     professional service for which a professional corporation was formed; and
(2) work at the direction or under the supervision of     those who are so licensed; and
(3) do not hold themselves out to the public     generally as being authorized to engage in the practice of the profession for which the corporation is licensed; and
(4) are not prohibited by the regulating authority,     regulating the category of professional service rendered by the corporation from being so employed and includes clerks, secretaries, technicians and other assistants who are not usually and ordinarily considered by custom and practice to be rendering the professional services for which the corporation was formed.
(Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
(805 ILCS 10/3.2) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.2)
Sec. 3.2. 

"Regulating authority" means the
Supreme Court of Illinois (in the case of attorneys at law), the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, or other State board, department, or agency having
jurisdiction to grant a license to render the category of professional
service for which a professional corporation has been organized, the
United States Patent Office, or the Internal Revenue Service of the United
States Treasury Department.
(Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)
(805 ILCS 10/3.3) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.3)
Sec. 3.3. 
		
		"License" includes a license, certificate of registration or any
other evidence of the satisfaction of the requirements of this State, or of the
United States Patent Office or the Internal Revenue Service of the United
States Treasury Department, for the practice of a professional service.
(Source: P.A. 78-561.)
(805 ILCS 10/3.4) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.4)
Sec. 3.4. 
(a)
"Professional Corporation" means:
(1) a corporation organized under this Act;
(2) an entity converted under the Entity Omnibus Act     to a corporation governed by this Act; or
(3) a foreign corporation domesticated under the     Entity Omnibus Act and governed by this Act; that is organized solely for the purpose of rendering one category of professional service or
related professional services and which has as its shareholders, directors,
officers, agents
and employees (other than ancillary personnel) only
individuals who are duly licensed by this State or by the United States
Patent Office or the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Treasury
Department to render that particular category of professional service or
related professional services (except that the secretary of the corporation
need not be so licensed), except that the registered agent of the corporation
need not be licensed in such case where the registered agent is not a
shareholder, director, officer or employee (other than ancillary
personnel).
(b) A Professional Corporation may, for purposes of dissolution, have as
its shareholders, directors, officers, agents and employees individuals who
are not licensed by this State, provided that the corporation does not
render any professional services nor hold itself out as capable of or
available to render any professional services during the period of dissolution.
The regulating authority shall not issue or renew any certificate of
authority to a Professional Corporation during the period of dissolution.
A copy of the certificate of dissolution, as issued by the Secretary of
State, shall be delivered to the regulating authority within 30 days of its
receipt by the incorporators.
(Source: P.A. 100-561, eff. 7-1-18.)
(805 ILCS 10/3.5) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.5)
Sec. 3.5. 
		
		"Professional Service" means any personal service which requires
as a
condition precedent to the rendering thereof the obtaining of a license
from a State agency or from the United States Patent Office or the Internal
Revenue Service of the United States Treasury Department.
(Source: P.A. 83-857.)
(805 ILCS 10/3.6) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-3.6)
Sec. 3.6. "Related professions" and "related professional services" mean
more than one personal service which requires as a condition precedent to the
rendering thereof the obtaining of a license and which prior to October 1,
1973 could not be performed by a
corporation by reason of law; provided, however, that these terms shall
be restricted to:
(1) a combination of 2 or more of the following     personal services: (a) "architecture" as defined in Section 5 of the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, (b) "professional engineering" as defined in Section 4 of the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, (c) "structural engineering" as defined in Section 5 of the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989, (d) "land surveying" as defined in Section 2 of the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989;
(2) a combination of the following personal services:     (a) the practice of medicine by persons licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, (b) the practice of podiatry as defined in  the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987, (c) the practice of dentistry as defined in the Illinois Dental Practice Act, (d) the practice of optometry as defined in the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987;
(3) a combination of 2 or more of the following     personal services: (a) the practice of clinical psychology by persons licensed under the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, (b) the practice of social work or clinical social work by persons licensed under the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, (c) the practice of marriage and family therapy by persons licensed under the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act, (d) the practice of professional counseling or clinical professional counseling by persons licensed under the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act, or (e) the practice of sex offender evaluations by persons licensed under the Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment Provider Act; or
(4) a combination of 2 or more of the following     personal services: (a) the practice of acupuncture by persons licensed under the Acupuncture Practice Act, (b) the practice of massage by persons licensed under the Massage Therapy Practice Act, (c) the practice of naprapathy by persons licensed under the Naprapathic Practice Act, (d) the practice of occupational therapy by persons licensed under the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act, (e) the practice of physical therapy by persons licensed under the Illinois Physical Therapy Act, or (f) the practice of speech-language therapy by persons licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. (Source: P.A. 101-95, eff. 7-19-19; 102-20, eff. 1-1-22.)
(805 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-4)
Sec. 4. 
		
		The "Business Corporation Act of 1983", as now or hereafter
amended, shall be applicable to professional corporations organized under
this Act, and they shall enjoy the powers and privileges and be subject to
the duties, restrictions, and liabilities of other corporations, except
where inconsistent with the letter and purpose of this Act. This Act shall
take precedence in the event of any conflict with provisions of the
"Business Corporation Act of 1983" or other laws.
This Act shall not apply to any persons within this State who prior to
the passage of this Act were rendering personal services by means of a
corporation, nor to any corporation organized by them presently in
existence or hereafter organized, however such persons may elect to
incorporate under the provisions of this Act, or to bring an existing
corporation within the provisions of this Act by amending the articles of
incorporation in such a manner as to be consistent with all the provisions
of this Act and by affirmatively stating in the amended articles of
incorporation that the shareholders have elected to bring the corporation
within the provisions of this Act.
A professional association organized under the "Act to Authorize
Professional Associations", approved August 9, 1961, as amended, may elect
by resolution to bring the association under the provisions of this Act by
authorizing its members to incorporate under this Act and stating in the
articles of incorporation that the association shall be considered to have
merged with the professional corporation so formed. When the articles of
incorporation have been filed with the Secretary of State, the professional
corporation shall be deemed to have acquired the property and assets and
assumed the liabilities of the association; and the association shall
thereafter cease to exist as a separate identity.
Nothing contained in this Act shall alter the right of persons licensed
to engage in the rendering of a personal service from so doing in any other
business form permitted them by law.
The provisions of this Act shall not be considered as repealing,
modifying or restricting the applicable provisions of law regulating the
several professions except insofar as such laws are in conflict with the
provisions of this Act, however, the provisions of this Act shall take
precedence over any law which prohibits a corporation from rendering any
type of professional services. Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit
a professional corporation from employing ancillary personnel.
(Source: P.A. 83-1362.)
(805 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-5)
Sec. 5. A professional corporation organized under this Act may consolidate or
merge only with another domestic professional corporation organized under
this Act to render the same specific professional service or related
professional services or with a domestic limited liability company organized under the Limited Liability Company Act to render the same specific professional service or related professional services
and a merger or consolidation with any foreign
corporation or foreign limited liability company is prohibited. A professional association organized under the
"Act to Authorize Professional Associations", approved August 9, 1961, as
amended, may merge with a professional corporation formed under this Act by
complying with Section 4 of this Act. A conversion to or from a professional corporation under the Entity Omnibus Act is permitted only if the converted entity is organized to render the same specific professional service or related professional services.
(Source: P.A. 100-561, eff. 7-1-18.)
(805 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-6)
Sec. 6. 
		
		One or more individuals each of whom is licensed to perform the same
professional service or related professional services in this State may
organize a professional corporation by filing articles of incorporation
with the Secretary of State on forms furnished by the Secretary. Such
articles of incorporation shall meet the requirements of the "Business
Corporation Act of 1983" and in addition thereto state the specific
profession or related professions to be practiced by the professional corporation.
A professional corporation may be organized under this Act only for the
purpose of rendering one specific type of professional service and services
ancillary thereto; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be
construed to prevent a professional corporation from organizing under this
Act where that corporation is organized for the purpose of rendering
related professional services and services ancillary thereto; and
provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit an attorney licensed
to practice law in Illinois from signing and acting as initial
incorporator on behalf of such corporation.
(Source: P.A. 85-190.)
(805 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-7)
Sec. 7. 
		
		
		No corporation organized and incorporated under this Act may render
professional services, except through its officers, employees and agents
who are duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render such
professional services within this State. The term "employee" as used in
this Act does not include "ancillary personnel" as that term is used in
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 77-565.)
(805 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-8)
Sec. 8. 
		
		
		Nothing contained in this Act shall be interpreted to abolish, repeal,
modify, restrict or limit the law now in effect in this State applicable to
the professional relationship and liabilities between the person furnishing
the professional services and the person receiving such professional
service and to the standards for professional conduct. Any officer,
shareholder, agent or employee of a corporation organized under this Act
shall remain personally and fully liable and accountable for any negligent
or wrongful acts or misconduct committed by him, or by any ancillary
personnel or person under his direct supervision and control, while
rendering professional services on behalf of the corporation to the person
for whom such professional services were being rendered. However, a
professional corporation shall have no greater liability for the conduct of
its agents than a general business corporation. The corporation shall be
liable up to the full value of its property for any negligence or wrongful
acts or misconduct committed by any of its officers, shareholders, agents
or employees while they are engaged on behalf of the corporation in the
rendering of professional services.
The relationship of an individual to a professional corporation
organized under this Act, with which such individual is associated, whether
as a shareholder, director, officer or employee, shall in no way modify or
diminish the jurisdiction over him of the governmental authority or State
agency which licensed, certified or registered him for a particular
profession.
All rights and obligations pertaining to communications made to, or
information received by, any qualified person, or his advice thereon, shall
be extended to the professional corporation of which he is a shareholder or
employee, and to the corporation's officers, employees and ancillary
personnel.
(Source: P.A. 76-1283.)
(805 ILCS 10/9) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-9)
Sec. 9. 
		
		A professional corporation shall adopt a name consisting of
the full or last name of one or more of its shareholders; except that if
not otherwise prohibited by law, rules of a regulating authority or the
canons of ethics of the profession concerned, a professional corporation
may adopt a fictitious name. If the corporation does adopt a fictitious
name or continues to use the name of a deceased shareholder, the name of
a member of a predecessor organization, it shall file with the county
clerk of the county where its principal place of business is located,
under "An Act in relation to the use of an assumed name in the conduct
or transaction of business in this State," approved July 17, 1941, as
now or hereafter amended. It shall be permissible
for a professional corporation to continue to use the name of a deceased
shareholder for a period of one year after his death without recording
the name of the corporation with the county clerk as hereinabove
provided. A professional corporation may continue to use the name of a
shareholder who voluntarily withdraws from the corporation if the
withdrawing shareholder files with the regulating authority his written
permission for the continued use of his name by the professional
corporation. This permission shall remain in effect until written
revocation has been received by the regulating authority from the former
shareholder.
The corporate name shall end with the word "chartered" or "Limited"
or the abbreviation "Ltd.", or with the words "Professional Corporation"
or the abbreviation "Prof. Corp." or the initials "P. C.".
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
(805 ILCS 10/10) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-10)
Sec. 10. 
		
		A professional corporation organized under this Act shall be governed
by a board of directors elected by the shareholders and represented by
officers elected by the board of directors, and, if desired, by an
executive committee elected by the board of directors. If such
corporation has only one shareholder it need have only one director who
shall be such shareholder and may also serve as president,  secretary, and
 treasurer of the corporation. Such one shareholder corporations need not
have a vice-president. If such corporation has only 2 shareholders it
need have only 2 directors who shall be such shareholders and they shall
fill the offices of president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer
of the corporation between them.
(Source: P.A. 81-405.)
(805 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-11)
Sec. 11. 
		
		No corporation organized under this Act may issue any of its capital
stock to anyone other than an individual who is duly licensed or otherwise
legally authorized to render the same specific professional services or
related professional services as those for which the corporation was
organized. No shareholder shall enter into a voting trust agreement or any
other type of agreement vesting another person with the authority to
exercise the voting power of any of his stock.
The articles of incorporation shall provide for the purchase or
redemption of the shares of any shareholder upon his death or
disqualification, or the same may be provided for in the by-laws of the
corporation or in a separate agreement of the interested parties.
If the articles of incorporation, by-laws or separate agreement fail to
state a price or method of determining a fixed price at which the
corporation or its shareholders may purchase the shares of a deceased
shareholder, or a shareholder no longer qualified to own shares in the
corporation, then the price for such shares shall be the book value as of
the end of the month immediately preceding the death or disqualification of
the shareholder. Book value shall be determined from the books and records
of the corporation in accordance with the accounting methods used by the
corporation.
(Source: P.A. 85-190.)
(805 ILCS 10/12) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-12)
Sec. 12. 
(a) No corporation shall open, operate or maintain an establishment for any
of the purposes for which a corporation may be organized under this Act
without a certificate of registration from the regulating authority
authorized by law to license individuals to engage in the profession or
related professions concerned. Application for such registration shall be
made in writing, and shall contain the name and primary mailing address of the corporation, the name and address of the corporation's registered agent, the address of the practice location maintained by the corporation, each assumed name being used by the corporation,
and such other information as may be required by the regulating authority.
All official correspondence from the regulating authority shall be mailed to the primary mailing address of the corporation except that the corporation may elect to have renewal and non-renewal notices sent to the registered agent of the corporation. Upon receipt of such application, the regulating authority, or some
administrative agency of government designated by it, shall make an
investigation of the corporation. If the regulating authority is the
Supreme Court it may designate the bar or legal association which
investigates and prefers charges against lawyers to it for disciplining. If
such authority finds that the incorporators, officers, directors and
shareholders are each licensed pursuant to the laws of Illinois to engage
in the particular profession or related professions involved (except that
the secretary of the corporation need not be so licensed), and if no
disciplinary action is pending before it against any of them, and if it
appears that the corporation will be conducted in compliance with the law
and the regulations and rules of the regulating authority, such authority,
shall issue, upon payment of a registration fee of $50, a certificate of
registration.
A separate application shall be submitted for each business location in Illinois. If the corporation is using more than one fictitious or assumed name and has an address different from that of the parent company, a separate application shall be submitted for each fictitious  or assumed name.
Upon written application of the holder, the
regulating authority which originally issued the certificate of
registration shall renew the certificate if it finds that the corporation
has complied with its regulations and the provisions of this Act.
The fee for the renewal of a certificate of registration shall be calculated
at the rate of $40 per year.
If the regulatory authority is the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the certificate of registration shall expire on January 1, 2019 and on January 1 of every third year thereafter. The fee for renewal of a certificate of registration shall be $40.
The certificate of registration shall be conspicuously posted upon the
premises to which it is applicable. No
certificate of registration shall be assignable.
(b) Moneys collected under this Section from a professional corporation organized to practice law shall be deposited into the Supreme Court Special Purposes Fund.
(c) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the amount of any fee collected under this Section from a professional corporation organized to practice law may be set by Supreme Court rule, except that the amount of the fees shall remain as set by statute until the Supreme Court adopts rules specifying a higher or lower fee amount.
(Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15; 100-894, eff. 8-14-18.)
(805 ILCS 10/12.1) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-12.1)
Sec. 12.1. 
Any corporation which on 2 occasions issues or delivers a
check or other order to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
which is not honored by the financial institution upon which it is drawn
because of insufficient funds on account, shall pay to the
Department, in addition to the amount owing upon such check or other order,
a fee of $50.  If such check or other order was issued or delivered in payment
of a renewal fee and the corporation whose certificate of registration has
lapsed continues to practice as a corporation without paying the renewal
fee and the $50 fee required under this Section, an additional fee of $100
shall be imposed for practicing without a current license.  The Department
shall notify the corporation whose certificate of registration has lapsed,
within 30 days after the discovery by the Department that such corporation
is operating without a current certificate, that the corporation is
operating without a certificate, and of the amount due to the Department,
which shall include the lapsed renewal fee and all other fees required by
this Section.  If after the expiration of 30 days from the date of such
notification, the corporation whose certificate has lapsed seeks a  current
certificate, it shall thereafter apply to the Department
for reinstatement of the certificate and pay all fees  due to the Department.
The Department may establish a fee for the processing of an application
for reinstatement of a certificate which allows the Department to pay all costs
and expenses incident to the processing of this application.  The Director
may waive the fees due under this Section in individual cases where he finds
that in the particular case such fees would be unreasonable or unnecessarily
burdensome.
(Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)
(805 ILCS 10/13) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-13)
Sec. 13. 
The regulating authority which issued the certificate of
registration may suspend or revoke the certificate or may otherwise discipline the certificate holder for any of the following reasons:
(a) The revocation or suspension of the license to practice the
profession of any officer, director, shareholder or employee not promptly
removed or discharged by the corporation; (b) unethical professional
conduct on the part of any officer, director, shareholder or employee not
promptly removed or discharged by the corporation; (c) the death of the
last remaining shareholder; (d) upon finding that
the holder of a certificate has failed to comply with the provisions of
this Act or the regulations prescribed by the regulating authority that
issued it; or (e) the failure to file a return, or to pay the tax,
penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any final assessment
of tax, penalty or interest, as required by any tax Act administered by the
Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any
such tax Act are satisfied.
Before any certificate of registration is suspended or revoked, the
holder shall be given written notice of the proposed action and the reasons
therefor, and shall provide a public hearing by the regulating authority,
with the right to produce testimony and other evidence concerning the
charges made. The notice shall also state the place and date of the hearing
which shall be at least 10 days after service of said notice.
All orders of regulating authorities denying an application for a
certificate of registration, suspending or revoking a certificate of
registration, or imposing a civil penalty shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions
of the Administrative Review Law, as now or hereafter amended, and the
rules adopted pursuant thereto then in force.
The proceedings for judicial review shall be commenced in the circuit court of the county in which the party applying for review is located. If the party is not currently located in Illinois, the venue shall be in Sangamon County. The regulating authority shall not be required to certify any record to the court or file any answer in court or otherwise appear in any court in a judicial review proceeding, unless and until the regulating authority has received from the plaintiff payment of the costs of furnishing and certifying the record, which costs shall be determined by the regulating authority. Exhibits shall be certified without cost. Failure on the part of the plaintiff to file a receipt in court is grounds for dismissal of the action.
(Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)
(805 ILCS 10/13.5)
Sec. 13.5. Notice of violation. Whenever the regulating authority has reason to believe a corporation has opened, operated, or maintained an establishment for any of the purposes for which a corporation may be organized under this Act without a certificate of registration from the regulating authority authorized by law to license individuals to engage in the profession or related professions, the regulating authority may issue a notice of violation to the corporation. The notice of violation shall provide a period of 30 days from the date of the notice to either file an answer to the satisfaction of the regulating authority or submit an application for registration in compliance with this Act, including payment of the $50 application fee and a late fee of $100 for each year that the corporation opened, operated, or maintained an establishment for any of the purposes for which a corporation may be organized under this Act without having been issued a certificate of registration, with a maximum late fee of $500. If the corporation that is the subject of the notice of violation fails to respond, fails to respond to the satisfaction of the regulating authority, or fails to submit an application for registration, the regulating authority may institute disciplinary proceedings against the corporation and may impose a civil penalty up to $1,000 for violation of this Act after affording the corporation a hearing in conformance with the requirements of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)
(805 ILCS 10/14) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-14)
Sec. 14. 
		
		
		At the time of the filing of the written application by the corporation
for the renewal of its certificate under Section 12 of this Act, such
corporation shall also file with the appropriate regulating authority a
certificate giving the name and residence addresses of all shareholders as
of the last day of the month preceding such filing, and certifying that all
such shareholders are duly licensed to render the same professional
services or related professional services as those for which the
corporation was organized. This certificate shall be made on a form
prescribed and furnished by the appropriate regulating authority, shall be
signed by the president or vice-president and attested by the secretary or
assistant secretary of the professional corporation, and acknowledged and
sworn to before a notary public by the persons executing the certificate.
(Source: P.A. 78-783.)
(805 ILCS 10/15) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-15)
Sec. 15. 
		
		
		A professional corporation may only engage in the rendering of one
category of professional service or related professional services and may
render such professional service or related professional services only
through shareholders, directors, officers, agents and employees who are
themselves duly licensed in that category of professional service. No
person who is not licensed in that category of professional service or
related professional services shall have any part in the ownership,
management or control of the corporation, nor may any proxy to vote any
shares of such corporation be given to a person who is not so licensed.
(Source: P.A. 78-783.)
(805 ILCS 10/15.5)
Sec. 15.5. Confidentiality. All information collected by the regulating authority in the course of an examination or investigation of a holder of a certificate of registration or an applicant, including, but not limited to, any complaint against a holder of a certificate of registration filed with the regulating authority and information collected to investigate any such complaint, shall be maintained for the confidential use of the regulating authority and shall not be disclosed. The regulating authority may not disclose the information to anyone other than law enforcement officials, other regulatory agencies that have an appropriate regulatory interest as determined by the regulating authority, or a party presenting a lawful subpoena to the regulating authority. Information and documents disclosed to a federal, State, county, or local law enforcement agency shall not be disclosed by the agency for any purpose to any other agency or person. A formal complaint filed against a holder of a certificate of registration or an applicant shall be a public record, except as otherwise prohibited by law.
(Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)
(805 ILCS 10/16) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-16)
Sec. 16. 
		
		The provisions of this Act shall not be construed as limiting the
rendering of professional services or the practice of any profession under
any other provision of law. However, the provisions of this Act shall be
applicable to attorneys at law only to the extent and under such terms and
conditions as the Supreme Court of Illinois shall determine to be necessary
and appropriate. Articles of incorporation of professional corporations
organized to practice law shall contain such provisions as may be
appropriate to comply with applicable rules of such court.
Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a corporation
from prosecuting as plaintiff or defending as defendant any small claims
proceeding in any court of this State through any officer, director, manager,
department manager or supervisor of the corporation as authorized by Section
2-416 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Source: P.A. 83-909.)
(805 ILCS 10/17) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-17)
Sec. 17. 
		
		
		If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions
or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are
declared to be severable.
(Source: P.A. 76-1283.)
(805 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 32, par. 415-18)
Sec. 18. 
		Administrative Procedure Act. 
		The Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act is expressly adopted and incorporated herein as if all of the
provisions of that Act were included in this Act, except that the provision of
subsection (d) of Section 10-65 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
which provides that at hearings the licensee has the right to show compliance
with all lawful requirements for retention, continuation or renewal of the
license is specifically excluded.  For the purposes of this Act the notice
required under Section 10-25 of the Administrative Procedure Act is deemed
sufficient when mailed to the last known address of a party.
(Source: P.A. 88-45.)
(805 ILCS 10/19)
Sec. 19. 
		Deposit of fees and fines. 
		Beginning July 1, 1995, all of the
fees and
fines collected under this Act shall be deposited into the General Professions
Dedicated Fund.
(Source: P.A. 88-683, eff. 1-24-95.)