Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2070 - State Board of Chiropractic Examiners › Chapter 2 - General Rules › Section 20 CSR 2070-2.100 - Professional Corporations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment removes language that is not
				  required for the administration of the rule.
(1) Professional Corporations-Organization.
(A) A person licensed as a chiropractor in
				this state may form or be a member of a professional corporation organized
				under and existing in compliance with Chapter 356, RSMo, which corporation may
				be composed of any combination of the professions defined as a professional
				service in section
				356.021, RSMo
				provided, that each person is duly licensed to practice his/her profession in
				this state under the laws applicable to that profession and provided further
				that the licensing authority of each profession by rule has authorized the
				members of that profession to form a professional corporation with a person
				licensed by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
(B) A chiropractor licensed to practice
				chiropractic in Missouri may combine with any of the professions defined as a
				professional service in section
				356.021, RSMo in the
				same professional corporation to further the providing of health-care services
				of the respective professions and services ancillary to that
				profession.
(C) The term ancillary
				services, as used in this rule, shall mean any service directly related to
				providing primary health care in the form of treatment or therapy to a
				person.
(D) Any professional
				corporation formed pursuant to this rule shall comply with all applicable
				requirements of Chapter 356, RSMo. As soon as practicable, but no later than
				thirty (30) days from the date of issuance of a Certificate of Incorporation by
				the Missouri secretary of state, each professional corporation shall provide
				the board with a copy of the Articles of Incorporation, certified by the
				secretary of the corporation that the articles are true and correct copies and
				also shall provide a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation issued by the
				Missouri secretary of state.
(E) No
				professional corporation shall dissolve or elect to cease being a professional
				corporation under the provisions of section
				356.201,
				RSMo, until the corporation has provided the board with information which in
				the board's view is sufficient to assure the board that adequate measures have
				been taken by the corporation to provide for the transfer of patient records,
				including X-rays, to either the patient or another health care provider of the
				patient's choosing or to assure the board that the patient does not desire the
				records delivered to him/her or another health care provider.
(F) A chiropractor licensed pursuant to
				Chapter 331, RSMo shall not:
1. Select or use
				any name for a professional corporation which is false, deceptive, or
				misleading to the general public concerning the nature of professional services
				offered or provided by the professional corporation; and
2. Be a member of any professional
				corporation having a name in violation of this subsection. The name of any
				professional corporation formed pursuant to this rule shall comply with section
				356.071,
				RSMo.
(G) No
				chiropractor licensed pursuant to Chapter 331, RSMo shall practice in the form
				of a professional corporation or other business entity where a person who is
				not a licensed chiropractor has the right to direct or control the professional
				judgment of the chiropractic physician.