2021 New York Laws
LLC - Limited Liability Company Law
Article 12 - Professional Service Limited Liability Companies
1204 - Rendering of Professional Service.

§ 1204. Rendering of professional service. (a) No professional service
limited  liability  company  may  render  a  professional service except
through individuals  authorized  by  law  to  render  such  professional
service,  as  individuals,  provided, that nothing in this chapter shall
authorize a professional service limited liability company to  render  a
professional service in this state except through individuals authorized
by law to render such professional service as individuals in this state.
  (b)  Each  final  plan  and  report  made  or issued by a professional
service limited liability company practicing  professional  engineering,
architecture,  landscape  architecture  or land surveying shall bear the
name and  seal  of  one  or  more  professional  engineers,  architects,
landscape  architects  or  land  surveyors,  respectively,  who  are  in
responsible charge of such plan or report.
  (c) Each report, diagnosis, prognosis and prescription made or  issued
by a professional service limited liability company practicing medicine,
dentistry,   podiatry,   optometry,  ophthalmic  dispensing,  veterinary
medicine,   pharmacy,   nursing,   psychology,   physical   therapy   or
chiropractic  shall  bear  the  signature  of  one  or  more physicians,
dentists,    podiatrists,    optometrists,    ophthalmic     dispensers,
veterinarians,  pharmacists,  nurses,  licensed  psychologists, physical
therapists or chiropractors, respectively, who are in responsible charge
of such report, diagnosis, prognosis or prescription.
  (d) Each record, transcript, report and hearing report prepared  by  a
professional  service  limited  liability  company  practicing certified
shorthand reporting shall bear the signature of one  or  more  certified
shorthand  reporters  who  are  in  responsible  charge  of such record,
transcript, report or hearing report.
  (e) Each professional service  limited  liability  company  practicing
public  accounting or certified public accounting shall maintain records
indicating the identity of each public accountant  or  certified  public
accountant,  respectively,  who  was  responsible  for  each  report  or
statement that is issued, prepared or examined by such limited liability
company.
  (f) Each opinion prepared by a professional service limited  liability
company practicing law shall bear the signature of one or more attorneys
and counselors-at-law who are in responsible charge of such opinion.
  (g)  In  addition  to  the  requirements  pursuant to subdivisions (b)
through (f) of this section, each document prepared  by  a  professional
service  limited  liability  company  that under the rules, regulations,
laws or customs of the applicable profession is  required  to  bear  the
signature of an individual in responsible charge of such document, shall
be signed by one or more such individuals.