2016 Utah Code
Title 16 - Corporations
Chapter 11 - Professional Corporation Act
Section 8 - Officer, director, or shareholder shall be licensed professional -- Nonlicensed person as secretary or treasurer.

16-11-8. Officer, director, or shareholder shall be licensed professional -- Nonlicensed person as secretary or treasurer.

• (1)
  • (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a person may not be an officer, director, or shareholder of a professional corporation unless that person is:
    • (i) an individual licensed to render the same specific professional services as those for which the corporation is organized; or
    • (ii) qualified to be an officer, director, or shareholder under the applicable licensing act for the profession for which the corporation is organized.
  • (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), a nonlicensed person may serve as secretary or treasurer of the professional corporation.

• (2) For purposes of Subsection (1), professional services are considered the same specific professional services as those for which the corporation is organized if:
  • (a) the corporation is organized to provide services described in:
    • (i)Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act; or
    • (ii)Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; and
  • (b) the officer, director, or shareholder is licensed under either of the chapters listed in Subsection (2)(a).

Amended by Chapter 378, 2010 General Session