Section 5.32. Corporate and fictitious names; professional corporations

(a) Fictitious and professional corporation names shall meet the following conditions:

(1) The corporate name shall end with the words corporation, incorporated, professional corporation or a derivative thereof.

(2) The fictitious or corporate name shall contain the word chiropractor, chiropractic, doctor of chiropractic or D. C., unless incorporated under this section.

(3) The fictitious or corporate name may not have been previously filed with the Corporation Bureau and approved by the Board and in current use by another licensee.

(4) The fictitious or corporate name may not indicate or suggest by its terms an official status or affiliation with Federal, State, county or municipal governmental entity.

(5) The fictitious or corporate name may not contain false, deceptive or misleading terminology.

(b) A licensee may form a professional corporation with other licensees or other licensed health care practitioners who treat human ailments and conditions and who are licensed to provide health care services in this Commonwealth without receiving a referral or supervision from another health care practitioner.

The provisions of this § 5.32 adopted December 27, 1991, effective December 28, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 5944; amended May 23, 1997, effective May 24, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 2540. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (208580) to (208581).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 5.32 issued under section 302 of the Chiropractic Practice Act (63 P. S. § 625.302); amended under section 302(3) of the Chiropractic Practice Act (63 P. S. § 625.302(3)); and section 812.1 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 279.3a).