ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 127
(By Senators Hunter, Mitchell and Kessler)
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[Passed February 17, 2000; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact section one thousand three hundred one,
article thirteen, chapter thirty-one-b of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
relating to adding social workers to the list of professionals
who may organize professional limited liability companies.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one thousand three hundred one, article thirteen,
chapter thirty-one-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 13. PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.
§31B-13-1301. Definitions.
As used in this article:
(1) "Licensing board" means the governing body or agency
established under chapter thirty of this code which is responsible
for the licensing and regulation of the practice of the profession
which the professional limited liability company is organized to
provide;
(2) "Professional limited liability company" means a limited
liability company organized under this chapter for the purpose of
rendering a professional service; and
(3) "Professional service" means the services rendered by the
following professions: Attorneys-at-law under article two,
physicians and podiatrists under article three, dentists under
article four, optometrists under article eight, accountants under
article nine, veterinarians under article ten, architects under
article twelve, engineers under article thirteen, osteopathic
physicians and surgeons under article fourteen, chiropractors under
article sixteen, psychologists under article twenty-one and social
workers under article thirty, all of chapter thirty of this code.