Counselors: Corp. Code 17701.04(b) lets an LLC render licensed services only where the Business and Professions Code authorizes an LLC to hold that license, and 17701.04(e) says nothing in the LLC Act permits an LLC to render professional services as defined in Corp. Code 13401(a), which covers any service that may lawfully be rendered only under a Business and Professions Code license. This license is such a service, so it cannot be practiced through an LLC, and California has no professional LLC. B&P 4999.123 authorizes a professional clinical counselor corporation that complies with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act (Corp. Code 13400 to 13410), with the Board of Behavioral Sciences as the governmental agency. Licensed physicians and surgeons, psychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, registered nurses, chiropractors, acupuncturists, naturopathic doctors and midwives may also be shareholders, officers or directors of a professional clinical counselor corporation so long as together they own no more than 49 percent of the shares and do not outnumber the owners licensed by the Board of Behavioral Sciences (Corp. Code 13401.5(o)).
Marriage and family therapists: Corp. Code 17701.04(b) lets an LLC render licensed services only where the Business and Professions Code authorizes an LLC to hold that license, and 17701.04(e) says nothing in the LLC Act permits an LLC to render professional services as defined in Corp. Code 13401(a), which covers any service that may lawfully be rendered only under a Business and Professions Code license. This license is such a service, so it cannot be practiced through an LLC, and California has no professional LLC. B&P 4987.5 authorizes a marriage and family therapy corporation that complies with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act (Corp. Code 13400 to 13410), with the Board of Behavioral Sciences as the governmental agency. Licensed physicians and surgeons, psychologists, clinical social workers, registered nurses, chiropractors, acupuncturists, naturopathic doctors, professional clinical counselors and midwives may also be shareholders, officers or directors of a marriage and family therapy corporation so long as together they own no more than 49 percent of the shares and do not outnumber the owners licensed by the Board of Behavioral Sciences (Corp. Code 13401.5(g)).
Social workers: Corp. Code 17701.04(b) lets an LLC render licensed services only where the Business and Professions Code authorizes an LLC to hold that license, and 17701.04(e) says nothing in the LLC Act permits an LLC to render professional services as defined in Corp. Code 13401(a), which covers any service that may lawfully be rendered only under a Business and Professions Code license. This license is such a service, so it cannot be practiced through an LLC, and California has no professional LLC. B&P 4998 authorizes a licensed clinical social worker corporation that complies with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act (Corp. Code 13400 to 13410), with the Board of Behavioral Sciences as the governmental agency. Licensed physicians and surgeons, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, registered nurses, chiropractors, acupuncturists, naturopathic doctors and professional clinical counselors may also be shareholders, officers or directors of a licensed clinical social worker corporation so long as together they own no more than 49 percent of the shares and do not outnumber the owners licensed by the Board of Behavioral Sciences (Corp. Code 13401.5(h)).
Psychologists: Corp. Code 17701.04(b) lets an LLC render licensed services only where the Business and Professions Code authorizes an LLC to hold that license, and 17701.04(e) says nothing in the LLC Act permits an LLC to render professional services as defined in Corp. Code 13401(a), which covers any service that may lawfully be rendered only under a Business and Professions Code license. This license is such a service, so it cannot be practiced through an LLC, and California has no professional LLC. B&P 2995 authorizes a psychological corporation that complies with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act (Corp. Code 13400 to 13410). Licensed physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, registered nurses, optometrists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, chiropractors, acupuncturists, naturopathic doctors, professional clinical counselors and midwives may also be shareholders, officers or directors of a psychological corporation so long as together they own no more than 49 percent of the shares and do not outnumber the owners licensed by the Board of Psychology (Corp. Code 13401.5(c)). Except as Corp. Code 13401.5 and 13403 allow, each shareholder, director and officer must be a licensed psychologist (B&P 2997), and the name must contain one of the words listed in B&P 2902(c) plus wording that shows corporate existence (B&P 2998).
