Req. No. 493 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) SENATE BILL 620 By: Montgomery AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to the Professional Entit y Act; amending 18 O.S. 2021, Section 809, which relates to license requirement; modifying r equirements for persons holding interest in do mestic professional entity; prohibiting a person not duly licensed from holding shares in certain pro fessional corporations; providing exception; and providing effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 18 O.S. 2021, Section 809, is amended to read as follows: Section 809. Except as provided in Section 815 of this title, no person shall hold an interest in a domestic professional entity including a domestic professional entity that owns a domestic professional entity rend ering professional service, who is not duly licensed or otherwise permitted in accordance with the provisi ons of this state’s licensing laws for the professi on or related profession to render the same professional services or related professional services as those for which the entity is orga nized. No person may be a shareholder of a professional corporation who is not an Req. No. 493 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 individual duly licensed or otherwise permitted to render the same professional services or related professional services as those for which the corporation is organized. A n owner of a qualified foreign professional entity shall not be required to be duly licensed if he or she does not rende r professional services in this state. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. 59-1-493 TEK 1/17/2023 8:14:56 PM