SECTIONS 10810-10812 - California Statutes

CORPORATIONS CODE

SECTION 10810-10812

10810. A nonprofit corporation may be formed under Part 2
(commencing with Section 5110) or Part 3 (commencing with Section
7110) of this division for the purposes of defraying or assuming the
cost of professional services of licentiates under any chapter of
Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and
Professions Code or of rendering any such services, but it may not
engage directly or indirectly in the performance of the corporate
purposes or objects unless all of the following requirements are met:
(a) At least one-fourth of all licentiates of the particular
profession residing in California become members.
(b) Membership in the corporation and an opportunity to render
professional services upon a uniform basis are available to all
licensed members of the particular profession.
(c) Voting by proxy and cumulative voting are prohibited.
(d) A certificate is issued to the corporation by the particular
professional board whose licentiates have become members, finding
compliance with the requirements of subdivisions (a), (b), and (c).
Any such corporation shall be subject to supervision by the
particular professional board under which its members are licensed
and shall also be subject to the part under which it is formed,
either Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) or Part 3 (commencing
with Section 7110) of this division, except as to matters
specifically otherwise provided for in this article.

10811. Any nonprofit corporation described in Section 10810 which
defrays or assumes some portion or all of the costs of refractions or
eye appliances shall offer an equal opportunity to render
professional services upon a uniform basis to all licentiates
expressly authorized by law to render such services.

10812. The provisions of Sections 10810 and 10811 of this article
apply to corporations formed on or after January 1, 1980, under Part
2 or Part 3 of this division and pursuant to this article and to
corporations existing on December 31, 1979, and formed under Section
9201 or 9201.1 of the Corporations Code then in effect.