Section 15-401 - Practice through corporation, partnership, or limited liability company authorized. - Maryland Statutes

§ 15-401. Practice through corporation, partnership, or limited liability company authorized.
 

(a)  Practice authorized.-  

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a professional land surveyor may practice land surveying for others through: 

(i) a corporation as an officer, employee, or agent of the corporation; 

(ii) a partnership as a partner, employee, or agent of the partnership; or 

(iii) a limited liability company as a member, employee, or agent of the limited liability company. 

(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, a licensed property line surveyor may practice property line surveying through: 

(i) a corporation as an officer, employee, or agent of the corporation; 

(ii) a partnership as a partner, employee, or agent of the partnership; or 

(iii) a limited liability company as a member, employee, or agent of the limited liability company. 

(3) Subject to the provisions of this subtitle, a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company may provide land surveying services through a professional land surveyor or property line surveying services through a licensed property line surveyor. 

(b)  Application of title.-  

(1) A professional land surveyor who practices land surveying through a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company under this section shall be subject to all of the provisions of this title that relate to practicing land surveying. 

(2) A licensed property line surveyor who practices property line surveying through a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company under this section shall be subject to all of the provisions of this title that relate to practicing property line surveying. 

(c)  Liability not affected.-  

(1) A corporation, partnership, or limited liability company that provides land surveying services or property line surveying services under this section is not, by its compliance with this section, relieved of any responsibility that the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company may have for an act or omission of its officer, partner, member, employee, or agent. 

(2) An individual who practices land surveying or property line surveying through a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, is not, by reason of the individual's employment or other relationship with the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, relieved of any individual responsibility that the individual may have regarding that practice. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 56, § 340; 1989, ch. 3, § 1; 1997, ch. 170; 1999, ch. 34, § 8.]