1501 - Definitions. - New York Statutes

§ 1501. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the term: (a) "licensing authority" means the regents of the university of the state of New York or the state education department, as the case may be, in the case of all professions licensed under title eight of the education law, and the appropriate appellate division of the supreme court in the case of the profession of law. (b) "Profession" includes any practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law, or as a licensed physician, and those occupations designated in title eight of the education law. (c) "Professional service" means any type of service to the public which may be lawfully rendered by a member of a profession within the purview of his profession. (d) "Professional service corporation" means a corporation organized under this article. (e) "Officer" does not include the secretary or an assistant secretary of a corporation having only one shareholder.