Professional Association

A professional association is a professional entity formed for the purpose of providing professional services rendered by a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, doctor of podiatry, dentist, chiropractor, optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, veterinarian, or licensed mental health professional.¹ Only a professional individual licensed to practice the same professional service as the professional association may be a governing person, managerial official, owner, or member of a professional association. Only a governing person of the professional association may serve as the president of the association. A professional association must register with the Texas Secretary of State.

Professional associations are subject to a state franchise tax.

_{2 A professional association is governed by title 1, title 2, chapters 20 and 21, and title 7, chapters 301 and 302 of the Texas Business Organizations Code. Title 1, chapter 3, subchapter A of the Texas Business Organizations Code governs the formation of a professional association and sets forth the provisions required or permitted to be contained in the certificate of formation. A “licensed mental health professional” means a person, other than a physician, who is licensed by the state to engage in the practice of psychology or psychiatric nursing or to provide professional therapy or counseling services.}