Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-809
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License requirement
Official statutory text
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 rendering professional service who is not duly licensed or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 277
otherwise permitted in accordance with the provisions of this
state’s licensing laws for the profession or related profession to
render the same professional services or related professional
services as those for which the entity is organized. No person
shall be a shareholder of a professional corporation who is not duly
licensed or otherwise permitted to render the same professional
services or related professional services as the services for which
the corporation is organized. An owner of a qualified foreign
professional entity need not be duly licensed if he or she is not
rendering professional services in this state.
hold an interest in a domestic professional entity including a
domestic professional entity that owns a domestic professional
entity rendering professional service who is not duly licensed or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 277
otherwise permitted in accordance with the provisions of this
state’s licensing laws for the profession or related profession to
render the same professional services or related professional
services as those for which the entity is organized. No person
shall be a shareholder of a professional corporation who is not duly
licensed or otherwise permitted to render the same professional
services or related professional services as the services for which
the corporation is organized. An owner of a qualified foreign
professional entity need not be duly licensed if he or she is not
rendering professional services in this state.
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