Medical Corporations: Requirements to Create and Verify

By Adrienne Hersh, JD, ICS Legal Counsel · May 1, 20197 min read

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Editor's Note: This is a portion of a full article on how to form and license different entities. Members may access the full article here. To read a more in-depth discussion on the differences between the entities, click here.

Illinois law permits one or more physicians licensed under the Medical Practice Act (MPA) to form a medical corporation (Medical Corporation Act, 805 ILCS 15). Because chiropractic physicians are licensed physicians under the MPA, they may solely own a medical corporation or co-own a medical corporation with other MPA licensees (chiropractic physicians, medical physicians or osteopathic physicians).

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Adrienne Hersh, JD, ICS Legal Counsel

Adrienne serves as Illinois Chiropractic Society general counsel and provides legal advice and support on a wide range of legal issues affecting chiropractic physicians, including licensing and other health care regulations, scope of practice, insurance and reimbursement, business structuring, labor and employment, contracts, and litigation. Adrienne previously served for 8 years as general counsel to the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation (now the Division of Professional Regulation, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation), where she was chief legal counsel responsible for overseeing all legal issues and advising the 50+ licensing and disciplinary boards, including the Medical Disciplinary Board and the Medical Licensing Board. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Health Care Section, the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, and the National Association of Chiropractic Attorneys.