Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC): Requirements to Create and Verify
A PLLC is created by filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State. There is one form for all LLCs, with specific instructions.
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Professional Service Corporations: Requirements to Create and Register
Like all Illinois corporations and medical corporations, professional service corporations must prepare and adopt by-laws (although they are internal documents and not filed with the state).
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Medical Corporations: Requirements to Create and Verify
When choosing a name, a medical corporation may use the last name of one or more persons formerly or currently associated with it.
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Partnerships: Requirements to Create and Verify
If there is no agreement, the partnership is governed by Illinois law, which has adopted the Uniform Partnership Act (805 ILCS 206).
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Sole Proprietorships: Requirements to Create and Verify
Sole proprietors who do business under an assumed name must file an application in each county where the business is located.
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Business Structures for a Physician Practice: How to Form and License Your Entity (Part II)
Once a business structure choice has been made, the next steps are forming the entity, and, where required, obtaining licensure and an employer identification number.
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Employers of Five or More Employees Must Give Nursing Breaks
Do you know that Illinois has a law on the books that requires employers of five or more employees to provide breaks to nursing mothers to express milk?
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Physician Non-Compete Update: What’s Enforceable in Employment Agreements?
“Restrictive covenants” are frequently found in all types of employment agreements, including associate physician contracts.
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