As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Disqualified person' means an individual or entity that for any reason is or becomes ineligible under this chapter to be a member of a PLLC;(2) 'Domestic professional LLC' means a professional LLC formed under chapters 201-248 of this title;(3) 'Foreign professional LLC' means a foreign LLC formed for the purpose of rendering professional services under a law other than the law of this state;(4) 'Law' includes rules promulgated in accordance with § 48-248-603;(5) 'Licensing authority' means the officer, board, agency, court or other authority in this state empowered to license or otherwise authorize the rendition of a professional service;(6) 'Professional LLC' or 'PLLC' means an LLC, other than a foreign professional LLC, which has elected to become subject to this chapter;(7) 'Professional service' means a service that may be lawfully rendered only by a person licensed or otherwise authorized by a licensing authority in this state to render the service and that may not be lawfully rendered by a corporation under the Tennessee Business Corporation Act, compiled in chapters 11-27 of this title or by an LLC under ty in this state to render the service and that may not be lawfully rendered by a corporation under the Tennessee Business Corporation Act, compiled in chapters 11-27 of this title or by an LLC under chapters 201-248 of this title; and(8) 'Qualified person' means an individual, general partnership, professional corporation, professional association or PLLC that is eligible under § 48-248-401 to be a member of a PLLC.Acts 1994, ch. 868, § 1; 1995, ch. 403, § 89.
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