(2000)

Dear Ms. Sacks:

On behalf of the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners ("the Board"), your predecessor requested our opinion concerning whether physical therapy services may be provided by business entities owned by unlicensed persons. That inquiry raised the following two questions:(1) May a business entity — such as a limited liability company or a corporation — provide physical therapy services by contracting with a licensed physical therapist to treat customers?(2) If a corporation may operate such a business, must the corporation be organized as a professional corporation, in which…