21 NCAC 42C .0104         NAMING CORPORATION OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

(a)  A corporate or limited liability company name must include either:

(1)           the name of a shareholder or member of the corporation or limited liability company and the shareholder's or member's degree; or

(2)           the word or words "optometry", "optometric", or "optometrists", followed, in the case of corporation, by the words "professional association" or the abbreviation "P.A.", or, in the case of a limited liability company, by the words "professional" and "limited liability company," or some abbreviation thereof that is permissible under G.S. 57C-2-01(c) and 57C-2-30 or 57C-7-06.

(b)  The name of the shareholder or member, the shareholder's or member's degree, and the words "optometrists", "optometry", or "optometric" must appear on any corporate or limited liability company sign or advertisement.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 55B‑5; 57C-2-01; 57C-2-30; 57C-7-06; 90-117.5;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. May 30, 1978;

Amended Eff. October 1, 1994; June 1, 1989; September 30, 1981;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 23, 2015.