Sec. B-3. 13 MRSA §736, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. B, §2 and affected by §7, is amended to read:

2. Assumed or fictitious name. A domestic professional corporation or foreign professional corporation may render professional services and exercise its authorized powers under an assumed or fictitious name, as long as the corporation has first registered the name to be so used in the manner required by met the requirements for filing an assumed or fictitious name under Title 13-C, section 404.

Sec. B-4. 13 MRSA §741, sub-§1, ¶¶C and D, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. B, §2 and affected by §7, are amended to read:

C. Professional corporations, professional limited liability companies or professional limited liability partnerships, domestic or foreign, authorized by law in this State to render a professional service described in the corporation's articles of incorporation; or

D. Any other entity that is authorized by law to provide the same professional service provided by the professional corporation.; or

Sec. B-5. 13 MRSA §741, sub-§1, ¶E is enacted to read:

E.__Any other person or entity, including employee stock ownership plans or programs and other employee ownership programs, that the licensing authority with jurisdiction over the professional corporation determines is qualified to hold shares of such a professional corporation.

Sec. B-6. 13-B MRSA §101, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 525, §13, is amended to read:

§101. Short title

This Act shall Title may be known and may be cited as the "Maine Nonprofit Corporation Act."

Sec. B-7. 13-B MRSA §102, sub-§§5-A, 6-A and 9-A are enacted to read:

5-A.__Entity.__"Entity" has the same meaning as set out in Title 13-C, section 102, subsection 11.

6-A.__Individual. "Individual" means a natural person.