In District of Columbia, may a non-clinical owner or manager be paid a share of revenue?
Ownership · part of The Practice Perimeter
A disciplinary action may be taken against a person who pays or agrees to pay anything of value to, or splits or divides fees for professional services with, any person for bringing or referring a patient.
D.C. Code §3-1205.14(a)(14) · verified Sep 3, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
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Every other rule we have verified under ownership & corporate practice of medicine, each linked to its primary source.
A professional corporation may be organized solely to render professional services through its shareholders, directors, officers, employees, or agents who are themselves licensed to render the particular service, and to render service ancillary thereto. A professional corporation may employ individuals who are not licensed, but they shall not perform professional services.
D.C. Code §29-505(a) (Purpose for organization; powers authorized) · verified Sep 3, 2026
A disciplinary action may be taken against a person who submits false statements to collect fees for which services are not provided or submits statements to collect fees for services which are not medically necessary.
D.C. Code §3-1205.14(a)(13) · verified Sep 3, 2026
A person shall not be a shareholder, director, or officer of a professional corporation or render professional services on its behalf unless the person is an individual licensed to render a professional service for which the corporation is organized; provided, that if a professional corporation has only one shareholder, the secretary of the corporation need not be licensed to perform, and shall not perform if not so licensed, such professional services.
D.C. Code §29-508(b) · verified Sep 3, 2026
Nothing in this chapter shall require a shareholder or incorporator of a professional corporation to have a present or future employment relationship with the corporation or actively to participate in any capacity in the production of income of, or performance of professional service by, such corporation.
D.C. Code §29-508(c) · verified Sep 3, 2026
"Professional corporation" means a corporation organized under this chapter solely for the specific purposes provided under this chapter and which has, as its shareholders, only individuals who themselves are duly licensed to render the same professional service as the corporation.
D.C. Code §29-502(2) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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