In New York, may a non-clinical owner or manager be paid a share of revenue?
Ownership · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
No — fees may be shared only with a partner, employee, associate in the professional firm, a subcontractor or consultant authorized to practice medicine, or a supervised trainee; percentage space, staffing or management fees are expressly barred.
⚠️ New York’s fee rule is written as a list of who may share, and a non-clinical owner is not on it. Professional misconduct includes “permitting any person to share in the fees for professional services, other than: a partner, employee, associate in a professional firm or corporation, professional subcontractor or consultant authorized to practice medicine, or a legally authorized trainee practicing under the supervision of a licensee.” Every permitted sharer is inside the practice or licensed to practice medicine.
N.Y. Educ. Law § 6530(19) · verified Sep 2, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related New York rules
Only a person licensed or otherwise authorized under the Education Law’s medicine article may practice medicine or use the title “physician.”
N.Y. Educ. Law §6522 · verified Aug 17, 2026
A professional service corporation may be organized only by one or more individuals duly authorized to render the same professional service, and for the purpose of rendering that same service. Its certificate of incorporation must name the original shareholders, directors and officers and carry certificates from the licensing authority that each of them is authorized to practice the profession.
N.Y. Bus. Corp. Law §1503 · verified Aug 17, 2026
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