In Pennsylvania, may a non-clinical owner or manager be paid a share of revenue?
Ownership · part of The Practice Perimeter
⚠️ THE MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT OF 1985 WAS READ IN FULL AND CONTAINS NO FEE-SPLITTING PROHIBITION. Section 41 lists the reasons the board may discipline a practitioner, and neither that list nor any other section of the Act uses the words “fee splitting”, “division of fees”, “rebate”, “kickback” or “remuneration” — in a document that says “fee” 34 times, all of them about license and application fees. This is an absence in the Act; it is not a statement that no Pennsylvania law reaches the arrangement.
Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S. §§ 422.1–422.53), read in full · verified Sep 2, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
The rest of what Pennsylvania says on this
Every other rule we have verified under ownership & corporate practice of medicine, each linked to its primary source.
A medical doctor may form a professional corporation with other medical doctors, or with health care practitioners who treat human ailments and are licensed in Pennsylvania to provide health care services without receiving a referral or supervision from another practitioner — and then only if the boards regulating those practitioners also permit the formation.
49 Pa. Code §16.21 · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at Cornell Legal Information Institute
The osteopathic board’s parallel rule names the professions directly: a licensee may form partnerships or professional corporations for the practice of medicine with other licensed physicians (allopathic or osteopathic), optometrists, dentists, psychologists, podiatrists and chiropractors, where the incorporation is also authorized by the relevant chapter.
49 Pa. Code §25.214(b) (State Board of Osteopathic Medicine) · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at Cornell Legal Information Institute
Before filing anything with the Corporation Bureau of the Department of State, the licensee must first file the corporate documents with the Board for review and approval. The entity is checked by the licensing board before it legally exists.
49 Pa. Code §25.214(d) · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at Cornell Legal Information Institute
A licensee may hold ownership interests in businesses formed to provide goods or services related to the practice of medicine, where not otherwise prohibited by law and where the licensee complies with the statutory disclosure requirements that attach to those interests.
49 Pa. Code §25.214(a) · verified Aug 17, 2026 · read at Cornell Legal Information Institute
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