Effect of article on professional relationships; liability of members or shareholders; applicable to professional associations formed prior to January 1, 1984.

This article does not modify any law applicable to the relationship between a person furnishing professional services and a person receiving the service, including liability for tort arising out of such professional service and including the confidential relationship between the person rendering the professional service and the person receiving such professional service, if any; and all confidential relationships previously enjoyed under the laws of this state or hereinafter enacted shall remain inviolate. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, the members or shareholders of any professional association organized pursuant to this article shall not be individually liable for the debts of, or claims against, the professional association unless such member or shareholder has personally participated in the transaction for which the debt or claim is made or out of which it arises.

(Acts 1961, No. 865, p. 1349, §6; §10-10-11; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §370.)