What to Name Your Professional Association

Texas Business Organizations Code Section 5.058 states that the name of a professional association must contain:

(1) the word “associated” “associates” or “association”;
(2) the phrase “professional association”; or
(3) an abbreviation of one of those words or that phrase.

Thus, if your name was Bill Snyder and you were launching your own private practice, your official practice name could be:

(1) Bill Snyder, M.D., Associated
(2) Bill Snyder, M.D., Association
(3) Bill Snyder, M.D., Professional Association
(4) Bill Snyder, M.D., PA

Of course, you have the option to use a different name than your personal name, such as “Dallas Allergy Association.”