OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
Judgment affirmed, without costs.
In this small claims action, the defendant corporation appeared by its corporate secretary but the court refused to let her cross-examine or present evidence when it discovered that she was not an attorney. It is true that ordinarily corporations may appear in Small Claims Court by a shareholder or an officer of the corporation under certain circumstances (see UDCA 1809, subd 2). However, if the corporation is a professional service corporation, then no individual may be a director or officer of that corporation unless that person is authorized by law to practice in this State a profession which such corporation is authorized to practice and is either a shareholder of such corporation or engaged in the practice of his profession in such corporation (Business Corporation Law, § 1508).
In the case at bar, the defendant is a medical service corporation and the defendant’s representative has never
Slifkin, J. P., Di Paola and Widlitz, JJ., concur.