California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 3 — Professions and Vocations Generally, Chapter 4 — Attorneys, Article 15 — Attorney Diversion and Assistance Act, Section 6230
It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Bar of California seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate attorneys with impairment due to substance use or a mental health disorder affecting competency so that attorneys so afflicted may be treated and returned to the practice of law in a manner that will not endanger the public health and safety.
Notes
Establishes legislative intent only, rather than an operative rule, that the State Bar seek ways to identify and rehabilitate attorneys whose competency is impaired by substance use or a mental health disorder. The stated objective is treatment and return to law practice in a manner that does not endanger public health and safety.
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