California Business and Professions Code 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...
• Section 6231.
  (a) The board shall establish and administer an Attorney Diversion and Assistance Program, and shall establish a committee to oversee the operation of the program. The...
• Section 6232.
  (a) The committee shall establish practices and procedures for the acceptance, denial, completion, or termination of attorneys in the Attorney Diversion and Assistance Program, and may...
• Section 6233.
  An attorney entering the diversion and assistance program pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6232 may be enrolled as an inactive member of the State...
• Section 6234.
  Any information provided to or obtained by the Attorney Diversion and Assistance Program, or any subcommittee or agent thereof, shall be as follows:(a) Confidential and shall...
• Section 6235.
  (a) Participants in the Attorney Diversion and Assistance Program shall be responsible for all expenses relating to treatment and recovery. In addition, the State Bar may...
• Section 6236.
  The State Bar shall actively engage in outreach activities to make members, the legal community, and the general public aware of the existence and availability...
• Section 6237.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the authorization of an Attorney Diversion and Assistance Program not be construed as limiting or altering the...
• Section 6238.
  The committee shall report to the Board of Trustees and to the Legislature not later than March 1, 2003, and annually thereafter, on the implementation...

Last modified: October 22, 2018