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.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6230
Attorney Diversion and Assistance Act
Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 698, Sec. 17
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