California Business and Professions Code

§ 6049.1

BPC § 6049.1 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 3 · Ch. 4 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)In any disciplinary proceeding under this chapter, a certified copy of a final order made by any court of record or any body authorized by law or by rule of court to conduct disciplinary proceedings against attorneys, of the United States or of any state or territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia, determining that a licensee of the State Bar committed professional misconduct in such other jurisdiction shall be conclusive evidence that the licensee is culpable of professional misconduct in this state, subject only to the exceptions set forth in subdivision (b).

(b)The board may provide by rule for procedures for the conduct of an expedited disciplinary proceeding against a licensee of the State Bar upon receipt by the State Bar of a certified copy of a final order determining that the licensee has been found culpable of professional misconduct in a proceeding in another jurisdiction conducted as specified in subdivision (a). The issues in the expedited proceeding shall be limited to the following:

(1)The degree of discipline to impose.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 659, Sec. 39. (AB 3249) Effective January 1, 2019.