Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000 - 9998.11]
( Heading of Division 3 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 30. ) CHAPTER 4. Attorneys [6000 - 6243]
( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 34. ) ARTICLE 15. Attorney Diversion and Assistance Act [6230 - 6237]
( Article 15 added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 129, Sec. 2. ) 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 698, Sec. 17. (SB 176) Effective January 1, 2020.)