SCR 3.980 Supreme Court Assignments to KYLAP
Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes AnnotatedRules of the Supreme Court
Rules of the Supreme Court (SCR), Rule 3.980
SCR 3.980 Supreme Court Assignments to KYLAP
(1) The Supreme Court may assign appropriate tasks and responsibilities to KYLAP relating to the evaluation of an impairment or the monitoring of a person's progress toward recovery from impairment as part of the Court's final disposition of any application for admission to the bar, petition for temporary suspension, charge of professional misconduct or application for restoration or reinstatement, where an issue of impairment has been raised in the proceeding, provided that in no event shall KYLAP become involved in any proceeding prior to the final disposition of that proceeding without the consent of the lawyer.
(2) The Board of Governors may recommend that the Court assign appropriate tasks and responsibilities to KYLAP as described in paragraph (1) of this Rule as part of the Board's recommendation to the Court in any disciplinary, restoration or reinstatement proceeding, where an issue of impairment has been raised in the proceeding.
(c) Any information gathered or received by KYLAP after the date of the Court's order and in the course of discharging the tasks and responsibilities assigned by the Court as part of a final disposition under paragraph (1) of this Rule may be used as evidence in any admission, disciplinary, continuing legal education, restoration or reinstatement proceeding regarding the person who is the subject of the assignment, subject to the rules of evidence and procedure in that proceeding; and
(d) One or more representatives of KYLAP may be called as witnesses in any admission, disciplinary, continuing legal education, restoration or reinstatement proceeding for the purpose of testifying about information gathered or received by KYLAP after the date of the Court's order and in the course of discharging the tasks and responsibilities assigned by the Court as part of a final disposition under paragraph (1) of this Rule, subject to the rules of evidence and procedure in that proceeding.
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HISTORY: Amended by Order 2005-10, eff. 1-1-06; adopted by Order 2003-4, eff. 1-1-04; temporary amendment adopted eff. 3-17-03 (Order 2003-2)
Note: Former Rules of Appellate Procedure (RAP) were amended and redesignated as Rules of the Supreme Court (SCR) by Order of the Supreme Court effective January 1, 1978. Prior Rules of the Court of Appeals (RCA) had been redesignated as Rules of Appellate Procedure effective March 12, 1976.
Sup. Ct. Rules, Rule 3.980, KY ST S CT Rule 3.980
Current with amendments received through June 1, 2023. Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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