Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
(a)Board personnel. Enforcement Rule 209(b) provides that members of the Board, members of hearing committees, special masters, Disciplinary Counsel and staff shall be immune from civil suit for any conduct in the course of their official duties; and that, for purposes of this subsection, the staff of the Board shall be deemed to include conservators and sobriety, financial or practice monitors appointed pursuant to these rules.(b)Other persons. Enforcement Rule 209(b) further provides that all communications to the Board, a hearing committee, special master, or Disciplinary Counsel relating to misconduct by a respondent-attorney and all testimony given in a proceeding conducted pursuant to these rules shall be absolutely privileged and the person making the communication or giving the testimony shall be immune from civil suit based upon such communication or testimony.The provisions of this §85.9 amended November 14 and 17, 1989 and December 6 and 20, 1989, 20 Pa.B. 2009, effective 4/14/1990, 20 Pa.B. 2009; amended June 29, 1990, effective 6/30/1990, 20 Pa.B. 3576; amended July 29, 1994, effective 7/30/1994, 24 Pa.B. 3706; amended February 24, 2006, effective immediately, 36 Pa.B. 929; amended August 6, 2011, effective immediately, 41 Pa.B. 4202; amended April 29, 2022, effective in 30 days from date of publication, 52 Pa.B. 2581.