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Chapter 4.5. Division of Workers' Compensation
Subchapter 2. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board--Rules and Practice Procedure
Article 4. Conduct of Parties, Attorneys and Non-Attorney Representatives
Subchapter 2. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board--Rules and Practice Procedure
Article 4. Conduct of Parties, Attorneys and Non-Attorney Representatives
§10445. Disbarred and Suspended Attorneys.
An attorney who has been disbarred or suspended by the Supreme Court for reasons other than nonpayment of State Bar fees, or who has been placed on involuntary inactive enrollment status by the State Bar or who has resigned while disciplinary action is pending shall be deemed unfit to appear as a non-attorney representative of any party before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board during the time that the attorney is precluded from practicing law in this state.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 133, 5307, 5309 and 5708, Labor Code. Reference: Section 4907, Labor Code; and Section 6126, Business and Professions Code.
HISTORY
1. Repealer of last paragraph filed 12-19-2002; operative 1-1-2003. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2002, No. 51).
2. Repealer of former section 10445 and renumbering and amendment of former section 10779 to section 10445 filed 12-17-2019; operative 1-1-2020. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2019, No. 51).
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