§ 6230 Attorney Impairment Rehabilitation Program

Business and Professions Code·California

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Key Takeaways

•The law wants to help lawyers who have problems with drugs, alcohol, or mental health issues.
•These lawyers can get treatment to get better.
•After treatment, they can go back to working as lawyers if they won’t hurt or endanger people.
•The goal is to keep everyone safe while giving lawyers a chance to fix their problems.

Example

A lawyer starts drinking too much and makes mistakes on important cases.

The state can help this lawyer get treatment for their drinking problem. If they get better and can do their job safely, they can go back to being a lawyer.

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§ 6230 Attorney Impairment Rehabilitation Program

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.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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California Legislature. Business and Professions Code. Section 6230.

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