{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"6230","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6230","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Attorneys [6000. - 6256.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 15. Attorney Diversion and Assistance Act [6230. - 6237.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-4/article-15"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 698, Sec. 17.   (SB 176)   Effective January 1, 2020.","effective":"2020-01-01","html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/attorney-diversion-and-assistance-act-6230","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}