207 Pa. Code r. 3.0 - Board Membership
3.1.
Officers.
In accordance with Rule 104(a), the Supreme Court shall designate one Member to serve as Chair and another to serve as Vice-Chair.
3.2. The Chair
shall:
3.2.1. With the assistance of the
Executive Director, set the meeting agenda and determine the order in which
Board business is addressed.
3.2.2.
Preside over the Board at all Board meetings.
3.2.3. Exercise any other prerogatives or
duties specifically delegated by the Board or referenced in these
Regulations.
3.3. The
Vice-Chair shall assume the prerogatives and duties of the Chair if the Chair
position is vacant or the Chair is absent or unable to act.
3.4.
Standards of Member
Conduct.
3.4.1. Appellate and Trial
Court Judge Members shall be bound by the Code of Judicial Conduct.
3.4.2. Magisterial District Judge Members
shall be bound by the Rules Governing Standards of Conduct of Magisterial
District Judges.
3.4.3. Attorney
Members of the Board shall be bound by the Rules of Professional
Conduct.
3.4.4. Rule 105
(Confidentiality) and Section
5.0 hereof evidence a strong
commitment to encourage Judicial Officers to seek ethics advisory opinions and
that all such communications to and from the Board are to be confidential. In
light of these objectives, Members are relieved of any obligation under the
Codes to report to an appropriate authority conduct of a Judicial Officer that
is the subject of a Request permitted under these
Regulations.
3.5.
Conflicts.
Members shall refrain from participating in the work of either a Panel or Board that pertains to their own Request or in any other matter where a Member's impartiality might reasonably be questioned.
3.6.
Board Member Training.
3.6.1. The Board shall develop a course of
training on judicial ethics, as regulated by the Codes, which course of
training will be subject to approval by the Continuing Judicial Education
Board.
3.6.2. Every Board member
shall complete the approved training prior to engaging in service on the
Board.
3.6.3. A member may complete
the required training either by attending in-person training or via a
pre-recorded training program.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.