Sec.51-51k-13. Conflict of interest

(a) Any member of the Council who has a conflict of interest in any matter before the Council shall be disqualified from participating in any proceeding of the Council in that matter.

(b) A member shall have such conflict of interest when such member, his or her spouse, his or her child, or his or her business associate (1) has a direct personal or financial interest in said matter; (2) has a business, personal or financial relationship with any complainant, witness or respondent in said matter; (3) has direct personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary matters before the Council; (4) is related to a complainant, witness or respondent in said matter; (5) is a judge against whom the complainant has made a previous complaint; (6) is an attorney who has any matter pending in a trial court or an appeal court involving a respondent against whom a complaint has been made; or, (7) in any other situation, believes that he or she has, or may appear to have, a conflict of interest.

(c) The fact that a member who is a judge, compensation commissioner, or family support magistrate may work with or have a social relationship with a respondent shall not, by itself, be a conflict of interest. In the event a claim of conflict on that ground is made or raised by a member, the remaining members of the Council shall examine the nature of the relationship and determine whether it would be likely to unduly influence said member or give an appearance of such possible impropriety or bias.

(d) Any situation that does or may violate any professional or ethical code to which a member is subject shall constitute a conflict of interest as to that member.

(Effective December 28, 1994)