Rule 251.34.Advisory Committee 
 (a)Advisory Committee. 
 The Supreme Court Advisory 
 Committee is hereby established. The Advisory Committee shall 
 serve as a permanent committee of the Supreme Court. 
  
 (1)Members. 
 The Advisory Committee shall be composed of 
 the chair and vice-chair of the Attorney Regulation Committee. 
 Two Supreme Court justices who serve as liaison to the attorney 
 regulation system, four members of the Bar, and a member 
 of the public shall also serve as members of the Advisory 
 Committee. Diversity shall be a consideration in making the 
 appointments. 
  
 The members of the Advisory Committee shall serve at the 
 pleasure of the Supreme Court and may be dismissed from the 
 Advisory Committee at any time by order of the Supreme Court. 
 A member of the Advisory Committee may resign at any time. 
  
 (2)Vacancy. 
 In the event of a vacancy on the Advisory 
 Committee, the Supreme Court shall fill the vacancy to serve 
 at the pleasure of the Supreme Court. 
  
 (3)Chair. 
 The court shall appoint a member of the 
 Advisory Committee to serve as its chair. The chair shall 
 exercise overall supervisory control of the Advisory Committee. 
  
 (4)Reimbursement of Advisory Committee Members. 
 The members of the Advisory Committee shall be entitled to 
 reimbursement for reasonable travel, lodging, and other 
 expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. 
  
 (b)Powers and Duties of the Advisory Committee. 
 The Advisory Committee shall be authorized and empowered to act in 
 accordance with these Rules and to: 
  
 (1)Assist the Supreme Court in making appointments as 
 described in these Rules; 
  
 (2)Oversee the management committee in the coordination 
 of administrative matters within all programs of the attorney 
 regulation system.  The management committee shall be composed 
 of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, who shall serve as its 
 chair, the Regulation Counsel, and the Presiding Disciplinary 
 Judge.  The management committee's functions are limited to considering 
 administrative matters; 
  
 (3)Review the productivity, effectiveness, and 
 efficiency of the Supreme Court's attorney regulation system 
 including that of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge and peer 
 assistance programs and report its findings to the Supreme Court; 
  
 (4)Review the resources of the system for the purpose of 
 making recommendations to the Supreme Court; 
  
 (5)Periodically report to the Supreme Court on the 
 operation of the Advisory Committee; 
  
 (6)Recommend to the Supreme Court proposed changes or 
 additions to the rules of procedure for attorney discipline 
 and disability proceedings; 
  
 (7)Assist the Supreme Court in such matters as the court 
 may direct; and 
  
 (8)Repealed. 
  
 (9)Select one or more peer health assistance programs as designated providers. 
  
 To be eligible for designation by the Advisory Committee, an attorney's peer health 
 assistance program shall provide for the education of attorneys with respect to the 
 recognition and prevention of physical, emotional, and psychological problems; offer 
 assistance to an attorney in identifying physical, 
 emotional, or psychological problems; refer the attorney for appropriate treatment; provide 
 counseling and support for the 
 attorney and for the family of any attorney referred for treatment; and agree to make their 
 services available to all licensed Colorado attorneys. 
  
 Nothing in this rule shall be construed to create any liability on the Advisory Committee 
 or the Supreme Court for the actions of the Advisory Committee in 
 funding peer assistance programs, and no civil action may be brought or maintained against 
 the committee or 
 the Supreme Court for an injury alleged to have been the result of the activities of any 
 committee-selected peer assistance program or the result of an act or omission of an attorney 
 participating in or referred by a committee-selected peer assistance program. 
  
 (10)Adopt such practices as may from time to time become 
 necessary to govern the internal operation of the Advisory 
 Committee as approved by the Supreme Court. 
  
 

                                                                
ANNOTATIONSSource: 
 Amended and adopted June 25, 1998, effective July 1, 1998; 
 (b)(7)-(b)(9) amended and adopted May 13, 1999, effective July 1, 1999; 
 entire rule amended and effective September 1, 2000; 
 (b)(9) corrected January 8, 2001, effective September 12, 2000; 
 entire rule amended and adopted November 22, 2000, effective January 1, 2001; 
 (b)(8) repealed and adopted and (9) amended and adopted June 7, 2001, effective July 1, 
 2001.