16-19-35. Kinds of discipline authorized.Discipline for misconduct may be imposed as follows:(1)Disbarment by the Supreme Court;(2)Suspension by the Supreme Court for a specific period not to exceed three years;(3)Placement on a probationary status by the Supreme Court for such period and with such conditions as the Supreme Court may specify;(4)Public censure by the Supreme Court; and(5)Private reprimand by the board. Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-1, Rule III; SL 2016, ch 246 (Supreme Court Rule 16-20), eff. July 1, 2016.
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