{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-16-10","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-16-10","heading":"Disqualification from acting as a commissioner.","body":"(a) No judge who is a member of the commission or of the supreme court shall participate as a member of the commission or the supreme court in any proceeding regarding his or her removal, suspension, immediate temporary suspension, reprimand, retirement, or censure.\n(b) No member of the commission or of the supreme court shall participate in any decisions of the commission or the supreme court involving the removal, suspension, immediate temporary suspension, reprimand, retirement, or censure of a judge who is related to him or her within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity or where the one complaining of the actions of a judge against whom proceedings are being taken is related to the member of the commission.","path":["Title 8 Courts and Civil Procedure — Courts","Chapter 16 Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE8/8-16/8-16-10.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:54:56Z","sha256":"ce66ea8160875662b5878b06c9dcbbbf570d9536d4eaf5fd803afae0131c1a2a","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-16-9","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-8-16-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}