La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LVII-725

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LVII-725 - Professional Misconduct

A. It is professional misconduct for an investigator to:

1. violate or attempt to violate the rules of professional conduct or to knowingly assist or induce another to do so, or do so through the acts of another;

2. commit a criminal act or any other act that reflects adversely on the investigator's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as an investigator in other respects;

3. engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation;

4. except upon the expressed assertion of a constitutional privilege, to fail to cooperate with the ethics committee in its investigation of alleged misconduct; or

5. threaten to file criminal charges solely to obtain an advantage in a civil matter.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LVII-725

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Board of Private Investigator Examiners, LR 19:1337 (October 1993).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3505(B)(1).