Rule 502 - Professional Conduct Board(a)Membership of Board. The Board of Commissioners shall appoint, with the approval of the Supreme Court, members to a board to be known as "The Professional Conduct Board of the Idaho State Bar." The Professional Conduct Board shall consist of no less than thirty members. Regardless of its size, approximately two-thirds of the Professional Conduct Board shall be comprised of members of the Bar in good standing and the remaining members shall be non-lawyer citizens of the State. All appointments shall be for three-year terms, which are staggered, and which may be renewed. The Board of Commissioners, with the approval of the Supreme Court, shall fill any vacancies for the remainder of an unexpired term.(b)Officers. The Board of Commissioners shall designate one Lawyer member as Chair and another Lawyer member as Vice-Chair. The Chair (and when designated by the Chair, the Vice-Chair) shall supervise the general functioning of proceedings described by these Rules, may call meetings of the Professional Conduct Board, as necessary, and perform such other duties as may be authorized by the Board of Commissioners or the Supreme Court.(c)Powers and Duties of Professional Conduct Board. The Professional Conduct Board acting by itself, or through delegation to its Chair, Vice-Chair, or the Clerk, shall exercise the following powers and duties:(1) Rule on procedural motions prior to the assignment of a matter to a Hearing Committee;(2) Appoint Hearing Committees and appoint chairs from among the Lawyer members of the Hearing Committees;(3) Appoint replacements for members of Hearing Committees who may be unable to serve due to conflict, disqualification, incapacity, or other inability to serve;(4) Assign Professional Conduct matters to Hearing Committees;(5) Appoint, with the specific approval of the Supreme Court, a Hearing Committee in cases in which misconduct is alleged against Bar Counsel;(6) Have its Hearing Committees make findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendations with regard to the cases assigned to such Hearing Committees;(7) Have its Hearing Committees recommend, impose, and administer Sanctions; and(8) Maintain records of matters brought before the Professional Conduct Board, as may be required by these Rules.(d)Compensation and Expenses. Members of the Professional Conduct Board shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their travel and other reasonable expenses incidental to the performance of their duties.