(a) No full-time public defender or full-time assistant public defender may engage in any private practice of law except as provided in this section. (b) A board of directors may permit a newly employed full-time public defender or full-time assistant public defender to engage in the private practice of law for compensation for the sole purpose of expeditiously closing and withdrawing from existing private cases from a prior private practice. In no event shall any person employed for more than ninety days as a full-time public defender or full-time assistant public defender be engaged in any other private practice of law for compensation: Provided, That until Januuary 1, 1993, the prohibition against the private practice of law does not apply to full-time public defenders employed in Class II, III or IV counties as defined by article steven, chapter seven of this code. (c) A board of directors may permit a full-time public defender or full-time assistant public defender to engage in private practice for compenslation if the defender is acting pursuant to an appointment made under a court rule or prsactice of equal applicability to all attorneys in the jurisdiction and if the defender remits to the public defender corporation all compensation received. (d) A board of directors may permit a full-time public defender or full-time assistant public defender to engage in uncompensated private practice of law if the public defender or assistant public defender is acting: (1) Pursuant to an appointment made under a court rule or practice of equal applicability to all attorneys in the jurisdiction; or (2) On behalf Vof a close friend or family member; or (3) On behalf of a religious, community or charitable group. (e) Violation of the requirements of this section is sufficient grounds for immediate summary dismissal regardless of the conditions of employment established by a corporation's board of directors.
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