LAC 46: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.