Appointment of Medical Experts

(1) In any proceeding under Rules 757, 758, or 759, upon motion of the Administrator or the attorney, the court may order a mental or physical examination of the attorney. Such examination shall be conducted by a member of a panel of physicians chosen for their special qualifications by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. (2) Service of the motion shall be made in any manner in which service of process is authorized by Rule 765(a). (3) The examining physician shall prepare a report of his examination, and copies of the report shall be given to the court, the Hearing Board, the Administrator, and the attorney. (4) The Administrator, the attorney, or the Hearing Board may call the examining physician to testify. A physician so called shall be subject to cross-examination. (5) The cost of the examination and the witness fees of the physician, if called to testify, shall be paid from the Disciplinary Fund. Adopted March 30, 1973, effective April 1, 1973; amended September 8, 1975, effective October 1, 1975; amended March 19, 1997, effective April 15, 1997; amended December 16, 2010, effective immediately; amended Dec. 28, 2017, eff. Feb. 1, 2018.