Scope of rules

These rules govern proceedings before the Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline pursuant to Chapter 16 of Title 8 of the Rhode Island General Laws of 1956, as reenacted and amended, involving complaints against any justice or judge of the Supreme, Superior, Family, District, and the Workers' Compensation Courts or the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal, or magistrate appointed pursuant to §§ 8-2-11.1, 8-2-39, 8-2-39.1, 8-2-39.2, 8-8-8.1, 8-8-16.2, 8- 8.2-1, 8-10-3.1, and/or 8-10-3.2, and any judge of a probate court appointed or elected by any municipality in the State of Rhode Island alleging violation of the Canons of Judicial Ethics, or the Code of Judicial Conduct, or willful or persistent failure to perform the judge's duties, or disabling addiction to alcoholic beverages, drugs or narcotics, or conduct that brings the judicial office into serious disrepute, or that the judge has a physical or mental disability that seriously interferes and will continue to interfere with the performance of the judge's duties. For the purposes of these rules, wherever the word “judge” or “member of the judiciary” or “judicial officer” appears it shall be construed to include any justice or judge of the Supreme, Superior, Family, District, and the Workers' Compensation Courts or the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal, any magistrate appointed pursuant to §§ 8-2-11.1, 8-2-39, 8-2-39.1, 8-2-39.2, 8-8-8.1, 8-8-16.2, 8-8.2-1, 8-10-3.1, and/or 8-10-3.2, and any judge of a probate court appointed or elected by any municipality in this state.