DISCIPLINARY RULE

disciplinary   rule.(often   cap.)   A   mandatory   regulation   stating   the   minimum   level   of

professional conduct that a professional must sustain to avoid being subject to disciplinary action.

•  For  lawyers,  the  disciplinary  rules  are  found  chiefly  in  the  Model  Code  of  Professional

Responsibility.  —  Abbr.  DR.  Cf.  ETHICAL  CONSIDERATION.  [Cases:  Licenses    25.  C.J.S.

Agriculture § 4.5; Licenses §§ 41, 45–46.] [Blacks Law 8th]