CFR > Title 49 - Transportation > SUBTITLE B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation > CHAPTER X—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Parts 1000-1019–1332) > SUBCHAPTER B—RULES OF PRACTICE (Parts 1100-1129–1187) > PART 1103—PRACTITIONERS > SUBPART A—General Information (§1103.1 to §1103.5) > 1103.5—Discipline.

1103.5—Discipline.

(a) A member of the Board's bar may be subject to suspension, disbarment, or other disciplinary action if it is shown that the practitioner:
(1) Has been suspended or disbarred from practice in any court of record;
(2) Violated any of the Board's rules including the Canons of Ethics set out in §§ 1103.10 through 1103.35; or
(3) Engaged in conduct unbecoming a member of the bar of the Board.
(b) The practitioner will be afforded an opportunity to show why he should not be suspended, disbarred, or otherwise disciplined. Upon the practitioner's timely response to the show cause order after any requested hearing, or upon failure to make a timely response to the show cause order, the Board shall issue an appropriate decision.