§ Rule 8-2.1 Requirements for Establishing a Lawyer Referral Service Sponsored by a Local Bar Association

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Rule 8-2.1. Requirements for Establishing a Lawyer Referral Service Sponsored by a Local Bar Association

    The Board of Governors of The Florida Bar may adopt such regulations as it deems desirable governing the establishment, operation, and termination of lawyer referral services operated by a local bar association.

    No local bar association shall operate a lawyer referral service except upon application to and approval by the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. No lawyer referral service shall be approved by The Florida Bar unless such lawyer referral
service is offered primarily for the benefit of the public and unless such lawyer referral service is established and operated by a nonprofit organization exempt from federal taxation under section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.