With respect to the provision of legal assistance under this article, each recipient shall ensure all of the following:
(a) The maintenance of quality service and professional standards.
(b) The expenditure of funds received in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(c) The preservation of the attorney-client privilege in any case, and the protection of the integrity of the adversary process from any impairment in furnishing legal assistance to indigent persons.
(d) That no one shall interfere with any attorney funded in whole or in part by this article in carrying out his or her professional responsibility to his or her client as established by the rules of professional responsibility and this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 789, Sec. 1.)
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