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Revised CFP Board Procedural Rules Coming Sept. 1

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The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards adopted revised Procedural Rules that it said Tuesday will become effective Sept. 1.

Once they take effect, the new rules will “govern in all proceedings then pending or thereafter commenced,” CFP Board said.

The Procedural Rules outline processes for investigating alleged misconduct and enforcing CFP Board’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct in a manner that it says was “designed to be fair to those whose conduct is being evaluated as well as credible to the public.”

One change in the revised Procedural Rules is that some administrative functions will be transferred from the CFP Board enforcement department to its adjudication department, the organization said.

Additionally, the role of Disciplinary and Ethics Commission Counsel has been expanded to “make the adjudication process more efficient, eliminate settlement counteroffers, enable pre-investigation outreach and establish a process for admitting expert testimony,” CFP Board said.

“The revised Procedural Rules reflect our ongoing efforts to hold CFP professionals to rigorous standards of conduct and to uphold the trust that clients place in them,” according to Kevin R. Keller, CFP Board CEO.

“These changes will update our investigation and enforcement operations so that our processes enhance the benefit to the profession and the public and continue to be fair to CFP professionals,” he said in a statement.

Revisions had been expected. CFP Board released proposed revisions to the Procedural Rules for public comment in November 2022.

“After carefully considering the comments received in response to CFP Board’s request for public comments, CFP Board made several changes to the draft version” that was released for public comment, it noted.

Explanations of those changes and responses to select comments and a redline showing all of the final revisions to the Procedural Rules can be found on the CFP Board website.

(Pictured: CFP Board CEO Kevin R. Keller)


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