Rule 3.34 Admissibility of evidence

(a) General rule. In any proceeding under this section, the admissibility of evi- dence shall be governed by the Rhode Island Rules of Evidence.

(b) Pleadings. The petition for discipline and answer thereto, and similar formal documents upon which a hearing is fixed shall, without further action, be considered as parts of the record, but in no event shall pleadings, or any part thereof, be consid- ered as evidence of any fact other than that of the filing thereof unless offered and received in evidence in accordance with these rules.