The purpose of Institutional guidelines for preventing and managing the risk of appearance of bias and other ethical issues arising from the appointment to the Mental Health Division of psychiatric administrative judges who continue to act as physicians in a designated hospital is to prevent and manage ethical issues and the risk of appearance of bias arising from the appointment of psychiatric administrative judges who continue to act as physicians in a designated hospital within the Mental Health Division (MHD).

The Institutional guidelines on changing the modes of participation in any adjudicative activity of the Social Affairs Section (SAS) (except those concerning the Mental Health Division (MHD)) and the Institutional guidelines on changing the modes of participation in any adjudicative activity of the Real Estate Section (RES), Territory and Environment Section (TES) or Economic Affairs Section(EAS) are intended to oversee the processing of applications to change, in whole or in part, the manner of participation in a hearing, conciliation or any other adjudicative activity scheduled in the courtroom or by technological means, as the case may be.