I am not sure whether the class you mentioned above is a Block or Helper.
If it is Block, you can do:
Mage::getBlockSingleton('class_name/remaining_class_name')->getCheckboxRules();
and if it is Helper:
Mage::Helper('class_name/remaining_class_name')->getCheckboxRules();
Where
class_name is name of registered class name in Block/Model/Helper in your module. Check config.xml file of the module.
For Example:
If you want to use Mage_Core_Block_Template_Facade Block from core/Mage files. You can use:
Mage::getBlockSingleton('core/template_facade');
Where
core text in the above code can be found from core/Mage/Core/etc/config.xml
<blocks> <!-- line#91 in Magento 1.8.0 -->
<core>
<class>Mage_Core_Block</class>
</core>
</blocks>
From above, Mage_Core_Block can be converted to core
