ORDER
The Commission on Continuing Legal Education, Rule 408, SCACR, has proposed amendments to the Regulations for Legal Specialization in South Carolina. Pursuant to Art. V, § 4, of the South Carolina Constitution the following amendments are approved.
1. Regulation IX.F. Filing Fees. is amended by:
(a) deleting $70.00 in the first sentence and replacing it with "in an amount specified by the Commission"; and
(b) replacing "January 15" with "January 1" and deleting "(currently $50.00)" in the last sentence.
2. Regulation X.A. Specialists Certified by the Court is amended to read:
1. Reports of Compliance. On forms prepared by the Commission, and available through its offices, each certified specialist shall, not later that January 1 of each year, file a report of compliance with the CLE requirements of the relevant specialty field. In addition to CLE requirements imposed by the specialty field, the specialist shall annually report at least 2 hours of LEPR. Any specialist who reports more than 2 hours of LEPR credit in any calendar year may carry forward up to 2 hours of excess LEPR credit to the next calendar year.
2. Annual Certified Specialist Statement. On forms prepared by the Commission, and available through its offices, each certified specialist shall, not later than January 31 of each year, file a statement pertaining to the nature of the specialist's practice and disclosing whether, during the preceding year, the specialist has been the subject of disciplinary actions, malpractice claims (including claims settled by payments), and/or any criminal convictions, excluding minor traffic offences. Failure or refusal to file this report may result in revocation of certification.
These amendments shall become effective March 1, 2003.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Jean H. Toal, C.J. s/ James E. Moore, J. s/ John H. Waller, Jr. J. s/ E. C. Burnett, III, J. s/ Costa M. Pleicones, J.