1583 Amendments to the Pennsylvania rules of disciplinary enforcement relating to the confidentiality of disciplinary proceedings; notice of change in comment due date

Title 204--JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART V. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT

[204 PA. CODE CH. 83]

Amendments to the Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement Relating to the Confidentiality of Disciplinary Proceedings; Notice of Change in Comment Due Date

[34 Pa.B. 4682]

   Notice is hereby given that The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania previously published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on June 26, 2004, Vol. 34, No. 26, concerning amending the Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement to provide that disciplinary proceedings will not be confidential after the filing and service of a petition for discipline and the filing of an answer or the time to file an answer has expired or after the filing of a petition for reinstatement.

   Interested persons were invited to submit written comments regarding the proposed amendments to the Office of the Secretary, The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, First Floor, Two Lemoyne Drive, Lemoyne, PA 17043, on or before July 30, 2004. This period was extended by prior Notice to August 31, 2004.

   In order to provide interested parties with additional time to submit written comments regarding these proposed amendments, The Disciplinary Board has determined that the period to respond shall be extended to September 30, 2004.

   By The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

ELAINE M. BIXLER,   
Executive Director and Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-1583. Filed for public inspection August 27, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]