Section 109. Financing the Continuing Legal Education Board

(a) Provider fee. The cost of establishing, maintaining and operating the Board shall be paid by providers through a fee per credit established by the Board and paid to the Board at the time of the filing of the enrollment form. In the discharge of its responsibility, the Board shall adjust as far as possible any fee schedule adopted so as to reduce the financial impact on lawyers in the early years of practice and the sole practitioner generally.

(b) Effect of non-payment. If payment is not received by a due date to be established by the Board, a lawyer shall be deemed not to have fulfilled the lawyer CLE requirements, and the Board may impose sanctions on the provider, including revocation of accreditation.

(c) Audit. The Board shall annually obtain an independent audit by a certified public accountant of the funds entrusted to it and their disposition and shall file a copy of the audit with the Supreme Court.

The provisions of this Rule 109 amended March 7, 1995, effective immediately, 25 Pa.B. 1079. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (190351) to (190352).