Section 93.148. Administrative change in status from administrative suspension to inactive status

(a) Enforcement Rule 219(k) provides that an inactive attorney who has been administratively suspended for failure to file the annual form and pay the annual fee required by § 93.146(b)(2) of these rules, may request an administrative change in status to inactive status. The Attorney Registration Office shall change the status of an attorney eligible for inactive status under this subsection (a) upon receipt of:

(1) the annual form required by § 93.142 of these rules;

(2) payment of the annual fee required by § 93.141 of these rules;

(3) payment of all collection fees and late payment penalties assessed under § 93.142(b)(2) and § 93.144 of these rules; and

(4) payment of an administrative processing fee of $100.00.

Where a check in payment of the fees and penalties has been returned to the Board unpaid, the Attorney Registration Office shall immediately return the attorney to administrative suspension, and the arrears shall not be deemed to have been paid until a collection fee, as established by the Board under § 93.142(b)(2), shall also have been paid.

(b) Enforcement Rule 219(k) provides that an active attorney who has been administratively suspended for failure to file the annual form required by § 93.142 and pay the annual fee required by § 93.141 must comply with § 93.145 (relating to reinstatement of administratively suspended attorneys) before becoming eligible to register as inactive or retired.

The provisions of this § 93.148 reserved July 8, 1983, effective July 1, 1983, 13 Pa.B. 2138; adopted and § 93.148 reused November 2, 2012, effective November 3, 2012, 42 Pa.B. 6864. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (358116).