As amended through October 29, 2024
Section 18 - Enforcement Procedures for Failure to Comply with Biennial Compliance Period(A)Failure to comply with continuing legal education requirements. (1) An attorney or judge who fails to meet the applicable requirements of this rule or Gov. Jud. R. IV, but does so within ninety days of the deadline set forth in Section 4 of this rule, shall be assessed a late fee in accordance with the late fee schedule in CLE Regulation 503.(2) An attorney or judge who fails to meet the applicable requirements of this rule or Gov. Jud. R. IV shall be notified of the apparent noncompliance by the Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education. The Commission shall send notice of the apparent noncompliance by regular mail to the attorney or judge at the most recent address provided by the attorney or judge to the Office of Attorney Services. The notice shall inform the attorney or judge that the attorney or judge will be subject to one or both of the sanctions set forth in Section 17 of this rule unless, on or before the date set forth in the notice, the attorney or judge either files evidence of compliance with the applicable requirements of this rule or Gov. Jud. R. IV or comes into compliance. The attorney or judge shall come into compliance by taking sufficient credit hours to meet the requirements and paying the late fee set forth in CLE Regulation 503 by the date set forth in the notice of apparent noncompliance. (3)If an attorney or judge does not file evidence of compliance or come into compliance on or before the date set forth in the notice, the attorney or judge shall be subject to sanction as set forth in Section 17 of this rule. The Commission shall send the sanction order by certified mail to the attorney or judge at the most recent address provided by the attorney or judge to the Office of Attorney Services. The Supreme Court Reporter shall publish notice of the Commission's sanction orders in the Ohio Official Reports and the Ohio State Bar Association Report.Amended July 12, 2022, effective 1/1/2023.