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In Category Eleven are a proposed amendment to Rule 10-301
(d) that allows a certificate of the Administrator of the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs stating that a person has
been rated by the Department as disabled to be substituted for
the physician’s or psychologist’s certificates otherwise required
by the Rule and a conforming stylistic amendment to Rule 10-202.
Category Twelve contains proposed amendments to Rules 16-
723, 16-751, 16-760, 16-761, 16-771, 16-773, 16-775, and 16-781.
The amendments clarify that all records of an investigation by
Bar Counsel, including the existence and content of any
complaint, are confidential; add certain notice provisions; and
allow Bar Counsel to file a Petition for Disciplinary or Remedial
Action without prior approval of the Attorney Grievance
Commission when an attorney has been disciplined or placed on
inactive status in another jurisdiction or convicted of a serious
crime.
Category Thirteen comprises new Rules 16-821, 16-822, 16-
823, and 16-824. The proposed new Rules contain certain
proscriptions and provide procedural details that apply to the
performance of marriage ceremonies by judges. The Rules are
based on the recommendations of the Conference of Circuit Judges.
In Category Fourteen are proposed amendments to two
additional Rules in Title 16. Amendments to Rule 16-101,
proposed at the request of the Conference of Circuit Judges, (1)
provide for the recommendation of the Circuit Administrative
Judge in the appointment process of county administrative judges,
(2) clarify the supervisory role of the Circuit Administrative
Judge, and (3) restate the provision relating to the appointment
and discharge of court personnel in the event a majority of a
bench is not attained in such matters. An amendment to Rule 16-
406, proposed at the request of the Commission on Judicial
Disabilities, permits the Commission or its designee access to
videotape recordings of circuit court proceedings.
Category Fifteen consists of proposed new Rule 17-105.1 and
proposed amendments to Rules 17-104, 17-105, 17-107, 17-108, 17-
109, and 16-108. Amendments to Rule 17-104 broaden the scope of
the continuing mediation-related requirements in the Rule and add
new requirements for mediators in actions assigned to the
Business and Technology Case Management Program. New Rule 17-
105.1 defines “neutral expert” and addresses the selection of and
confidentiality requirements applicable to a neutral expert in an
alternative dispute resolution proceeding. A new section in Rule
17-107, together with a related amendment to Rule 16-108,
establish a procedure for the approval of persons seeking
designation to conduct alternative dispute resolution proceedings
in actions assigned to the Business and Technology Case
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