TERMINATION OR WITHDRAWAL OF CERTIFICATION

(a) Cessation of Authorization to Perform Services. Authorization to perform services under this rule ceases on the earliest of the following events:

(1) the termination or resignation of employment with the business organization where the authorized house counsel was employed at the time of certification; however, if the authorized house counsel begins employment with another business organization within 30 days of the termination or resignation and that business organization provides the certificate required for certification, the authorization to perform services under this chapter will continue;

(2) request by the business organization that the certification be withdrawn;

(3) request by the authorized house counsel that the certification be withdrawn;

(4) relocation of an authorized house counsel outside of Florida for a period greater than 180 days;

(5) disbarment or suspension from the practice of law, revocation of the authority to practice law, or involuntary placement on inactive status, by a court or other authorized agency of another state or foreign jurisdiction by a duly constituted organization overseeing the profession or having the ability to grant the authority to practice law or by a federal court; or

(6) the failure of authorized house counsel to comply with any provision of this rule.

(b) Notice to The Florida Bar by the Authorized House Counsel. Notice of 1 of the events set forth in this rule or a new certificate as provided in this rule must be filed with The Florida Bar by the authorized house counsel within 30 days after the event.

(c) Termination of Authorization. The Florida Bar will request that the clerk of the Supreme Court of Florida terminate the authorization under this chapter after The Florida Bar has received the notice required by subsection (a) of this rule. The Florida Bar will mail notice of the termination issued by the clerk to the authorized house counsel and to the business organization employing the authorized house counsel.

(d) Reapplication. An individual previously certified as an authorized house counsel may reapply for certification as long as the requirements of this chapter are met.

(e) Recertification. Individuals whose authorized house counsel status was terminated for failure to pay annual fees or complete continuing legal education or basic skills course requirements may be recertified in the same manner that delinquent members of The Florida Bar are reinstated, as provided elsewhere in these rules. Added April 21, 1994 (635 So.2d 968). Amended Sept. 24, 1998, effective Oct. 1, 1998 (718 So.2d 1179); March 18, 1999 (746 So.2d 442); November 19, 2009, effective February 1, 2010 (SC08-1890) (34 Fla.L.Weekly S628a), amended November 9, 2017, effective February 1, 2018 (SC16-1961).