—Procedures for Disclosure

(a) All requests for disclosure by any party shall be filed in accordance with Section 41-5 and shall be served in accordance with Sections 10-12 through 10-17 but need not be filed with the court, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 40- 40 et seq. The party requesting disclosure or the party responding shall file with the court a notice of service certifying that a request or response was served and the date and manner of service. The party responsible for service of a document shall retain custody of the original. (b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 40- 13, any party may make disclosure by notifying the opposing party that all pertinent material and information may be inspected and, if practicable, copied at specific times and locations and the parties may schedule agreed dates and times to photograph and have reasonable tests made upon any disclosed material. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 737A.)