Specialized Docket Certification

(A) Procedure for certification The judge of a court of common pleas, municipal court, or county court or division of the court operating or establishing a particular session of court that offers a therapeutically oriented judicial approach to providing court supervision and appropriate treatment to individuals may receive certification of the session from the Supreme Court by doing both of the following: (1) Complying with and adopting a local rule or issuing an administrative order implementing the “Specialized Docket Standards,” as set forth in Appendix I to this rule; (2) Successfully completing the certification application process pursuant to Sup.R. 36.21 through 36.26. (B) Application Division (A) of this rule shall not apply to a commercial docket of a court of common pleas or a housing or environmental division of a municipal court.