WAIVERS OF COMPLIANCE

a. Upon receipt of the reports required by Rule 9(b), the applicable Education Committee will advise the named judges or judicial officers of the deficiency. Within 30 days of the receipt of such notice, the judge or judicial officer may submit a statement of the reasons that prevented compliance. Thereafter, unless the applicable Committee grants a waiver for good cause shown, it will report the name of the judge or judicial officer to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct by November 1. b. Thereafter, the applicable Committee shall not communicate with the judge or judicial officer as to their status except to refer them to the Commission on Judicial Conduct.