Pennsylvania Code
Title 37 - LAW
Part III - Agencies and Offices
Subpart H - Arbitration Panels for Health Care
Chapter 171 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
SETTLEMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE
Section 171.123 - Mandatory filing of certificates of readiness

(a) In all actions commenced prior to the effective date of this section, the parties shall file a certificate of readiness within 1 year after the effective date of this section. In all actions commenced on or after the effective date of this section, the parties shall file a certificate of readiness within 1 year after the commencement of the action.

(b) Prior to the expiration of the period limited in subsection (a), any party may move for extension of the period. The motion must set forth the grounds for the request and the length of extension required. The Administrator will grant the extension only upon finding good cause. The order of extension, if any, will set forth the new date for certifying readiness, which may be sooner than that requested but may not be later. This subsection supersedes 1 Pa. Code §31.15 (relating to extensions of time).

(c) If the documents are not filed within the time limits listed in subsections (a) and (b), the Administrator, with or without motion by any party, will require that good cause be shown why the case should not be dismissed for want of prosecution.

(d) For purposes of this section only: