LRGAL 8.
      REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION BY GUARDIAN AD LITEM.


A guardian ad litem may, within five (5) business days of receipt
of notification that he or she has been suspended or removed from a
registry, request a hearing for reconsideration of the committee’s
decision.  The presiding judge shall designate a hearing officer to
preside over and conduct such review.  The sole purpose of the review
shall be to review the appropriateness of the suspension or removal
from the registry.  The hearing officer shall review the written
record of the instant case and any prior complaints upon which the
committee relied and hear oral argument from the guardian ad litem
and a representative of the committee.  Said hearing shall be
conducted within twenty (20) days of receipt of a request for the hearing.


[Adopted effective September 1, 2004.]