IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE FOR CERTIFIED AND COURT-APPOINTED MEDIATORS 10.910

PER CURIAM.

This matter is before the Court on a petition of the Supreme Court Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and Policy (Committee), proposing amendments to rule 10.910 (Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee) of the Florida Rules for Certified and Court-Appointed Mediators (Mediator Rules). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see also § 44.106, Fla. Stat. (2016).

The Committee’s petition proposes amendments to Mediator Rule 10.910 following this Court’s opinion in In re Amendments to the Florida Rules for Certified & Court-Appointed Mediators, 202 So.3d 795 (Fla. 2016), adopting amendments to Mediator Rule 10.730 (Mediator Qualifications and Discipline Review Board) to authorize a fourth standing division of the Mediator Qualifications and Discipline Review Board (MQDRB). We have fully considered the Committee’s petition, and we adopt the amendments as proposed.

We first amend Mediator Rule 10.910 in subdivision (b) (Appointment) to provide that the membership of the Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee shall be composed of nine members, two from each of the four divisions of the MQDRB, and one member from any of the four divisions. Additionally, we amend subdivision (c) (Membership and Terms) to require that the membership of the Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee shall include one county mediator, one family mediator, one circuit mediator, one dependency mediator, one appellate mediator, and four additional mediators who hold any type of Florida Supreme Court mediator certification. Finally, we amend subdivision (e) (Opinions) to allow the Dispute Resolution Center greater latitude in publishing advisory opinions of the Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee.

Accordingly, the Florida Rules for Certified and Court-Appointed Mediators are hereby amended as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type. The amendments shall become effective immediately upon release of this opinion. Because the amendments were not published *409for comment prior to their adoption, interested persons shall have sixty days from the date of this opinion in which to file comments with the Court.1

It is so ordered.

LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, and LAWSON, JJ., concur.

Attachment

APPENDIX

Rule 10.910. MEDIATOR ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

(a) [No change]

(b) Appointment. The Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee shall be composed of 9 members, §2 from each of the 4 geographic divisions served by- of the Mediator Qualifications and Discipline Review Board and the ninth member from any of the 4 divisions. No member of the Mediator Qualifications and Discipline Review Board shall serve on the committee.

(c) Membership and Terms. The membership of the committee, appointed by the chief .justice, shall be composed of 1 county mediator, 1 family mediator, and 1 circuit mediator, 1 dependency mediator, 1 appellate mediator, and 4 additional mediators who hold any type of Florida Supreme Court mediator certification from each divisios-asd -shall be appointed by the chief justice. At-least-one of the 9 members shah also-dse-a-certified dependency ■ mediator, and-at-least one of-the -9 members shall also-be-a-certified appellate - mediator. All appointments shall be for 4 years. No member shall serve more than 2 consecutive terms. The committee shall select 1 member as chair and 1 member as vice-chair.

(d) [No change]

(e) Opinions. Upon due deliberation, and upon the concurrence of a majority of the committee, the committee shall render opinions. A majority of all members shall be required to concur in any advisory opinion issued by the committee. The opinions shall be signed by the chair, or vice-chair in the absence of the chair, filed with the Dispute Resolution Center, published is the Dispute Resolution Center newsletter *410by the Dispute Resolution Center, and be made available upon request.

(f)-(h) [No change]

Committee Notes

[No change]