Pursuant to the authority vested in me, and with the advice and consent of the Administrative Board of the Courts, I hereby amend, effective immediately, section 202.12(l) of this Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme and County Courts [22 NYCRR], relating to the preliminary conference involving a terminally ill party, to read as follows:

§ 202.12 Preliminary Conference

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(l) The provisions of this section shall apply where a request is filed for a preliminary conference in an action involving a terminally ill party governed by CPLR 3407 only to the extent that the provision of this section are not inconsistent with the provisions of CPLR 3407. In an action governed by CPLR 3407 the request for a preliminary conference may be filed at any time after commencement of the action, and shall be accompanied by the physician's affidavit required by that provision[, but need not be accompanied by an affirmation of good faith prescribed by subdivision (a) of this section].