§123.  Failure of review panel to carry out its duties

If the panel after a good faith effort has been unable to carry out its duties by the end of the one-hundred-eighty-day period, as provided in R.S. 37:119, either party or the society, after exhausting all remedies available to them under this Part, may petition the appropriate court of competent jurisdiction for an order to show cause why the panel should not be dissolved and the panelists relieved of their duties.  The order shall be mailed by the clerk of court of the parish having jurisdiction to the claimant or his attorney and to the defendant or his attorney by certified mail within five days of its issuance.

Acts 1997, No. 747, §1.