A. Annual Certification Requirement.
1. All lawyers in any New Hampshire Bar Association active membership status at any time during the reporting year must make an annual certification as prescribed in Rule 53.3. Such certification may, if applicable, indicate an exemption from the minimum credit requirements for the reporting period under provisions of Rule 53.2(B).
2. The certification requirement of this rule shall not apply to any full-time judge, full-time magistrate, judicial referee, full-time marital master, the state reporter appointed pursuant to RSA 505:1, or any full-time supreme, superior, and circuit court clerk or deputy clerk who occupies such position at any time during the reporting year in the State of New Hampshire.
3. The certification