Nevada Revised Statutes 656.170 – Court reporters: Frequency and location of examination; documentary evidence of qualifications required for admission to examination
1. Examinations must be held not less than twice a year at such times and places as the Board may designate.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 656.170
- Board: means the Certified Court Reporters" Board of Nevada. See Nevada Revised Statutes 656.030
- Certificate: means a certified court reporter"s certificate issued under the provisions of this chapter. See Nevada Revised Statutes 656.030
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- License: means a license issued under the provisions of this chapter to conduct business as a court reporting firm. See Nevada Revised Statutes 656.030
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- Practice of court reporting: means reporting, in this State, by the use of voice writing or any system of manual or mechanical shorthand writing:
(a) Grand jury proceedings;
(b) Court proceedings, with the exception of proceedings before a federal court;
(c) Pretrial examinations, depositions, motions and related proceedings of like character; or
(d) Proceedings of any agency if the final decision of the agency with reference thereto is subject to judicial review. See Nevada Revised Statutes 656.030
- Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
- Voice writing: means the making of a verbatim record of a proceeding by repeating the words of the speaker into a device that is capable of:
(a) Digitally translating the words into text; or
(b) Making a tape or digital recording of those words. See Nevada Revised Statutes 656.030
2. No natural person may be admitted to the examination unless the natural person first applies to the Board as required by NRS 656.150. The application must include, without limitation, satisfactory evidence to the Board that the applicant has, at the time of filing his or her application:
(a) Satisfied the requirements set forth in subsections 1 to 4, inclusive, of NRS 656.180;
(b) Received a passing grade on:
(1) The National Court Reporters Association’s examination for registered professional reporters; or
(2) The National Verbatim Reporters Association’s examination for certified verbatim reporters;
(c) Received one of the following:
(1) A certificate as a registered professional reporter issued to the applicant by the National Court Reporters Association;
(2) A certificate as a registered merit reporter issued to the applicant by the National Court Reporters Association;
(3) A certificate as a certified verbatim reporter issued to the applicant by the National Verbatim Reporters Association; or
(4) A valid certificate or license to practice court reporting issued to the applicant by another state if the requirements for certification or licensure in that state are substantially equivalent to the requirements of this State for obtaining a certificate;
(d) Either:
(1) At least 1 year of continuous experience within the 5 years immediately preceding the application, in the practice of court reporting or producing verbatim records of meetings and conferences by the use of voice writing or any system of manual or mechanical shorthand writing and transcribing those records; or
(2) Obtained in the 12 months immediately preceding the application, a certificate of satisfactory completion of a prescribed course of study from a court reporting program that, as determined by the Board, evidences a proficiency substantially equivalent to subparagraph (1); and
(e) Paid the fee for filing an application for an examination set forth in NRS 656.220.
3. As used in this section, ‘practice of court reporting’ includes reporting by use of voice writing or any system of manual or mechanical shorthand writing, regardless of the state in which the reporting took place.