(a) To be licensed as a court reporter, an applicant shall submit proof of passage of the National Court Reporters Association registered professional reporter examination, the National Verbatim Reporters Association certified verbatim reporter examination, or the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers certified electronic court reporter examination. Applications for licensure shall be signed and sworn by the applicants and submitted on forms furnished by the board. All applicants who are found qualified to engage in the practice of court reporting pursuant to this part shall be issued a license as a licensed court reporter and an identifying number. The license shall be valid for two (2) years from the date of issuance. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a licensed court reporter shall not be required to be a notary public to administer oaths to witnesses in the performance of their professional duties as a court reporter.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 20-9-609

  • Board: means the Tennessee board of court reporting. See Tennessee Code 20-9-602
  • Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
  • Court reporting: means the making of a verbatim record by means of manual shorthand, machine shorthand, closed microphone voice dictation silencer or by electronic recording of any testimony given under oath before or for submission to, any court, referee or court examiner, by any board, commission or other body or in any other proceeding where a verbatim record is required. See Tennessee Code 20-9-602
  • 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).
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
(b) No licensed court reporter may authorize the use of the court reporter’s license number on any transcript not produced through the court reporter’s personal effort or supervision, or both. Violation of this subsection (b) may be grounds for license suspension or revocation.
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