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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XIX - Certified Public Accountants › Chapter 23 - Declaratory Orders and Rulings › Section XIX-2301 - Petitions; Orders and Rulings

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				As authorized by R.S. §49:977.4, the board may hear and decide petitions for
				declaratory orders and rulings as to the applicability of any statutory
				authority or of any rule or order of the board. The petition shall contain
				sufficient information to enable the board to act thereupon, and the board may
				request additional information and facts. The board shall issue its order or
				ruling as expeditiously as possible after deliberate consideration of the
				issues involved and the interests affected. Such orders and rulings shall have
				the same status as board decisions or orders in adjudicated cases.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:71 et seq. and
				  49:977.4.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 1 - Certification › Section XXI-101 - Application for Certification

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A.
				An applicant for a certificate shall file an application on a form provided by
				the board (Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters), accompanied by
				any applicable fees, and such evidence, statements or documents required by
				said form. If an examination is required, said application must be filed with
				the board at least 30 days prior to an examination date. A new application is
				required for each examination.
B.
				An application for a certified digital reporter certificate will be processed
				according to the following procedure. The board staff will review each
				application for completeness and will notify the applicant in writing if the
				application is incomplete or inadequate. The board may request additional
				information from an applicant at any time during the application process. Each
				application must be accompanied by the fee to be paid upon issuance and renewal
				of a certificate as stated in Chapter 9 of these rules. A certified digital
				reporter certificate authorizes the certificate holder to practice court
				reporting only as an official or deputy official court reporter performing
				duties for a court of record. The holder of a CDR certificate is prohibited
				from engaging in freelance or general reporting. This certificate is only
				portable to another court if the applicant holds the Electronic Reporters and
				Transcribers certificate from the American Association of Electronic Reporters
				and Transcribers (AAERT) or any other national or state recognized association
				or organization which is approved by the board and authorized or licensed to
				provide education and certification for professionals engaged in digital
				reporting and transcribing a verbatim record of oral court proceedings, and
				which is approved by the judge or court employing the services of the court
				reporter, or any official or deputy official reporter who has satisfied
				equivalent testing and certification requirements established by the board. If
				the certificate is allowed to lapse, the seal(s) shall be returned to the
				board. Each holder of a CDR certificate is subject to the regulatory authority
				of the board and must satisfy the requirements applicable to court reporters,
				such as compliance with continuing education requirements, and adherence to the
				standards of professional conduct.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554 and
				  2556.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 1 - Certification › Section XXI-103 - Qualifications for Certification

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A.
				Any person over the age of 18 years, who has not committed any acts, crimes, or
				omissions constituting grounds for suspension or revocation of a certificate
				issued by the board pursuant to
				R.S.
				37:2557(A), who has a high
				school education or its equivalent as determined by the board, and who has
				satisfactorily passed each portion of the examination described in Chapter 3 of
				these rules, in accordance with the rules of the board, shall be entitled to a
				certified court reporter certificate.
B. Effective January 1, 1994, the board shall
				convert all licenses held by a certified shorthand reporter or certified
				general reporter to that of a certified court reporter. Thereafter, any person
				who on December 31, 1993, held a license in good standing as a certified
				shorthand reporter or certified general reporter may apply to the board for
				issuance of a license as a certified court reporter, subject to the payment of
				all applicable renewal fees, satisfaction of continuing education requirements,
				and compliance with other conditions imposed by the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554 and
				  37:2557(A).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 1 - Certification › Section XXI-105 - Grandfathering Certification

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A. On or
				before December 31, 2010, the board will accept applications for the
				Certificate of Certified Digital Reporter from any person age 18 years or older
				who submits due proof that the person is employed as an official or deputy
				official court reporter by a Louisiana court of record and that the person has
				utilized electronic, audio, or digital recording equipment as a method of
				official court reporting. The board will accept as due proof of employment the
				board approved CDR application and judge or court affidavit. The affidavit
				shall be executed by the judicial administrator or judge of that court of
				record attesting, that the applicant is employed by that court as of the date
				of execution. The board will receive and consider applications for a CDR
				certificate based on grandfathering at any time on or before December 31, 2010.
				The board will not consider or approve applications for issuance of a CDR
				certificate by official or deputy official court reporters employed by the
				following courts: Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Thirty-Second,
				Thirty-Fourth, and Fortieth Judicial District Courts, the Orleans Parish Civil
				District Court, the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, the Jefferson
				Parish First and Second Parish Courts, the New Orleans First and Second City
				Courts, the New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Courts, and on and after the
				effective date of its creation, the Forty-First Judicial District Court.
				Following submission of satisfactory proof in accordance with the foregoing
				requirements, the board will approve issuance of a CDR certificate.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with R. S. 37:2554 and
				  2556.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 3 - Examinations › Section XXI-301 - Applications for Examinations

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A.
				Examinations shall be held at such times and places as the board may
				designate.
B. Applications must be
				received by the board at least 30 days prior to the examination date.
C. Applicant must furnish a diploma, official
				transcript or certificate from a licensed court reporting school that he has
				passed a qualifying test consisting of five minutes of two-voice Q & A at
				225 wpm with 95 percent accuracy within one year prior to application to the
				board for examination; or a CSR certificate from another state issued with a
				minimum requirement of 225 wpm; or participate in a equivalent qualifying test
				administered by the board on a date designated by the board. An application fee
				of $50 shall be paid to the board by the applicant participating in a
				qualifying test administered by the board. An applicant who fails to timely
				appear for the qualifying examination by the board shall be deemed to have
				abandoned the application and shall forfeit the application fee for said
				qualifying test. Proof of passing said qualifying test must accompany the
				application for examination.
1. After passing
				any segment, the applicant must sit without exception for each examination
				thereafter administered by the board until all three segments have been
				passed.
2. Should the applicant
				fail to take any segments, applicant must either:
a. take a qualifying examination given by the
				board; or
b. appear before the
				board with an explanation for not taking the exam, the validity of which
				explanation will be determined by the board in its sole discretion.
3. If the applicant fails to
				appear for any examination administered by the board and does not thereafter
				either:
a. pass a qualifying test
				administered by the board; or
b.
				present to the board a valid reason for failing to appear for the examination,
				then the passed segments of the skills test will expire before the date of the
				next examination following the examination for which the applicant failed to
				appear, and applicant will be required to pass all three segments.
4. If applicant does not pass all
				three segments of the skills examination within a three-year period, beginning
				the last day of the month in which any segment was first passed, applicant will
				be required to pass a qualifying examination administered by the board. If
				applicant fails the qualifying examination, the passed segments will
				expire.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 3 - Examinations › Section XXI-303 - Examination to be under Direction of the Board

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A. The examination shall be under the
				direction and control of the board, but the board may employ assistants to
				prepare the questions, conduct the examination and submit recommended
				grades.
B. Examination questions
				together with the answers or keys, shall not be disclosed prior to the
				announced results of the examinations.
C. The identity of each candidate shall be
				and remain unknown to the board until after the final results are announced.
				Before the commencement of the examination an identifying number shall be
				assigned to each candidate, who shall enter such number on each group of papers
				used in the examination and shall not enter his name at any place on the
				examination papers.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with R. S. 37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 3 - Examinations › Section XXI-305 - Notification

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A. Each examinee
				shall be notified in writing whether he has passed or failed the
				examination.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 3 - Examinations › Section XXI-307 - Content of Examination

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A. The
				examination shall consist of:
1. written
				knowledge test;
2. dictated tests
				at the following speeds:
a. 5 minutes at 180
				wpm (literary, one voice);
b. 5
				minutes at 200 wpm (jury charge, one voice);
c. 5 minutes at 225 wpm (Q and A, two
				voices).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 3 - Examinations › Section XXI-309 - Grading of Examination

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A. Each
				candidate's examination will be graded on the basis of his ability to
				accurately transcribe his notes or a digital, electronic, or audio recording;
				the time occupied in the transcription; his knowledge of court reporting
				procedure, and its related terminology, spelling, and punctuation; and the
				general style of the transcript.
B.
				Seventy-five percent accuracy is required on the written knowledge test with a
				maximum of 25 errors.
C. The
				maximum number of errors allowed to pass the dictated and transcribed portions
				of the skills test is 57 errors on the Q and A portion; 50 errors on the jury
				charge portion; and 45 errors on the literary portion.
D. If the examinee passes the written
				knowledge portion of the test but fails the dictated and transcribed portions;
				he will be exempt from taking the written knowledge portion of all subsequent
				tests.
E. Except for a certified
				digital reporter applicant, an examinee who passes any segments of the skills
				test is exempt from retaking those segments under the following conditions.
1. After passing any segment, the applicant
				must sit without exception for each examination thereafter administered by the
				board until all three segments have been passed.
2. Should the applicant fail to take any
				segments, applicant must either:
a. take a
				qualifying examination given by the board; or
b. appear before the board with an
				explanation for not taking the exam, the validity of which explanation will be
				determined by the board in its sole discretion.
3. If the applicant fails to appear for any
				examination administered by the board and does not thereafter either:
a. pass a qualifying test administered by the
				board; or
b. present to the board a
				valid reason for failing to appear for the examination, then the passed
				segments of the skills test will expire before the date of the next examination
				following the examination for which the applicant failed to appear, and
				applicant will be required to pass all three segments.
4. If applicant does not pass all three
				segments of the skills examination within a three-year period, beginning the
				last day of the month in which any segment was first passed, applicant will be
				required to pass a qualifying examination administered by the board. If
				applicant fails the qualifying examination, the passed segments will
				expire.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 3 - Examinations › Section XXI-311 - Review of Examinations

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A.
				Examinees will have a period of 15 days from the release of the test results to
				petition for review of examinations in the offices of the board. Examinations
				may be reviewed only during normal working hours.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 3 - Examinations › Section XXI-313 - Failure of Examination

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A. Petition
				for Regrading. Within 15 days after receipt of notice from the board that
				applicant has failed the examination, the applicant may petition for regrading
				by sending a written notice of the request for regrading to the
				board.
B. Review Committee. Within
				30 days of receipt of a petition for regrading, the board shall submit
				applicant's examination to a review committee approved by the board.
C. Regrading Procedure. The applicant's
				prenumbered examination shall be submitted to the board with no indication as
				to applicant's identity. The review committee shall review the entire
				examination of any applicant requesting a regrading. The review committee may
				raise applicant's grade, leave the grade as originally determined by the
				graders, or lower the grade.
D.
				Request for Hearing. If the applicant is not satisfied with the results of the
				review committee's action, the applicant may request a hearing before the
				board. Such request for hearing shall be in writing and shall be filed with the
				board within 10 days after receipt of notice of the review committee's action
				from the board.
E. Hearing
				Procedures. The rules set forth in Chapter 7 hereof shall govern appeals taken
				by an applicant who fails an examination.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 3 - Examinations › Section XXI-315 - Reapplication to Take Examination

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				An applicant denied certification by reason of failure to pass the examination
				administered by the board may apply for retesting at any time such tests are
				conducted in the future.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 3 - Examinations › Section XXI-317 - National Examinations

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A. The
				board will accept as an examination from any reporter domiciled in Louisiana
				under Section 2554(A) an NCRA-RPR and/or CM examination or an NVRA examination
				with the equivalent or current standards of the CCR examination requirement in
				Louisiana. Upon proper application, and upon satisfactory proof that applicant
				has passed such an examination, a certificate shall be issued.
B. The board will accept as an examination
				the Electronic Reporter and Transcriber certificate from the American
				Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers (AAERT). A certificate
				holder under this Chapter is prohibited from engaging in freelance or general
				reporting.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554 and
				  2556.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 5 - Certificates › Section XXI-501 - Expiration of Certificate

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All
				certificates shall be suspended as of 12 p.m. on December 31 of each year if
				not, in each instance, renewed. To renew a certificate, the certificate holder
				shall, on or before the date on which the certificate would otherwise be
				suspended, pay the renewal fee established by the board. A suspension under
				this Section shall be effective until all delinquent fees have been paid in
				full.
B. The certified digital
				reporter certificate is immediately extinguished by operation of law upon
				termination of the certificate holder's employment by that court if he or she
				was grandfathered in as a CDR. A CDR shall immediately notify the board of any
				change in employment status and shall surrender the certificate upon
				termination of employment by that court of record. If a grandfathered CDR
				certificate lapses, then the certificate holder must begin anew by obtaining
				the Electronic Reporter and Transcriber certificate from the American
				Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers (AAERT).
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 5 - Certificates › Section XXI-503 - Certificate Number

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A reporter
				shall indicate the reporter's certificate number in the certification on each
				transcript prepared by the reporter and shall attest that the certificate
				number is in good standing.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 5 - Certificates › Section XXI-505 - Cause for Suspension, Revocation, or Non-Issuance of Certificate

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A. The causes for
				suspension, revocation, or non-issuance of a certificate by the board shall
				consist of one or more of the following:
1.
				conviction of felony;
2. conviction
				of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
3. fraud, dishonesty, corruption, willful
				violation of a duty, or gross incompetency in the practice of the
				profession;
4. failure to satisfy
				and complete the continuing education requirements, for two consecutive years,
				as set forth by the board. The failure to comply with this Subsection shall be
				cause for the suspension by the board of a certificate;
5. failure to restrict the practice of court
				reporting to the system under which a certificate holder is
				certified;
6. failure to comply
				with regulations promulgated by the board pursuant to the Administrative
				Procedure Act.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 5 - Certificates › Section XXI-507 - Inactive Status

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A licensed
				reporter may, upon proper application and satisfactory proof, attain inactive
				status. A reporter on inactive status is prohibited from engaging in the
				practice of court reporting in Louisiana. A reporter on inactive status is not
				required to pay the annual renewal fee or to obtain continuing education
				credits.
B. The board will consider
				as due proof of eligibility for inactive status any of the following:
1. an affidavit signed by the applicant and
				stating that the applicant has not taken or transcribed depositions,
				investigations, conventions, hearings, court proceedings, or other such matters
				within the state of Louisiana as a court reporter for a period of two or more
				years;
2. an affidavit signed by
				the applicant or by the applicant's physician stating that due to medical
				reasons the applicant will be unable to practice as a court reporter for a
				period of two or more years in the future. The board may request and the
				applicant must afford any medical records necessary to verify the
				representations of medical incapacity;
3. an affidavit signed by the applicant
				stating that the applicant will be absent from the state of Louisiana for a
				period of two or more years in the future. The board may request and the
				applicant must afford any requested proof of relocation (e.g., voter
				registration card) to verify the representations contained in the
				affidavit.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 5 - Certificates › Section XXI-509 - Notice of Suspended, Revoked, or Inactive Certificates

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A. Twice a year the board will issue to all
				court reporters, court reporting agencies, bar associations, and courts within
				the state of Louisiana a public notice identifying all reporters who within the
				preceding six months have had certificates suspended, revoked, or placed on
				inactive status.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 5 - Certificates › Section XXI-511 - Methods of Reporting

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A. Each
				reporter shall be certified in one of the following four five methods of
				reporting.
1. Stenotype. A stenotype reporter
				is anyone who uses a stenotype machine and shorthand symbols to produce a
				verbatim transcript of any oral court proceeding, sworn statement, public
				hearing, deposition, or related proceeding.
2. Stenomask. A stenomask reporter is anyone
				who uses a stenomask machine, which consists of a microphone enclosed in a
				mask, to produce a verbatim transcript of any oral court proceeding, sworn
				statement, public hearing, deposition, or related proceeding.
3. Penwriter. A penwriter reporter is anyone
				who uses handwritten shorthand symbols to produce a verbatim transcript of any
				oral court proceeding, sworn statement, public hearing, deposition, or related
				proceeding.
4. Electronic. An
				electronic reporter is anyone who converts an electronic recording into a
				verbatim transcript of any oral court proceeding, sworn statement, public
				hearing, deposition, or related proceeding.
5. Digital. A certified digital reporter is
				anyone who converts an electronic, audio, or digital recording into a verbatim
				transcript of any oral court proceeding, is prohibited from freelance or
				general reporting, is restricted to duties as an official or deputy official
				court reporter, and has been certified to engage in the practice of digital
				reporting as a certified electronic reporter and transcriber by the American
				Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers, or anyone who has
				submitted due proof on or before December 31, 2010 that the person is employed
				as an official or deputy official court reporter by a Louisiana court of record
				on or before December 31, 2010 and that the person has performed the duties of
				an official or deputy official court reporter utilizing electronic, audio, or
				digital recording equipment as a method of official court reporting.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 5 - Certificates › Section XXI-513 - Reciprocal Certification for Military Personnel and Spouses

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The board may
				issue a license without examination to military personnel or their spouses who
				hold a current license, certification, or registration in another jurisdiction
				where requirements are substantially equivalent to the requirements for
				licensing in Louisiana, if the other jurisdiction grants reciprocity without
				more onerous requirements for military personnel and their spouses who apply
				from Louisiana. An applicant must comply with the following requirements.
1. An applicant who has completed a military
				program of training, been awarded a military occupational specialty, and
				performed satisfactorily in that specialty at a level that is substantially
				equivalent to the requirements for licensing in Louisiana is eligible for
				certification upon presenting the following:
a. verified documentary proof that the
				applicant has successfully completed a military program of training and been
				awarded a military occupational specialty in court reporting, identifying the
				methodology in which the applicant is certified to practice court reporting
				within the jurisdiction;
b. two
				affidavits from a lawyer or judge who has worked with the applicant, attesting
				that the applicant has performed satisfactorily in providing court reporting
				services;
c. two copies of
				transcripts produced by the applicant within one year before the date on which
				an application is submitted; and
d.
				an affidavit from the licensing authority attesting that the applicant is in
				good standing and has not been disciplined for an act that constitutes grounds
				for refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license to practice court reporting
				in Louisiana.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 6 - Continuing Education › Section XXI-601 - Continuing Education Requirement

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The maintenance and continued validity of
				any license issued by the board shall be dependent upon the satisfactory
				performance and completion of those continuing education requirements as
				established and enforced herein.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 6 - Continuing Education › Section XXI-603 - Continuing Education Credits

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A.
				Beginning January 1, 1991, and thereafter, each certificate holder shall be
				required to obtain at least 12 continuing education credits during each
				two-year continuing education cycle. Each continuing education cycle shall
				consist of two consecutive years beginning January 1 of the odd-numbered year
				and ending December 31 of the even-numbered year, inclusive. The board shall
				award one continuing education credit for each half hour of instruction time.
				For the two-year cycle beginning January 1, 2013 and each two-year cycle
				thereafter, four of the required 12 continuing education credits shall be
				instructions pertaining to Louisiana court reporting ethics and CSR board rules
				and regulations.
B. Any certificate
				holder is exempt from the requirement of obtaining continuing education credits
				for the calendar year in which the certification is initially issued. If the
				certificate holder is certified in an odd-numbered year, the certificate holder
				shall be required to obtain at least six continuing education credits during
				the calendar year following the year in which the certification was issued. If
				the certificate holder is certified in an even-numbered year, the certificate
				holder shall be required to obtain at least 12 continuing education credits
				during the two calendar years following the year in which the certification was
				issued.
C. Any certificate holder
				who is or who becomes age 65 or older during a continuing education cycle is
				exempt from the requirement of obtaining continuing education
				credits.
D. The board may suspend
				or revoke the certification of any certificate holder who fails to satisfy and
				complete the continuing education requirements stated herein, pursuant to
				R.S.
				37:2557.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554 and
				  2557.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 6 - Continuing Education › Section XXI-605 - Prohibited Excess Credits

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A. Any
				continuing education credit obtained in excess of 12 credits per reporting
				period shall not be applied to any subsequent or future continuing education
				reporting period.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 6 - Continuing Education › Section XXI-607 - Maintenance of Record

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each
				certificate holder shall maintain a record of the satisfaction and completion
				of the continuing education credits required by the board.
B. On or before December 31 of each
				even-numbered calendar year, each reporter issued a certificate by the board
				shall submit or cause to be submitted to the board in written record or
				continuing education credits earned by the reporter for the preceding two
				calendar years.
C. A certificate
				holder who teaches a course in which court reporters receive continuing
				education credit may receive three continuing education credits for each
				continuing education credit awarded to a reporter enrolled in the course. In
				order to receive credit for teaching activities, the certificate holder must
				submit to the continuing education committee the following: a copy of any
				promotional material or curriculum distributed to attendees, describing the
				course content; verification that the course was approved for continuing
				education credit in Louisiana; and a signed statement from the certificate
				holder attesting to the date and duration of training conducted by the
				certificate holder.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 6 - Continuing Education › Section XXI-609 - Continuing Education Guidelines

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				The following general subject matter and enumerated continuing education
				credits may be approved by the board or, at the board's direction, by the
				continuing education committee, in the event the subject matter is germane to
				the professional competence of the certificate holder.
1. The board may approve seminars and
				workshops sponsored by the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) or, the
				National Verbatim Reporters Association (NVRA) or the American Association of
				Electronic Reporters and Transcribers (AAERT) at national, regional, state, or
				local meetings, by public institutions of higher learning, and by judicial
				organizations, including the following subjects:
a. English;
b. medical;
c. legal;
d. technical subjects presented by experts
				dealing with terminology and concepts encountered by the certificate holder
				during depositions and at trials;
e. new developments and knowledge in the
				field directly related to making the record;
f. general court and deposition
				procedures;
g. general court and
				deposition transcript preparation;
h. financial planning and
				administration;
i.
				professionalism;
j. office
				procedures and record-keeping
k.
				ethics; or
l. technology related to
				new developments in the field of court reporting.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 6 - Continuing Education › Section XXI-611 - Activities Not Acceptable for Continuing Education Credits

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Completion of any certified pulmonary
				respiratory course will not be accepted for continuing education
				credits.
B. Attendance at or
				participation in tours, exhibits, entertainment, recreation, committee service,
				association business, home study, or on-line courses or seminars will not be
				accepted for continuing education credits, except that live webinars will be
				accepted for continuing education credits.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2554.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 6 - Continuing Education › Section XXI-613 - Provider Application Process

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A
				provider must submit the following information to the continuing education
				committee at least 90 days before the date of a proposed training event:
1. the date, time, and place where the
				training will be conducted;
2. a
				list and detailed description or agenda of the courses that will be taught,
				identifying for each course the number of minutes allocated to instruction time
				and the number of credit hours requested;
3. a description of the provider's experience
				and qualifications to conduct such training;
4. a description of the registration and
				course attendance procedures that will be used by the provider;
5. a copy of the evaluation form that will be
				distributed to participants at the end of the training to solicit their
				assessment of the program's educational value and effectiveness;
6. a copy of the provider verification form
				that will be given to each participant upon completion of the training,
				indicating the courses completed and credit hours awarded to that
				participant;
7. the names and
				qualifications of instructors, identifying which courses they will be teaching
				in the training; and
8. a signed
				statement from the provider agreeing to submit to the continuing education
				committee within 15 days after the training a list of certificate holders who
				attended all or a portion of the training event and the number of credit hours
				for which each is eligible, as well as a summary of the evaluation responses
				completed by participants in the training.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 7 - Hearings › Section XXI-701 - Accused Person

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The board
				may upon its own motion and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any
				person setting forth facts which if proven would constitute grounds for
				refusal, suspension or revocation of a certificate, investigate the actions of
				any person who applies for, holds or represents that he holds a certificate.
				Such person is hereinafter called the accused.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2557.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 7 - Hearings › Section XXI-703 - Written Notification

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Before
				refusing to issue, suspending or revoking any certificate, the board shall at
				least 10 days prior to date set for the hearing, notify in writing the accused
				of any charges made and shall afford such accused person an opportunity to be
				heard in person or by counsel in reference thereto. Such written notice may be
				served by delivery of the same personally to the accused person, or by mailing
				the same by registered or certified mail to the address last theretofore
				specified by the accused person in his last notification to the board. At the
				time and place fixed in the notice, the board shall proceed to hearing of the
				charges and both the accused person and the complainant shall be accorded ample
				opportunity to present in person, or by counsel, such statements, testimony,
				evidence and argument as may be pertinent to the charges or to any defense
				thereto. The board may continue such hearing from time to time. If the board
				shall not be sitting at the time and place fixed in the notice or at the time
				and place at which the hearing shall have been continued, the board shall
				continue such hearing for a period not to exceed 30 days.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2557.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 7 - Hearings › Section XXI-705 - Subpoena of Witnesses; Administration of Oaths

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The board shall have power to subpoena and
				bring before it any person in this state and to take testimony either orally or
				by deposition, or both, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner
				as prescribed by law in judicial procedure in civil cases in courts of this
				state.
B. The chairman, and any
				member of the board shall each have power to administer oaths to witnesses at
				any hearing which the board is authorized by law to conduct, and any other
				oaths required or authorized in any act administered by the board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2557.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 7 - Hearings › Section XXI-707 - Attendance of Witnesses

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Upon the
				application of the accused person or complainant or of the board, by order duly
				entered, the board may require the attendance of witnesses and the production
				of relevant books and papers before the board in any hearing relative to the
				application for or refusal, recall, suspension or revocation of certificate or
				registration, and the board may compel obedience to its order by proceedings
				for contempt.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2557.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 7 - Hearings › Section XXI-709 - Record of Proceedings

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				board, at its expense, shall provide a reporter to take down the testimony and
				preserve a record of all proceedings at the hearing of any case wherein a
				certificate may be revoked or suspended. The notice of hearing, complaint and
				all other documents in the nature of pleadings and written motion filed in the
				proceedings, the transcript of testimony, the report of the board and the
				orders of the board shall be the record of such proceedings. The board shall
				furnish a transcript of such record to any person interested in such hearing
				upon payment therefor of $3 per page for each original transcript and $1.50 per
				page for each carbon copy thereof ordered with the original.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2557.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 7 - Hearings › Section XXI-711 - Report of Findings and Recommendations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The board shall present to the chairman
				its written report of its findings and recommendations, and the chairman shall
				have the right to take the action recommended by the board. Upon the suspension
				or revocation of a certificate, certificate holder shall be required to
				surrender the certificate and seal to the board, and upon the failure or
				refusal to do so, the board shall have the right to seize the same. A copy of
				such report shall be served upon the accused person and the complainant, either
				personally or by registered or certified mail.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2557.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 7 - Hearings › Section XXI-713 - Appeal

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. An appeal of the
				decision of the board must be filed with a court of competent jurisdiction
				within 30 days from notice of suspension, revocation, or refusal.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2557.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 7 - Hearings › Section XXI-717 - Restoration of Certificate

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. At any
				time after the suspension or revocation of any certificate, the board may
				restore it to the accused person without examination but only at an official
				meeting of the board, after written notice, and by vote of a majority of the
				members of the board present and voting.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2557.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 7 - Hearings › Section XXI-719 - Other Remedies

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Nothing
				herein shall be deemed to limit the board's authority to seek enforcement of
				the law through a court of competent jurisdiction.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:2557.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters › Chapter 9 - Fees › Section XXI-901 - Fees

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The following
				fees shall be paid to the board.
1. The fee
				to be paid for the issuance of a reciprocal certificate of registration without
				board examination is $175 plus seal fee(s).
2. The fee to be paid upon the issuance and
				renewal of a certificate of registration is $175 plus seal fee(s).
3. The fee to be paid for a seal is $20. A
				minimum requirement of one seal must be purchased upon the issuance or renewal
				of a certificate. The maximum number of seals that may be purchased is three
				per certificate holder.
4. The fee
				to be paid for the purchase of a list of names and addresses of current
				reporters is $25.
5. The fee to be
				paid for reinstatement of a suspended or revoked certificate is the payment of
				all delinquent fees, plus $50 for a certificate delinquent for a period of up
				to one year, $175 for a certificate delinquent for a period of up to two years,
				$250 for a certificate delinquent for a period of two or more years.
6. The fee to be paid for the skills portion
				of the examination is $125 and the fee to be paid for the written knowledge
				portion of the examination is $140. If the board should find an applicant
				ineligible for examination, it shall refund eighty percent of the fee paid by
				said applicant. In no other event shall any refund be made.
7. The fee to be paid for the qualifying test
				of Q and A at 225 wpm is $50.
8.
				The fee to be paid for an NSF check issued to the board is the current bank
				charge.