Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 656 - Certified Court Reporters › PRACTICE BY FIRM › Section 656.261 - Examination of designated representative: Prerequisite to service; schedule for administration; fee

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Before a person
			 who is not a certified court reporter may serve as a designated representative
			 of a court reporting firm, the person must pass an examination administered by
			 the Board pursuant to
			 NRS
			 656.186.
2. The Executive Secretary of the Board shall
			 prepare a schedule for the administration of examinations to applicants to
			 become a designated representative of a court reporting firm.
3. The fee for an examination is
			 $250.
4. The Board will consider
			 applications for the immediately succeeding examination administered by the
			 Board pursuant to NRS 656.186. The Executive
			 Secretary of the Board shall establish a deadline for the submission of
			 applications that is at least 30 days before the examination is administered.
			 If an application is postmarked after the deadline, the Executive Secretary of
			 the Board shall return the application to the applicant and the applicant is
			 ineligible to take the examination.
5. An application must be submitted to the
			 Board in its original form.
6. All
			 questions on the application must be completed. If an application is
			 incomplete, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall return the application
			 to the applicant. An applicant whose application is returned because it is
			 incomplete may resubmit his or her application if the application that is
			 resubmitted is postmarked on or before the date of the deadline.
7. An application must include a photocopy of
			 a photo identification of the applicant.
8. An application must be signed by the
			 applicant under penalty of perjury and include an acknowledgment by the
			 applicant that a misrepresentation or omission in the application may
			 constitute a ground, pursuant to
			 NRS
			 656.240, for denial, suspension or revocation
			 of the license of the firm for which the applicant is the designated
			 representative. The signature of the applicant attests to the accuracy of all
			 information provided by the applicant, including, without limitation, the
			 information contained in the application and all other evidence and information
			 accompanying the application.
9. If
			 the Board rejects an application, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall
			 mail to the applicant a letter that explains the reason for the
			 rejection.
10. If the Board
			 approves an application, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall mail to the
			 applicant a letter of admission to the examination.
11. An applicant may cancel his or her
			 submission of an application and request a refund of the examination fee by
			 submitting a written request to the Board on or before the deadline for
			 submission of applications established by the Executive Secretary of the Board
			 pursuant to subsection 4. If the request is submitted on or before the deadline
			 for submission of applications, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall
			 cancel the applicant's application and refund the examination fee to the
			 applicant. The Executive Secretary of the Board shall not refund an examination
			 fee if the request for a refund is submitted after the deadline for submission
			 of applications.
12. An applicant
			 may cancel his or her submission of an application and request that the Board
			 apply the applicant's examination fee to the immediately succeeding examination
			 by submitting a written request to the Board after the deadline for submission
			 of applications established by the Executive Secretary of the Board pursuant to
			 subsection 4, but before the date of the examination. If the request is
			 submitted after the deadline for submission of applications, but before the
			 date of the examination, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall cancel the
			 application of the applicant and apply the applicant's examination fee to the
			 immediately succeeding examination.
13. An applicant who is unable to take the
			 examination because of an emergency may submit a written request to the Board
			 not later than 15 days after the date of the examination requesting that the
			 Board apply the applicant's examination fee to the immediately succeeding
			 examination. The request must include documented proof of the emergency. If the
			 Board grants the applicant's request, the Executive Secretary of the Board
			 shall apply the examination fee of the applicant to the immediately succeeding
			 examination.
14. As used in this
			 section, "emergency" means a sudden or unforeseen circumstance that makes it
			 impractical or impossible for the applicant to take the examination and
			 includes, without limitation, an illness or injury to the applicant or an
			 injury to or the illness or death of a family member of the
			 applicant.
Added to NAC by Cert. Court
			 Reporters' Bd. by R029-07, eff. 10-31-2007; A by
			 R112-17AP,
			 eff. 2/27/2018; A by
			 R078-22A,
			 eff. 12/15/2023
NRS
			 656.130,
			 656.186,
			 656.220