32-4041 - Arizona Statutes

32-4041. Revocation or suspension of certificate A. The board may revoke or suspend a certificate issued under this chapter for any of the following reasons: 1. Unprofessional conduct. 2. Violations of this chapter. 3. Gross negligence or incompetence in the performance of duties. 4. Fraud, dishonesty or corruption. 5. Inability to perform the duties of a certified reporter at a level of skill that is required by the board. 6. Aiding or assisting another person to engage in the verbatim reporting of any judicial proceeding if the other person is not a certified reporter. 7. Conviction by final judgment of a felony offense or any other offense involving moral turpitude. 8. The court has ordered treatment for a certified reporter pursuant to title 36 or has found a certified reporter to be incapacitated pursuant to title 14. B. Before revoking or suspending a certificate, the board shall give a certificate holder notice and an opportunity for a hearing, except that if the board finds that the public health, safety or welfare requires emergency action and incorporates a finding to that effect in the order, the board may order the summary suspension of a certificate pending a proceeding for certificate revocation or other action.