656.170 - Time of examination; documentary evidence of qualifications. - Nevada Statutes

656.170  Time of examination; documentary evidence of qualifications.

      1.  Examinations must be held not less than twice a year at such times and places as the Board may designate.

      2.  No person may be admitted to the examination unless the person first presents satisfactory evidence to the Board that he or she has:

      (a) Received a passing grade on the National Court Reporters Association’s examination for registered professional reporters, if the Board has approved the examination;

      (b) Received a passing grade on the National Verbatim Reporters Association’s examination for certified verbatim reporters, if the Board has approved the examination;

      (c) A certificate of satisfactory completion of a prescribed course of study from a school for court reporters which includes English grammar, reading, spelling and vocabulary, medical and legal terminology, transcription, reporting procedures and court reporting at 200 words per minute with an accuracy of 97.5 percent;

      (d) A certificate as a registered professional reporter, registered merit reporter, certified CART provider, certified broadcast captioner or certified realtime reporter from the National Court Reporters Association, if the Board has approved each such certificate;

      (e) A certificate as a certified verbatim reporter or a certificate of merit from the National Verbatim Reporters Association, if the Board has approved each such certificate;

      (f) A valid certificate or license to practice court reporting issued by another state; or

      (g) One year of continuous experience as a full-time court reporter using voice writing or any system of manual or mechanical shorthand writing.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1317; A 1985, 1883; 1993, 1405; 2007, 18, 1034; 2009, 157)