TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 31

CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTERS ACT

54-3103.  Certification required. Except as expressly provided in this chapter, no person shall engage in the practice of shorthand reporting or be appointed to the position of district court reporter in any state district court, or before any master or referee, or as reporter for any board or commission of the state requiring shorthand reporting for any hearing, proceeding or trial unless such person is a certified shorthand reporter as defined in this chapter; provided that any district court reporter, or any reporter before a master or referee shall also possess such additional qualifications as the supreme court may prescribe by rule.

No person shall use the title of certified shorthand reporter or its abbreviations C.S.R. or CSR, or any similar words or letters in conjunction with such person’s name to indicate the possession of qualifications to practice in this state as a certified shorthand reporter without having a valid temporary permit or regular certificate issued pursuant to this chapter and not revoked or suspended. A certificate or permit to practice shorthand reporting shall not be transferable.

History:

[54-3103, added 1974, ch. 110, sec. 4, p. 1255; am. 2008, ch. 68, sec. 3, p. 176; am. 2015, ch. 152, sec. 1, p. 542.]