NRS656.170. 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) Completed course work at a school for court reporters or completed course work offered through a distance education program for court reporters in English grammar, reading, spelling and vocabulary, medical and legal terminology, transcription and computer-aided transcription, reporting procedures and court reporting at 200 words per minute with an accuracy of 95 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, realtime verbatim reporter, registered CART provider or registered broadcast captioner 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; 2011, 218)