2005 Idaho Code - 54-3104 — EXCEPTIONS TO CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 31
                      CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTERS ACT
    54-3104.  EXCEPTIONS TO CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. The provisions of this
act shall not apply to and shall not be construed to prohibit:
    (a)  The appointment of a state district court reporter who is not a
certified shorthand reporter on a temporary basis in accordance with and upon
condition as the Supreme Court may prescribe by rule. Provided, in the event a
person not a certified shorthand reporter is appointed as district court
reporter, such reporter must make application for regular certification under
this act within thirty (30) days of such appointment. If the reporter fails to
obtain certification as a certified shorthand reporter by the second
subsequent consecutive examination date by reason of his failure to pass the
necessary examination, or otherwise, then such person shall be removed as
district court reporter and shall not be eligible for reappointment until he
obtains a regular certificate as a certified shorthand reporter under this
act.
    (b)  The employment and reporting of personnel in the magistrates division
of any district court of the state who rely principally upon electronic tape
recorders, stenomask, or similar mechanical contrivances to make a record of a
hearing, trial or proceeding.
    (c)  The taking of an oral deposition by shorthand reporting by a person
not a certified shorthand reporter if the party to the action or his attorney
certifies at the commencement of the deposition that no certified shorthand
reporter was available for reporting the deposition.
    (d)  The employment of salaried, full-time employees of a prosecuting
attorney or of any department or agency of the state to act as a hearing
reporter for such official, department or agency.