2005 Idaho Code - 54-3108 — QUALIFICATIONS -- REQUIRED EXAMINATION -- RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATES

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 31
                      CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTERS ACT
    54-3108.  QUALIFICATIONS -- REQUIRED EXAMINATION -- RENEWAL OF
CERTIFICATES. (1) Applicants for certification must take and pass the Idaho
certified shorthand reporter examination. Alternatively, applicants for
certification must provide proof, satisfactory to the board, of having passed
one (1) of the following examinations within the two (2) years prior to the
date of the application:
    (a)  The registered professional reporter (RPR) examination;
    (b)  The registered merit reporter (RMR) examination;
    (c)  The registered diplomate reporter (RDR) examination; or
    (d)  The certified realtime reporter (CRR) examination.
    (2)  Any applicant who is a citizen of the United States of good moral
character, having graduated from an accredited high school or having had an
equivalent education, shall be entitled to receive a certificate as a
certified shorthand reporter upon payment of the fees required by this act.
All applications shall be in such form as prescribed by the board and filed
with the board at least thirty (30) days prior to the announced date of the
reporters' examination. The board in its discretion may make such additional
investigation and inquiry, or require additional information from the
applicant, as it shall deem necessary in determining the qualifications of the
applicant. The board shall thereupon notify the applicant as to whether his
application to take the reporters' examination is accepted.
    (3)  All regular certified shorthand reporter certificates shall be issued
for a period of one (1) year and shall be renewable upon payment of the
renewal fee prescribed in section 54-3110, Idaho Code, for an additional
period of one (1) year.