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2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 656 - Certified Court Reporters
NRS 656.030 - Definitions.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat ยง 656.030 (2011)
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. Board means the Certified Court Reporters Board of Nevada.

2. Certificate means a certified court reporter s certificate issued under the provisions of this chapter.

3. Certified court reporter or court reporter means a person who is technically qualified and registered under this chapter to practice court reporting.

4. Court reporting firm means a person who, for compensation, provides or arranges for the services of a court reporter or provides referral services for court reporters in this State.

5. Designated representative of a court reporting firm means the person designated to act as the representative of a court reporting firm pursuant to NRS 656.186.

6. Distance education program means a program that offers instruction which is delivered by the Internet in such a manner that the person supervising or providing the instruction and the person receiving the instruction are separated geographically for a majority of the time during which the instruction is delivered.

7. License means a license issued under the provisions of this chapter to conduct business as a court reporting firm.

8. Licensee means a person to whom a license has been issued.

9. Practice of court reporting means reporting, in this State, by the use of voice writing or any system of manual or mechanical shorthand writing:

(a) Grand jury proceedings;

(b) Court proceedings, with the exception of proceedings before a federal court;

(c) Pretrial examinations, depositions, motions and related proceedings of like character; or

(d) Proceedings of any agency if the final decision of the agency with reference thereto is subject to judicial review.

10. Stenographic notes means:

(a) The original manually or mechanically produced notes in shorthand or shorthand writing taken by a court reporter while in attendance at a proceeding to report the proceeding; or

(b) The record produced by the use of voice writing by a court reporter while in attendance at a proceeding.

11. Voice writing means the making of a verbatim record of a proceeding by repeating the words of the speaker into a device that is capable of:

(a) Digitally translating the words into text; or

(b) Making a tape or digital recording of those words.

The term includes, without limitation, stenomasking, verbatim reporting and other similar titles.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1315; A 1993, 1404; 2001, 1008; 2005, 191; 2007, 1034; 2009, 156; 2011, 217)

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