Sections
6 entriesSection 8015Establishes the chapter’s purpose as setting and maintaining competency standards for shorthand reporters to protect the public generally and litigants whose personal…Section 8016Prohibits shorthand reporting without a current board certificate, except for a salaried full-time state department or agency employee working as a hearing…Section 8017Defines shorthand reporting as making, through shorthand symbols or abbreviations, machine shorthand, or voice writing, a verbatim record of specified court, deposition,…Section 8017.5Defines a “voice writer” as a certified shorthand reporter who makes a verbatim proceeding record using a closed-microphone voice dictation silencer, steno…Section 8018Defines a natural person holding a valid chapter shorthand-reporter certificate as a “certified shorthand reporter.” Prohibits other persons or entities, except as…Section 8019Establishes violation of any chapter provision as a misdemeanor and also makes directly or indirectly assisting, abetting, or conspiring to aid or…