California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 3 — Professions and Vocations GenerallyChapter 13 — Shorthand ReportersArticle 3 — Application, Examination, and Certificate; Requirement and ContentsSection 8023.5
If an applicant for a certificate is from a country where the principal language spoken is one other than English, the board may, in addition to any other examination required by this chapter, examine the applicant on his or her knowledge of the English language.
Notes
Allows the board, when a certificate applicant comes from a country whose principal spoken language is not English, to examine the applicant’s knowledge of English in addition to any other examination required by the chapter. The provision makes the additional English examination discretionary rather than automatically required for every such applicant.
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