California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 3 — Professions and Vocations GenerallyChapter 13 — Shorthand ReportersArticle 3 — Application, Examination, and Certificate; Requirement and ContentsSection 8024.8
(a) The board shall maintain records showing which certificate holders have qualified through shorthand or machine shorthand writing and which certificate holders have qualified through voice writing. The board shall treat certificate holders equally regardless of the method of qualification.
(b) Public employers shall not differentiate among certificate holders based upon method of qualification for purposes of compensation, benefits, classification, job description, duties, or bargaining units.
(c) A reference in any statute, regulation, or rule of court to the shorthand notes or stenographic notes of a certified shorthand reporter shall be interpreted to include audio dictation files.
Notes
Requires the board to record whether certificate holders qualified through shorthand, machine shorthand, or voice writing and to treat all methods equally. Bars public employers from differentiating by qualification method in compensation, benefits, classification, job descriptions, duties, or bargaining units, and defines statutory, regulatory, or court-rule references to shorthand or stenographic notes to include audio dictation files.
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