Statute 656 030

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. 'Board' means the Certified Court Reporters’ Board of Nevada. 2. 'Business entity' means any form of business organization, including, without limitation, a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited-liability company or limited-liability partnership. The term does not include a natural person or governmental entity. 3. 'Certificate' means a certified court reporter’s certificate issued under the provisions of this chapter. 4. 'Certified court reporter' means a natural person who is technically qualified and registered under this chapter to practice court reporting. 5. 'Court reporting firm' means a business entity that, for compensation, provides or arranges for the services of a certified court reporter or provides referral services for certified court reporters in this State. 6. 'Designated representative of a court reporting firm' means the natural person designated to act as the representative of a court reporting firm pursuant to NRS 656.186. 7. 'Distance education program' means a program that offers instruction which is delivered by the Internet in such a manner that the natural person

of a court reporting firm pursuant to NRS 656.186. 7. 'Distance education program' means a program that offers instruction which is delivered by the Internet in such a manner that the natural person supervising or providing the instruction and the natural person receiving the instruction are separated geographically for a majority of the time during which the instruction is delivered. 8. 'License' means a license issued under the provisions of this chapter to conduct business as a court reporting firm. 9. 'Licensee' means a business entity to which a license has been issued. 10. '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. 11. 'Stenographic notes' means: (a) The original manually or mechanically produced notes in shorthand or shorthand writing taken by a

the agency with reference thereto is subject to judicial review. 11. 'Stenographic notes' means: (a) The original manually or mechanically produced notes in shorthand or shorthand writing taken by a certified 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 certified court reporter while in attendance at a proceeding. 12. '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; 2017, 2215)