CHAPTER 13. Shorthand Reporters [8000. - 8051.]

Chapter 13 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 191.

§§ 8000–8051 · 55 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Administration §§ 8000–8011 · 12 sections

   • § 8000 (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Court Reporters Board of California, which consists of five members, three of whom shall be public members…
   • § 8001 (a) Appointment as a member of the board shall be for a term of four years. Members of the board shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of…
   • § 8002 Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.
   • § 8003 At each yearly meeting, a chair and vice chair shall be elected from the membership of the board. Three members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction…
   • § 8004 The expenses of the members of the board and the expenses of the board that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall be paid from the…
   • § 8005 (a) The Court Reporters Board of California is charged with the executive functions necessary for effectuating the purposes of this chapter. It may appoint…
   • § 8005.1 Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Court Reporters Board of California in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary…
   • § 8007 The board shall: (a) Determine the qualifications of persons applying for certificates under this chapter. (b) Make rules for the examination of applicants and…
   • § 8008 The board has the following powers and duties: (a) To adopt a seal. (b) By affirmative vote of at least three members of the board, to suspend, revoke, or…
   • § 8009 Disciplinary proceedings under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and the…
   • § 8010 Information regarding a complaint against a specific licensee may not be disclosed to the public until an accusation has been filed by the board and the…
   • § 8011 The board shall promulgate, by regulation, a definition of a “full-time student” for the purposes of this chapter.
2. ARTICLE 2. Application of Chapter §§ 8015–8019 · 6 sections

   • § 8015 This chapter is designed to establish and maintain a standard of competency for those engaged in the practice of shorthand reporting, for the protection of the…
   • § 8016 (a) No person shall engage in the practice of shorthand reporting as defined in this chapter, unless that person is the holder of a certificate in full force…
   • § 8017 The practice of shorthand reporting is defined as the making, by means of written symbols or abbreviations in shorthand or machine shorthand writing, or by…
   • § 8017.5 For purposes of this article: (a) “Voice writer” means a certified shorthand reporter that makes a verbatim record or a proceeding using a closed microphone…
   • § 8018 A natural person who holds a valid certificate as a shorthand reporter, as provided in this chapter, shall be known as a “certified shorthand reporter.” Except…
   • § 8019 A violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor. Any person who directly or indirectly assists in or abets the violation of, or conspires to aid…
3. ARTICLE 3. Application, Examination, and Certificate; Requirement and Contents §§ 8020–8027.5 · 21 sections

   • § 8020 Any person over the age of 18 years, who has not committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for the denial of licensure under Sections 480, 8025, and…
   • § 8020.5 (a) (1) The California state licensing examination shall consist of the following three divisible parts: (A) English. (B) Professional Practice. (C)…
   • § 8021 Examinations shall be held at least semiannually, and at such times and places as the board may designate.
   • § 8022 (a) Each applicant for a certificate under this chapter shall file an application with the executive officer, on a form as prescribed by the board. The last…
   • § 8023 No certificate shall be issued until the applicant has passed the examination prescribed by the board.
   • § 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…
   • § 8024 (a) All certificates issued pursuant to this chapter shall be valid for a period of one year, except for the initial period of licensure as prescribed by the…
   • § 8024.1 Every person to whom a certificate is issued shall, as a condition precedent to its issuance, and in addition to any other fee which may be payable, pay the…
   • § 8024.2 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a certificate that has expired may be renewed at any time within the period set forth in Section 8024.5 by…
   • § 8024.3 A suspended certificate is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not entitle the holder of the…
   • § 8024.4 A revoked certificate is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the holder of…
   • § 8024.5 A certificate that is not renewed within three years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter. The holder of the…
   • § 8024.6 (a) A certificate holder shall give written notice to the board at its office in Sacramento of a name change within 30 days after each change, giving both the…
   • § 8024.7 The board shall establish an inactive category of licensure for persons who are not actively engaged in the practice of shorthand reporting. (a) The holder of…
   • § 8024.8 (a) The board shall maintain records showing which certificate holders have qualified through shorthand or machine shorthand writing and which certificate…
   • § 8024.9 (a) For purposes of this section, “valid email address” means an email address at which the applicant or certificate holder is currently receiving email…
   • § 8025 A certificate issued under this chapter may be suspended, revoked, denied, or other disciplinary action may be imposed for one or more of the following causes:…
   • § 8025.1 (a) In addition to the causes for discipline or denial of certification set forth in Section 8025, the board may suspend or revoke any certificate, or deny…
   • § 8026 A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the qualifications, functions and…
   • § 8027 (a) As used in this section, “school” means a court reporter training program or an institution that provides a course of instruction approved by the board and…
   • § 8027.5 In addition to the authority to conduct disciplinary proceedings under this chapter, the board, through its duly authorized representatives, shall have…
4. ARTICLE 4. Revenue §§ 8030–8031 · 7 sections

   • § 8030 All fees and other revenues received by the board shall be reported promptly to the State Controller and shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to be…
   • § 8030.1 The board may use existing resources to undertake efforts to publicize the availability of the Transcript Reimbursement Fund, established pursuant to Section…
   • § 8030.2 (a) (1) To provide shorthand reporting services to low-income litigants in civil cases, who are unable to otherwise afford those services, funds generated by…
   • § 8030.4 As used in this chapter: (a) “Applicant” means a qualified legal services project, qualified support center, other qualified project, or pro bono attorney…
   • § 8030.6 (a) The board shall disburse funds from the Transcript Reimbursement Fund for the costs, exclusive of per diem charges by official reporters, of preparing…
   • § 8030.8 (a) For purposes of this chapter, documentation accompanying an invoice is sufficient to establish entitlement for reimbursement from the Transcript…
   • § 8031 The amount of the fees required by this chapter is that fixed by the board in accordance with the following schedule: (a) The fee for filing an application for…
5. ARTICLE 5. Shorthand Reporting Corporations §§ 8040–8051 · 9 sections

   • § 8040 A shorthand reporting corporation is a corporation which is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code,…
   • § 8042 It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt to violate, directly…
   • § 8043 The name of a shorthand reporting corporation and any name or names under which it may be rendering professional services shall contain and be restricted to…
   • § 8044 Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of a shorthand reporting corporation shall be a licensed…
   • § 8045 The income of a shorthand reporting corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined by…
   • § 8046 A shorthand reporting corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct…
   • § 8047 The board may formulate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this article, including rules and regulations requiring (a) that the…
   • § 8050 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enhance the regulation of licensed shorthand reporters and shorthand reporting corporations pursuant to this…
   • § 8051 (a) On and after July 1, 2022, an entity that is not a shorthand reporting corporation may, wherever headquartered in the United States, engage in the conduct…