Ala. Admin. Code r. 257-X-6-.02

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 257-X-6-.02 - How To Acquire CE Credit

(1) CE hours may be earned from:

(a) Verified attendance at or participation in a program, activity or course through the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), National Verbatim Reporters Association (NVRA), or the Alabama Court Reporters Association (ACRA). Personal Development Credits (PDC) offered by the NCRA will not be accepted except as listed in Chapter 257-X-6-.02(1) (f), (g), and (h).

(b) Verified attendance (e.g., license of attendance or license of completion) at or participation in a program, activity or course ("program") presented by a continuing education sponsor in subsection (c) below,

(c) Verified attendance at a program that is of general informational value to court reporters but does not directly relate to the reporter's ability to produce an accurate and timely transcript. A maximum of two and one half (2.5) hours credit may be counted during a prerenewal period for such programs, which include:

1. Professionalism, including knowledge and application of standards of professional responsibility, impartiality, public relations, attire; and

2. Office procedures, record-keeping, health, including a reporter's approach to personal tax management, planning for retirement or changing careers within reporting, maintaining the individual reporter's health and emotional adjustment, ability to listen, to concentrate, to communicate, or to cope.

(d) Verified personal preparation of educational presentations pertaining to the profession of court reporting and serving as an instructor, speaker or panel member at an approved course will be allowed as CE credit for actual presentation time, plus actual preparation time of up to two (2) hours for each hour of presentation. Credits for preparation time shall not be allowed for repetitious presentations. No more than two (2) hours of credit can be earned under this category in any one renewal period.

(e) Writing articles regarding the profession of court reporting that are published in a state or nationally recognized professional journal of court reporting or law. No more than two (2) hours of credit can be earned under this category in any one renewal period. Credits will not be allowed for the same article published in more than one publication.

(f) If already an RPR, 0.25 CE's may be obtained through verified passage of a higher certification test of the RMR; CRR; CBC; RDR (WKT only); CLVS (Skills or WKT); or CRC. Passage of a single examination may only be counted once towards CE credit.

(g) Verified Stenographic University Program, Realtime Coach, or similar program may be counted for up to 0.25 CE's per renewal period.

(h) Verified Oral Histories Project may be counted for up to 0.25 CE's per renewal period.

(2) Courses completed that are a part of the curriculum of a university, college or other education institutional. One semester of course work is equivalent to five (5) hours of CE and one quarter of course work is equivalent to two-and-one-half (2.5) hours of CE.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 257-X-6-.02

New Rule: Filed April 19, 2007; effective May 24, 2007. Amended: Filed October 6, 2009; effective November 11, 2009. Amended: Filed June 19, 2012; effective July 24, 2012.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 01, October 31, 2018, eff. 12/23/2018.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 09, June 28, 2019, eff. 7/26/2019.

Author: Alabama Board of Court Reporting

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-8B-1 thru 34-8B-18.