La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XXI-301

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXI-301 - Applications for Examinations

A. Examinations shall be held at such times and places as the board may designate.

B. Applications must be received by the board at least 30 days prior to the examination date.

C. Applicant must furnish a diploma, official transcript or certificate from a licensed court reporting school that he has passed a qualifying test consisting of five minutes of two-voice Q & A at 225 wpm with 95 percent accuracy within one year prior to application to the board for examination; or a CSR certificate from another state issued with a minimum requirement of 225 wpm; or participate in a equivalent qualifying test administered by the board on a date designated by the board. An application fee of $50 shall be paid to the board by the applicant participating in a qualifying test administered by the board. An applicant who fails to timely appear for the qualifying examination by the board shall be deemed to have abandoned the application and shall forfeit the application fee for said qualifying test. Proof of passing said qualifying test must accompany the application for examination.

1. After passing any segment, the applicant must sit without exception for each examination thereafter administered by the board until all three segments have been passed.

2. Should the applicant fail to take any segments, applicant must either:

a. take a qualifying examination given by the board; or

b. appear before the board with an explanation for not taking the exam, the validity of which explanation will be determined by the board in its sole discretion.

3. If the applicant fails to appear for any examination administered by the board and does not thereafter either:

a. pass a qualifying test administered by the board; or

b. present to the board a valid reason for failing to appear for the examination, then the passed segments of the skills test will expire before the date of the next examination following the examination for which the applicant failed to appear, and applicant will be required to pass all three segments.

4. If applicant does not pass all three segments of the skills examination within a three-year period, beginning the last day of the month in which any segment was first passed, applicant will be required to pass a qualifying examination administered by the board. If applicant fails the qualifying examination, the passed segments will expire.

D. Applicants who have been found to be qualified for the examination shall be notified in writing of the time and place of their assigned examination.

E. An applicant who fails to timely appear for examination after being notified of eligibility shall be deemed to have abandoned the application and shall forfeit the application fee. In order again to become eligible for an examination, such person shall file a new application and otherwise comply in all respects with the provisions of the Act and these regulations in the same manner as required of an original applicant.

F. An applicant who commences but does not finish the examination or who otherwise fails such examination shall not be eligible for any future examination except upon complying in all respects with the provisions of the Act and these regulations.

G. A certified digital reporter (CDR) applicant who is eligible as an official or deputy official reporter will be scheduled for an examination to be given by a designee of the education or examination committee chair. The examination will not be administered for an individual CDR applicant more frequently on an annual basis than the number of examinations scheduled each year by the board in accordance with Subsection A of this Section. A certified digital reporter applicant is not subject to the qualifying exam.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XXI-301

Promulgated by the Department of Commerce, Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, LR 9:678 (October 1983), amended by the Department of Economic Development, Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, LR 14:530 (August 1988), LR 16:393 (May 1990), LR 17:578 (June 1991), LR 19:1537 (December 1993), LR 27:183 (February 2001), amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters LR 29:1086 (July 2003), LR 35:64 (January 2009), LR 37:3512 (December 2011), Amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, LR 43648 (4/1/2017).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:2554 and R.S. 37:2555(F).