La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XXI-511

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

Section XXI-511 - Methods of Reporting

A. Each reporter shall be certified in one of the following four five methods of reporting.

1. Stenotype. A stenotype reporter is anyone who uses a stenotype machine and shorthand symbols to produce a verbatim transcript of any oral court proceeding, sworn statement, public hearing, deposition, or related proceeding.

2. Stenomask. A stenomask reporter is anyone who uses a stenomask machine, which consists of a microphone enclosed in a mask, to produce a verbatim transcript of any oral court proceeding, sworn statement, public hearing, deposition, or related proceeding.

3. Penwriter. A penwriter reporter is anyone who uses handwritten shorthand symbols to produce a verbatim transcript of any oral court proceeding, sworn statement, public hearing, deposition, or related proceeding.

4. Electronic. An electronic reporter is anyone who converts an electronic recording into a verbatim transcript of any oral court proceeding, sworn statement, public hearing, deposition, or related proceeding.

5. Digital. A certified digital reporter is anyone who converts an electronic, audio, or digital recording into a verbatim transcript of any oral court proceeding, is prohibited from freelance or general reporting, is restricted to duties as an official or deputy official court reporter, and has been certified to engage in the practice of digital reporting as a certified electronic reporter and transcriber by the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers, or anyone who has submitted due proof on or before December 31, 2010 that the person is employed as an official or deputy official court reporter by a Louisiana court of record on or before December 31, 2010 and that the person has performed the duties of an official or deputy official court reporter utilizing electronic, audio, or digital recording equipment as a method of official court reporting.

B. A reporter shall identify on the certification page of any verbatim record prepared by that reporter the method of reporting in which the reporter holds certification by the board.

C. A reporter shall practice only the method of reporting for which certified by the board and shall not mislead the public by purporting to utilize other methods for which the reporter has not been certified.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XXI-511

Promulgated by the Department of Economic Development, Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, LR 20:997 (September 1994), LR 37:318 (January 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:2554, 2555, 2556 and R.S. 37:2557.