La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XXI-609

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

Section XXI-609 - Continuing Education Guidelines

A. The following general subject matter and enumerated continuing education credits may be approved by the board or, at the board's direction, by the continuing education committee, in the event the subject matter is germane to the professional competence of the certificate holder.

1. The board may approve seminars and workshops sponsored by the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) or, the National Verbatim Reporters Association (NVRA) or the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers (AAERT) at national, regional, state, or local meetings, by public institutions of higher learning, and by judicial organizations, including the following subjects:

a. English;

b. medical;

c. legal;

d. technical subjects presented by experts dealing with terminology and concepts encountered by the certificate holder during depositions and at trials;

e. new developments and knowledge in the field directly related to making the record;

f. general court and deposition procedures;

g. general court and deposition transcript preparation;

h. financial planning and administration;

i. professionalism;

j. office procedures and record-keeping

k. ethics; or

l. technology related to new developments in the field of court reporting.

2. The board may approve continuing education credit for courses conducted by universities and colleges. A certificate holder who has enrolled in an accredited university or college and has successfully completed an academic or technical course, the subject matter of which is consistent with §609(A)(1)(a-l) above, and who received a passing grade of C or better shall receive four C.E. credits per academic hour.

3. The board may recognize credits from other institutions and organizations giving continuing education courses if the course concerns subject matter directly related to enhancing the certificate holder's knowledge, ability, or competence to perform reporting duties.

4. The board may award 12 credits for the two-year C.E. cycle within which a certificate holder attains certification for the first time from a national association as follows:

a. NCRA Registered Professional Reporter (RPR), Registered Merit Reporter (RMR), or Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) certification; or

b. NVRA Certified Verbatim Reporter (CVR), Certificate of Merit (CM), or Real-time Verbatim Reporter (RVR) certification.

B. A certificate holder will not receive C.E. credit unless the seminar, workshop, course, or other activity has been approved by the board or, at the board's direction, by the continuing education committee.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XXI-609

Promulgated by the Department of Economic Development, Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, LR 17:33 (January 1991), amended LR 19:1539 (December 1993), amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters, LR 33:2420 (November 2007), LR 37:318 (January 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:2554.