N.J. Admin. Code § 13:43-7.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:43-7.2 - Credit-hour requirements

(a) An applicant for a biennial certificate renewal shall complete, during the preceding biennial period, a minimum of 15 credits of continuing education in the following manner:

1. At least 10 credits shall be in core areas relating to court reporting, such as:

i. Computer assisted technology, including computer-aided transcription (CAT), communication access realtime translation (CART) and captioning;

ii. Speed/accuracy;

iii. Grammar;

iv. Real time technology and proficiency;

v. Ethics;

vi. Transcript preparation and production; or

vii. Business practices; and

2. Subjects other than those listed in (a) above may be acceptable for continuing education credit if the certificate holder can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Board that such subject or specific program contributes to the maintenance of the certificate holder's professional competence.

(b) A certificate holder who completes more than the 15 minimum continuing education credits in any biennial registration period may carry over no more than five of the additional credits into a succeeding biennial period only if the additional credits were earned in the last six months of the preceding biennial period.

(c) A certificate holder whose certificate has been suspended pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:43-3A.1(d) for a period of two to five years shall complete 15 credits of continuing education within two years prior to reinstatement.

(d) A certificate holder who is required to complete continuing education pursuant to Board disciplinary action shall not receive credit for such Board imposed continuing education toward the mandatory 15 credits of biennial continuing education.

(e) The Board may direct a certificate holder to complete continuing education credits to correct a deficiency in the certificate holder's continuing education requirement.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:43-7.2

Amended by R.2008 d.78, effective 4/7/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 3469(a), 40 N.J.R. 1894(b).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "in the following manner:" for a period at the end; rewrote (a)1; added (a)2; in (b), inserted "15" and deleted "set forth in (a) above" following the first occurrence of "credits"; and in (c), substituted "been suspended pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:43-3A.1(d)" for "lapsed", inserted "a period of" and "to five" and deleted "or more" following the first occurrence of "years".