N.J. Admin. Code § 13:43-7.3

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

Section 13:43-7.3 - Continuing education programs, courses and seminars

(a) A certificate holder may obtain continuing education credits from the following:

1. Successful completion of any course, program or seminar, which has been approved by the National Court Reporters Association and is in one of the core areas listed under N.J.A.C. 13:43-7.2(a)1;

2. Successful completion of continuing education programs, courses or seminars approved by the Board pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:43-7.7. The Board shall approve only such continuing education programs, courses or seminars as are available and advertised on a nondiscriminatory basis to all persons granted certificates by the New Jersey State Board of Court Reporting. The Board shall maintain a list of approved programs, courses and seminars at the Board office and shall furnish this information to certificate holders upon request;

3. Post-secondary course work, transcripts of which shall be furnished to the Board, in areas relating to court reporting, such as:

i. English composition;

ii. English grammar;

iii. Computer training;

iv. Business practices; and

v. Specialty courses relating to the certificate holder's area of practice;

4. Participation, other than as a student, in educational programs such as:

i. Teaching and research appointments; and

ii. Program development;

5. Authorship of textbooks, articles or manuals, as they specifically relate to court reporting;

6. Correspondence, televised, videotaped, teleconference and internet courses upon verification by the course provider that the course was monitored and successfully completed by the certificate holder;

7. Successful completion of each of the following National Court Reporters Association examinations:

i. National or State Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) Examination;

ii. National Certified Broadcast Captioner (CBC) Examination;

iii. National Certified CART Provider (CCP) Examination;

iv. National Registered Merit Reporter (RMR) Examination; and

v. Registered Diplomate Reporter (RDR) Examination;

8. Successful completion of the National Certified Manager of Reporting Services (CMRS) course in part or whole; or

9. Successful completion of pro bono events that each required at least one hour of the certified court reporter's time and required the certified court reporter's specific skills and knowledge. A pro bono event shall include, but shall not be limited to, providing services free of charge that result in the completion of a transcript, such as for indigent legal services and moot court.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:43-7.3

Amended by R.2008 d.78, effective 4/7/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 3469(a), 40 N.J.R. 1894(b).
Section was "Continuing education programs and courses". Added new (a)1; recodified former (a)1 through (a)5 as (a)2 through (a)6; in (a)2, substituted "Court" for "Shorthand"; in the introductory paragraph of (a)3, substituted "court" for "shorthand" and inserted a comma following "reporting"; in (a)3iv, substituted "practices" for "recordkeeping and/or accounting and/or marketing"; in (a)5, substituted "court" for "shorthand" and deleted "and" from the end; in (a)6, substituted a semicolon for a period at the end; and added (a)7 through (a)9.