N.J. Admin. Code § 13:43-7.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
Section 13:43-7.4 - Credit hour calculations
(a) Credit for continuing education shall be granted as follows for each biennial certification period:
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 in N.J.A.C. 13:43-7.2(a): one continuing education credit for each hour of attendance at an approved course. Credit shall not be granted for courses that are less than one instructional-hour long. An entire course or segment of course instruction shall be completed in order to receive any continuing education credit;
2. Attendance at programs, courses or seminars approved by the Board pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:43-7.7: one continuing education credit for each hour of attendance at an approved course. Credit shall not be granted for courses, which are less than one instructional-hour long. An entire course or segment of course instruction shall be completed in order to receive any continuing education credit;
3. Successful completion of post-secondary course work pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:43-7.3(a)3: one continuing education credit for each course credit awarded;
4. Publication in a professional journal of an article related to the practice of court reporting of not less than 500 words: three continuing education credits per article with a maximum of six credits per biennial certification period;
5. Authorship of a textbook or manual of not less than 7,500 words related to the practice of court reporting: five continuing education credits for each textbook or manual with a maximum of 10 credits per biennial certification period;
6. Teaching, research appointments and program development: five continuing education credits for each new course, with a maximum of 10 credits per biennial certification period. "New" means a new course, which the licensee has never taught before in an educational setting;
7. Correspondence, televised, videotaped, teleconference and internet courses: one continuing education credit for each hour of instruction for an approved course. Credit shall not be granted for courses, which are less than one instructional-hour long. An entire course or segment of course instruction shall be completed in order to receive any continuing education credit;
8. Successful completion of each of the National Court Reporters Association examinations as set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:43-7.3(a)7: two continuing education credits may be earned, on a one-time basis, per biennial certification period;
9. Successful completion of the National Certified Manager of Reporting Services (CMRS) course: five continuing education credits for each Part, with a total of 15 continuing education credits for successfully completing the course as a whole, which includes preparing a Thesis; and
10. Pro bono events as set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:43-7.3(a)9: up to three continuing education credits per biennial certification period.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:43-7.4

Amended by R.2008 d.78, effective 4/7/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 3469(a), 40 N.J.R. 1894(b).
Inserted "continuing education" throughout; added new (a)1; recodified former (a)1 through (a)6 as (a)2 through (a)7; in (a)2, inserted a comma following "courses" and substituted "instructional-hour" for "instructional hour"; in (a)3, updated the N.J.A.C. reference; in (a)4 and (a)5, substituted "court" for "shorthand"; in (a)6, inserted a comma following the second occurrence of "course" and deleted "and" from the end; rewrote (a)7; and added (a)8 through (a)10.