656.030 - Definitions.
656.030 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Board” means the Certified Court Reporters’ Board of Nevada.
2. “Certificate” means a certified court reporter’s certificate issued under the provisions of this chapter.
3. “Certified court reporter” or “court reporter” means a person who is technically qualified and registered under this chapter to practice court reporting.
4. “Court reporting firm” means a person who, for compensation, provides or arranges for the services of a court reporter or provides referral services for court reporters in this State.
5. “Designated representative of a court reporting firm” means the person designated to act as the representative of a court reporting firm pursuant to NRS 656.186.
6. “License” means a license issued under the provisions of this chapter to conduct business as a court reporting firm.
7. “Licensee” means a person to whom a license has been issued.
8. “Practice of court reporting” means reporting, in this State, by the use of voice writing or any system of manual or mechanical shorthand writing:
(a) Grand jury proceedings;
(b) Court proceedings, with the exception of proceedings before a federal court;
(c) Pretrial examinations, depositions, motions and related proceedings of like character; or
(d) Proceedings of any agency if the final decision of the agency with reference thereto is subject to judicial review.
9. “Stenographic notes” means:
(a) The original manually or mechanically produced notes in shorthand or shorthand writing taken by a court reporter while in attendance at a proceeding to report the proceeding; or
(b) The record produced by the use of voice writing by a court reporter while in attendance at a proceeding.
10. “Voice writing” means the making of a verbatim record of a proceeding by repeating the words of the speaker into a device that is capable of:
(a) Digitally translating the words into text; or
(b) Making a tape or digital recording of those words.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1315; A 1993, 1404; 2001, 1008; 2005, 191; 2007, 1034; 2009, 156)