California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 3 - Application, Examination, and Certificate; Requirement and Contents

• Section 8020.
  Any person over the age of 18 years, who has not committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for the denial of licensure under Sections...
• Section 8021.
  Examinations shall be held at least semiannually, and at such times and places as the board may designate.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 191.)
• Section 8022.
  (a) Each applicant for a certificate under this chapter shall file an application with the executive officer, on a form as prescribed by the board. The...
• Section 8023.
  No certificate shall be issued until the applicant has passed the examination prescribed by the board.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 665.)
• Section 8023.5.
  If an applicant for a certificate is from a country where the principal language spoken is one other than English, the board may, in addition...
• Section 8024.
  All certificates issued under this chapter shall be valid for a period of one year, except for the initial period of licensure as prescribed by...
• Section 8024.1.
  Every person to whom a certificate is issued shall, as a condition precedent to its issuance, and in addition to any other fee which may...
• Section 8024.2.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a certificate that has expired may be renewed at any time within the period set forth in Section...
• Section 8024.3.
  A suspended certificate is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but such renewal does not entitle the holder of...
• Section 8024.4.
  A revoked certificate is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration,...
• Section 8024.5.
  A certificate that is not renewed within three years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter. The holder of the...
• Section 8024.6.
  (a) A certificate holder shall give written notice to the board at its office in Sacramento of a name change within 30 days after each change,...
• Section 8024.7.
  The board shall establish an inactive category of licensure for persons who are not actively engaged in the practice of shorthand reporting.(a) The holder of an...
• Section 8025.
  A certificate issued under this chapter may be suspended, revoked, denied, or other disciplinary action may be imposed for one or more of the following...
• Section 8025.1.
  (a) In addition to the causes for discipline or denial of certification set forth in Section 8025, the board may suspend or revoke any certificate, or...
• Section 8026.
  A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge substantially related to the qualifications, functions...
• Section 8027.
  (a) As used in this section, “school” means a court reporter training program or an institution that provides a course of instruction approved by the board...
• Section 8027.5.
  In addition to the authority to conduct disciplinary proceedings under this chapter, the board, through its duly authorized representatives, shall have authority to issue administrative...

Last modified: October 22, 2018