Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of certificate: Miscellaneous grounds. The Board may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke any certificate if the court reporter in performing or attempting to perform or pretending to perform any act as a court reporter has:
1. Willfully failed to take full and accurate stenographic notes of any proceedings;
2. Willfully altered any stenographic notes taken at any proceedings;
3. Willfully failed accurately to transcribe verbatim any stenographic notes taken at any proceedings;
4. Willfully altered a transcript of stenographic notes taken at any proceedings;
5. Affixed his signature to any transcript of his stenographic notes or certified to the correctness of such a transcript unless the transcript was prepared by him or was prepared under his immediate supervision;
6. Demonstrated unworthiness or incompetency to act as a court reporter in such a manner as to safeguard the interests of the public;
7. Professionally associated with or loaned his name to another for the illegal practice by another of court reporting, or professionally associated with any natural person, firm, copartnership or corporation holding itself out in any manner contrary to the provisions of this chapter;
8. Habitually been intemperate in the use of intoxicating liquor or controlled substances;
9. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, willfully violated any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted by the Board to enforce this chapter;
10. Violated any regulation adopted by the Board relating to unprofessional conduct;
11. Failed within a reasonable time to provide information requested by the Board as the result of a formal or informal complaint to the Board, which would indicate a violation of this chapter; or
12. Failed without excuse to transcribe stenographic notes of a proceeding and file a transcript of the stenographic notes:
(a) Within the time required by law or agreed to by contract; or
(b) Within any other reasonable time required for filing the transcript.
Last modified: February 27, 2006