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HOUSE BILL 2504
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Representatives Jacobsen and Anderson; by request of Department of Licensing
Read first time 01/17/94. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to the regulation of court reporting; and amending RCW 18.145.080.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 18.145.080 and 1989 c 382 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The department shall issue a certificate to any applicant who, as determined by the director upon advice of the board, has:
(a) Successfully completed an examination approved by the director;
(b) Good moral character;
(c) Not engaged in unprofessional conduct; and
(d) Not been determined to be unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety as a result of a physical or mental impairment.
(2) A one-year temporary certificate may be issued, at the discretion of the director, to a person holding one of the following: National shorthand reporters association certificate of proficiency, registered professional reporter certificate, or certificate of merit; a current court or shorthand reporter certification, registration, or license of another state; or a certificate of graduation of a court reporting school. To continue to be certified under this chapter, a person receiving a temporary certificate shall successfully complete the examination under subsection (1)(a) of this section within one year of receiving the temporary certificate, except that the director may renew the temporary certificate if extraordinary circumstances are shown.
(((3)
The examination required by subsection (1)(a) of this section shall be no more
difficult than the examination provided by the court reporter examining
committee as authorized by RCW 2.32.180.))
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