EMERGENCY RULES
Purpose: To revise WAC 308-14-085, which will change these rules back to their original language before the adoption of the rules filed under WSR 04-17-072.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 308-14-085.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.145.050, 43.24.023.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: The department believes that individuals impacted by the latest revisions to WAC 308-14-085, as adopted under WSR 04-17-072, may not have been considered or understood prior to the adoption of these rules. Therefore, in the interest of the general welfare and professional impact to these individuals an emergency rule is necessary. This will allow the department the needed time to gather information through stakeholder input to determine the need for further rule revision.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 13, 2004.
Trudie Touchette
Administrator
OTS-7545.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 04-17-072, filed 8/13/04,
effective 9/13/04)
WAC 308-14-085
Examination.
(1) The examination for
"court reporter," "shorthand reporter," "certified court
reporter," or "certified shorthand reporter" shall be an
examination developed, administered, and graded by the
department with the advice of the board or any examination
prepared by a recognized person (institution, organization,
corporation) approved by the department that meets the
requirements stated in this regulation.
(2) Recognition of an examination as the Washington certification examination is conditioned upon the examination meeting the following requirements:
(a) Be a timed tape with content, speed, and quality approved by the department with the advice of the board, prior to use;
(b) The examination requires the applicant be able to
report and transcribe at least two hundred ((twenty-five))
words per minute of two-voice testimony for five consecutive
minutes;
(c) At least ninety-five percent accuracy is needed to pass the examination;
(d) Be offered at least twice a year;
(e) The pass/fail scores of the state certification applicants are provided to the department within four weeks of the date of the examination to include a complete list of all the applicants;
(f) Examinations statistics are supplied following each examination: The number scheduled, passed, failed, and failed to appear;
(g) The procedures for security and confidentiality of the examination and applicants must meet the requirements of the department of licensing; and
(h) The department will be supplied with the examination tape and all the individual examination papers with grading marks and comments on them for review. The department reserves the final authority for examination results. The department may retain the examination papers for thirty days after final determination regarding scores to allow appeals and review of papers. Sixty days after the examination results are released all examination papers will be destroyed, except those under appeal, which will be held until final disposition.
(3) The Washington state statutory examinations which were held April 1990, October 1990, and April 1991, are recognized as the qualifying examinations for state certification as a shorthand or court reporter.
(4) State applicants who have previously passed the Washington state department of licensing recognized examination within three years of application may be issued certification without additional examination if certified documentation of the passed examination is provided.
(((4))) (5) Applicants who have failed the examination
may apply by submission of a reexamination application and the
required fee.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.145.050, 43.24.023. 04-17-072, § 308-14-085, filed 8/13/04, effective 9/13/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.145.050 and 43.24.020. 91-20-002 and 91-20-044, § 308-14-085, filed 9/19/91 and 9/24/91, effective 10/20/91 and 10/25/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.145.050. 90-20-008, § 308-14-085, filed 9/20/90, effective 10/21/90.]