Nev. Admin. Code § 656.261 - Examination of designated representative: Prerequisite to service; schedule for administration; fee
1. Before a person
who is not a certified court reporter may serve as a designated representative
of a court reporting firm, the person must pass an examination administered by
the Board pursuant to
NRS
656.186.
2. The Executive Secretary of the Board shall
prepare a schedule for the administration of examinations to applicants to
become a designated representative of a court reporting firm.
3. The fee for an examination is
$250.
4. The Board will consider
applications for the immediately succeeding examination administered by the
Board pursuant to NRS 656.186. The Executive
Secretary of the Board shall establish a deadline for the submission of
applications that is at least 30 days before the examination is administered.
If an application is postmarked after the deadline, the Executive Secretary of
the Board shall return the application to the applicant and the applicant is
ineligible to take the examination.
5. An application must be submitted to the
Board in its original form.
6. All
questions on the application must be completed. If an application is
incomplete, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall return the application
to the applicant. An applicant whose application is returned because it is
incomplete may resubmit his or her application if the application that is
resubmitted is postmarked on or before the date of the deadline.
7. An application must include a photocopy of
a photo identification of the applicant.
8. An application must be signed by the
applicant under penalty of perjury and include an acknowledgment by the
applicant that a misrepresentation or omission in the application may
constitute a ground, pursuant to
NRS
656.240, for denial, suspension or revocation
of the license of the firm for which the applicant is the designated
representative. The signature of the applicant attests to the accuracy of all
information provided by the applicant, including, without limitation, the
information contained in the application and all other evidence and information
accompanying the application.
9. If
the Board rejects an application, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall
mail to the applicant a letter that explains the reason for the
rejection.
10. If the Board
approves an application, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall mail to the
applicant a letter of admission to the examination.
11. An applicant may cancel his or her
submission of an application and request a refund of the examination fee by
submitting a written request to the Board on or before the deadline for
submission of applications established by the Executive Secretary of the Board
pursuant to subsection 4. If the request is submitted on or before the deadline
for submission of applications, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall
cancel the applicant's application and refund the examination fee to the
applicant. The Executive Secretary of the Board shall not refund an examination
fee if the request for a refund is submitted after the deadline for submission
of applications.
12. An applicant
may cancel his or her submission of an application and request that the Board
apply the applicant's examination fee to the immediately succeeding examination
by submitting a written request to the Board after the deadline for submission
of applications established by the Executive Secretary of the Board pursuant to
subsection 4, but before the date of the examination. If the request is
submitted after the deadline for submission of applications, but before the
date of the examination, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall cancel the
application of the applicant and apply the applicant's examination fee to the
immediately succeeding examination.
13. An applicant who is unable to take the
examination because of an emergency may submit a written request to the Board
not later than 15 days after the date of the examination requesting that the
Board apply the applicant's examination fee to the immediately succeeding
examination. The request must include documented proof of the emergency. If the
Board grants the applicant's request, the Executive Secretary of the Board
shall apply the examination fee of the applicant to the immediately succeeding
examination.
14. As used in this
section, "emergency" means a sudden or unforeseen circumstance that makes it
impractical or impossible for the applicant to take the examination and
includes, without limitation, an illness or injury to the applicant or an
injury to or the illness or death of a family member of the
applicant.
Notes
NRS 656.130, 656.186, 656.220
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