Section 0455-01-06-.02 - ACQUIRING CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT(1) Continuing Education hours may be earned from:(a) Verified attendance at or participation in a program, activity or course through a national or state court reporting association.(b) Verified attendance (e.g. license of attendance or license of completion) at or participation in a program, activity or course ("program") presented by a continuing education sponsor in Rule 0455-01-06-.03,(c) Verified attendance at a program that is of general information value to court reporters but does not directly relate to the reporter's ability to produce an accurate and timely transcript. A maximum of 7 (seven) hours credit may be counted during a pre-renewal period for such programs, which include:1. Professionalism, including knowledge and application of standards of professional responsibility, impartiality, public relations; and2. Office procedures, record-keeping, health, including a reporter's approach to personal tax management, planning for retirement or changing careers within reporting, maintaining the individual reporter's health and emotional adjustment, ability to listen, to concentrate, to communicate, to cope.(d) Verified personal preparation of educational presentations pertaining to the profession of court reporting and serving as an instructor, speaker or panel member at an approved course will be allowed as CE credit for actual presentation time, plus actual preparation time of up to 4 hours of each hour of presentation. Credits for preparation time shall not be allowed for repetitious presentations. No more than 12 hours of credit can be earned under this category in any one renewal period.(e) Writing articles to the profession of court reporting and published in a state or nationally recognized professional journal of court reporting or law. No more than 6 hours of credit can be earned under this category in any one renewal period. Credits will not be allowed for the same article published in more than one publication.(2) Courses completed that are a part of the curriculum of a university, college or other education institution. One semester of course work is equivalent to 5 hours of CE and one quarter of course work is equivalent to 2.5 hours of CE.(3) Proof of attendance at the course or that other qualifying continuing education activity must be submitted to the Board of Court Reporting.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0455-01-06-.02
Emergency rule filed February 1, 2010; effective through July 31, 2010. New rule filed February 1, 2010; effective July 29, 2010. Rule petitioned March 1, 2010. Emergency rule filed February 1, 2010 expired effective August 1, 2010. Original rule filed July 26, 2010; effective October 24, 2010.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 20-9-605, 20-9-607 and 20-9-612.