The board shall have the duty and responsibility to:
- Act on matters concerning competency licensure only and the process of granting, suspending, reinstating and revoking a license;
- Establish and maintain requirements for the ethical behavior of court reporters, including, but not limited to, conflict of interest provisions, inappropriate relationships with a party or a party’s attorney and failure to honor a contract or commitment to furnish transcripts;
- Establish a procedure for the investigation of complaints against licensed court reporters;
- Set a fee schedule for granting licenses and renewals of licenses;
- Maintain a current registry of licensed court reporters and a current registry of temporarily licensed court reporters. Registries shall be matters of public record;
- Maintain a complete record of all proceedings of the board;
- Adopt continuing education requirements no later than October 1, 2010. Requirements shall be implemented no later than January 1, 2011;
- Determine the content of and administer examinations to be given to applicants for licensure as licensed court reporters and issue numbered licenses to applicants found qualified;
- Maintain records of its proceedings and a registry of all persons licensed by the board, which shall be a public record and open to inspection; and
- In the event funds are available to the board from fees after expenses, study and, if feasible, establish the transcript reimbursement fund to assist indigent parties in obtaining transcripts.