NRS 656.030
Definitions.
1.
“Board” means the Certified Court Reporters’ Board of Nevada.2.
“Business entity” means any form of business organization, including, without limitation, a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited-liability company or limited-liability partnership. The term does not include a natural person or governmental entity.3.
“Certificate” means a certified court reporter’s certificate issued under the provisions of this chapter.4.
“Certified court reporter” means a natural person who is technically qualified and registered under this chapter to practice court reporting.5.
“Court reporting firm” means a business entity that, for compensation, provides or arranges for the services of a certified court reporter or provides referral services for certified court reporters in this State.6.
“Designated representative of a court reporting firm” means the natural person designated to act as the representative of a court reporting firm pursuant to NRS 656.186.7.
“Distance education program” means a program that offers instruction which is delivered by the Internet in such a manner that the natural person supervising or providing the instruction and the natural person receiving the instruction are separated geographically for a majority of the time during which the instruction is delivered.8.
“License” means a license issued under the provisions of this chapter to conduct business as a court reporting firm.9.
“Licensee” means a business entity to which a license has been issued.10.
“Practice of court reporting” means reporting, in this State, by the use of voice writing or any system of manual or mechanical shorthand writing:(a)
Grand jury proceedings;(b)
Court proceedings, with the exception of proceedings before a federal court;(c)
Pretrial examinations, depositions, motions and related proceedings of like character; or(d)
Proceedings of any agency if the final decision of the agency with reference thereto is subject to judicial review.11.
“Stenographic notes” means:(a)
The original manually or mechanically produced notes in shorthand or shorthand writing taken by a certified court reporter while in attendance at a proceeding to report the proceeding; or(b)
The record produced by the use of voice writing by a certified court reporter while in attendance at a proceeding.12.
“Voice writing” means the making of a verbatim record of a proceeding by repeating the words of the speaker into a device that is capable of:(a)
Digitally translating the words into text; or(b)
Making a tape or digital recording of those words.
Source:
Section 656.030 — Definitions., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-656.html#NRS656Sec030.