State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Connecticut > Title20 > Chap400l > Sec20-656Sec. 20-656. Suspension or revocation of license. Reinstatement. Display of license number. Civil penalty. (a) The board, after a hearing conducted in accordance with chapter 54 and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of section 21a-9, may suspend or revoke the license of a shorthand reporter if the holder of such license: (1) Has been convicted of a felony, subject to the provisions of section 46a-80, or (2) has been found by the board to have: (A) Knowingly made a false, misleading or deceptive representation relating to his or her work as a shorthand reporter, or (B) violated any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Any person who has had a license suspended or revoked pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may reapply to the board for reinstatement of such person's license immediately after the license suspension period has elapsed or not earlier than ninety days after the license has been revoked.
(c) In addition to any action that may be taken by the board pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or subsection (c) of section 21a-9, the board may suspend or revoke the license of a shorthand reporter under subdivision (7) of section 21a-7 for:
(1) Failing to deliver a transcript to a client or a court in a timely manner;
(2) Producing an incomplete transcript, except upon the order of a court, agreement of the parties or request of a party;
(3) Failing to charge all parties or their attorneys the same rate for like services performed in a proceeding, including any charge for a copy of the transcript;
(4) Failing to notify all parties or their attorneys of a request for all or part of a transcript in sufficient time for copies to be prepared and delivered to such parties or attorneys simultaneously with the delivery of the original request;
(5) (A) Giving, directly or indirectly, any gift, incentive, reward or other thing of value to an attorney, the attorney's clients, or the representatives or agents of such attorney or clients, or (B) directly or indirectly benefiting from or being employed as a result of any gift, incentive, reward or other thing of value given by any person to an attorney, the attorney's clients, or the representatives or agents of such attorney or clients;
(6) The reporting of any proceeding where the licensed shorthand reporter is a relative of a party to the proceeding or an attorney representing a party to the proceeding within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity;
(7) The reporting of any proceeding where the licensed shorthand reporter has a financial interest in the proceeding or is associated with a firm which has a financial interest in the proceeding; or
(8) Producing a materially inaccurate transcript.
(d) A shorthand reporter licensed pursuant to this chapter shall display his or her shorthand reporter license number on any business card, stationery, transcript, advertisement or other document used by such reporter and pertaining to his or her practice of shorthand reporting.
(e) The board may, after a hearing conducted in accordance with chapter 54 and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of section 21a-9, impose a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars on any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter or impose such civil penalty on any person who wilfully employs or supplies for employment or as an independent contractor a person who engages in the practice of shorthand reporting in this state in violation of section 20-652.
(P.A. 97-166, S. 7; P.A. 08-81, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-81 added Subsec. (a) re conditions for revocation or suspension of license by board, added Subsec. (b) re reapplication for license reinstatement, designated existing provisions as Subsec. (c) and amended same to add reference to Subsec. (a) and add Subdiv. (8) re producing a materially inaccurate transcript, added Subsec. (d) re license number display and added Subsec. (e) re civil penalty.
