{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-20-9-605","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-605","heading":"Duties and responsibilities of the board","body":"The board shall have the duty and responsibility to:\n(1) Act on matters concerning competency licensure only and the process of granting, suspending, reinstating and revoking a license;\n(2) 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;\n(3) Establish a procedure for the investigation of complaints against licensed court reporters;\n(4) Set a fee schedule for granting licenses and renewals of licenses;\n(5) Maintain a current registry of licensed court reporters and a current registry of temporarily licensed court reporters. Registries shall be matters of public record;\n(6) Maintain a complete record of all proceedings of the board;\n(7) Adopt continuing education requirements no later than October 1, 2010. Requirements shall be implemented no later than January 1, 2011;\n(8) 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;\n(9) 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\n(10) 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.","path":["TN Code","Title 20","Chapter 9"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"a828f4eae3d51f4eac40b3f6d4ff7b909b8375b05ccab4699119524bb0d2f35b","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-20-9-604","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-20-9-606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}