Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XXI - Certified Shorthand Reporters
Chapter 5 - Certificates
Section XXI-501 - Expiration of Certificate

A. All certificates shall be suspended as of 12 p.m. on December 31 of each year if not, in each instance, renewed. To renew a certificate, the certificate holder shall, on or before the date on which the certificate would otherwise be suspended, pay the renewal fee established by the board. A suspension under this Section shall be effective until all delinquent fees have been paid in full.

B. The certified digital reporter certificate is immediately extinguished by operation of law upon termination of the certificate holder's employment by that court if he or she was grandfathered in as a CDR. A CDR shall immediately notify the board of any change in employment status and shall surrender the certificate upon termination of employment by that court of record. If a grandfathered CDR certificate lapses, then the certificate holder must begin anew by obtaining the Electronic Reporter and Transcriber certificate from the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers (AAERT).