Pennsylvania Code
Title 201 - RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 40 - UNIFORM RULES GOVERNING COURT REPORTING AND TRANSCRIPTS
Rule 4006 - Employment and Duties of Court Reporting Personnel

Universal Citation: 201 PA Code ยง 4006

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024

(A) The president judge or his or her designee shall select, appoint, and supervise court reporting personnel for the district. The number of court reporting personnel in any district shall be adequate to support the full and unrestricted operation of the courts.

(B) The president judge or his or her designee shall assign court reporting personnel in a manner as to

(1) cover all proceedings and timely produce all transcripts; and

(2) substantially equalize the workload of recording testimony, and of transcript production and generating fees.

(C) All court reporting personnel are officers of the court with a duty to comply with all court regulations and orders and to maintain the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct.

(D) No court reporting personnel shall work outside his or her official duties unless such work is permitted under the Code of Conduct For Employees of the Unified Judicial System (see Section VI (F)) and he or she is in substantial compliance with these rules regarding timeliness of transcripts as determined by the president judge.

(E) All court reporters must ensure that the court will have access and the ability to obtain the notes of testimony and all other record proceedings of the court in the event of the inability, unavailability, or unwillingness of the court reporter to do so within the time frame established by these rules.

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