(225 ILCS 415/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 6204)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
    Sec. 4. In this Act:
    (1) "Department" means the Department of Professional Regulation.
    (2) "Director" means the Director of Professional Regulation.
    (3) "Board" means the Certified Shorthand Reporters Board appointed by the Director.
    (4) "The practice of shorthand reporting" means reporting, by the use of any system of manual or mechanical shorthand writing, of Grand Jury proceedings, court proceedings, court related proceedings, pretrial examinations, depositions, motions and related proceedings of like character, or proceedings of an administrative agency when the final decision of the agency with reference thereto is likely to be subject to judicial review under the provisions of the Administrative Review Law.
    (5) "Shorthand reporter" means a person who is technically qualified and certified under this Act to practice shorthand reporting.
    (6) "Stenographic notes" means the original notes by manual or mechanical shorthand or shorthand writing taken by a shorthand reporter of a proceeding while in attendance at such proceeding for the purpose of reporting the same.
(Source: P.A. 87-481; 87-576.)