A transcribed copy of the evidence and proceedings, or any specific part thereof, of any investigation or hearing which was prepared at the direction of the director shall be certified by the hearing reporter, or the division if the hearing was recorded, to be a true and correct transcript of the testimony on the investigation or hearing of a particular witness, or a specific part thereof, carefully compared to original notes or to the original recording, and to be a correct statement of the evidence and proceedings had on such investigation or hearing. A transcribed copy which is so certified may be received as evidence by the director, the panel, and any court with the same effect as if the person who prepared the transcript were present and testified to the facts so certified.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 506, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-53-107 as it existed prior to 1990.