SPEC:  MEDICAL STENOGRAPHER
          CALIFORNIA STATE PERSONNEL BOARD

                                                 SPECIFICATION


           MEDICAL STENOGRAPHER    Series Specification
                                (Established June 8, 1977)

           Schem     Class
           Code      Code                        Class

           CE80      1179      Medical Stenographer
           CE70      1180      Senior Medical Stenographer


                                   DEFINITION OF SERIES

           Medical Stenographers take and transcribe dictation involving a
           variety of difficult medical correspondence, records, and reports
           appropriate to the work of the office; maintain x-ray, laboratory,
           and therapeutic procedure and autopsy reports, medical histories,
           diagnostic workups, physical examinations, admissions and discharge
           summaries, operative reports, medical consultations, psychiatric and
           psychological reports, and clinical resumes for inclusion in medical
           records and for transmission to physicians; receive and screen a
           variety of telephone calls and visitors; answer (within limit of
           confidentiality laws) inquiries concerning the progress of medical
           cases; and set up and maintain medical files.


                                   DEFINITION OF LEVELS

           MEDICAL STENOGRAPHER

           This is the entry and first journey level in this series.  Under
           general supervision, incumbents serve in a secretarial capacity to a
           staff physician or in a clerical pool to take and transcribe medical
           dictation using a wide variety of technical medical terms,
           abbreviations, and reports of average difficulty.


           SENIOR MEDICAL STENOGRAPHER

           This is the advanced journey level in this series.  Under general
           direction, incumbents serve in a secretarial capacity to a chief
           medical officer, a program administrator, or the head of a medical
           specialty to take and transcribe difficult medical dictation using a
           wide variety of technical medical terms, abbreviations, and reports.
           Positions that supervise a pool of medical transcribers may also be
           allocated to this level.


                                  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

           MEDICAL STENOGRAPHER
                                         Either I
           In the California state service, one year of experience performing
           the duties of a Stenographer, Range B.
                                          Or II
           Two years of experience in stenographic and clerical work, at least
           one year of which shall have been in work of a medical nature
           requiring the taking of dictation on medical matters and the
           preparation of a wide variety of medical records, reports, histories,
           case summaries, physical examinations, autopsy protocols, clinical
           notes, correspondence and special forms.


           SENIOR MEDICAL STENOGRAPHER

                                         Either I
           In the California state service, one year of experience performing
           the duties of a Medical Stenographer.
                                          Or II
           Three years of experience in stenographic and clerical work, at least
           two years of which shall have been in work of a medical nature
           requiring the taking of dictation on medical matters and the
           preparation of a wide variety of medical records, reports, histories,
           case summaries, physical examinations, autopsy protocols, clinical
           notes, correspondence and special forms.


           BOTH LEVELS:

           Under Pattern II, academic education above the twelfth grade may be
           substituted for the year of required general experience on the basis
           of either (a) one year of general education being equivalent to three
           months of experience; or (b) one year of education of a business or
           commercial nature being equivalent to six months of experience.


                                 KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

           MEDICAL STENOGRAPHER

           Knowledge of:  Modern office methods, supplies and equipment,
           technical  medical terms and abbreviations, various medical forms and
           reports and their  processing; modern office methods, supplies, and
           equipment; business English  and correspondence.

           Ability to:  Type at a speed of 40 words per minute; take dictation
           involving  medical terms at 90 words per minute; read and write
           English at a level  required for successful job performance; perform
           medical clerical work of average difficulty including the ability to
           process a large variety of medical  reports and correspondence, to
           spell correctly, use good English, and make  arithmetic computations;
           follow difficult oral and written directions;  evaluate situations
           accurately and take effective action.


           SENIOR MEDICAL STENOGRAPHER

           Ability to:  All of the above and take dictation involving medical
           terms at 110 words per minute, read and write English at a level
           required for successful job performance; prepare correspondence
           independently; perform difficult clerical work.

                             SPECIAL PERSONAL CHARACTERISTIC

           SENIOR MEDICAL STENOGRAPHER

           A demonstrated interest in assuming increasing responsibility.


                                      CLASS HISTORY

                                               Date         Date       Title
                       Class                Established    Revised    Changed

           Medical Stenographer                6/8/77         --         --
           Senior Medical Stenographer         6/8/77         --         --