This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
- (a) Any government employee who is acting in the course of his or her employment.
- (b) A member of the State Bar or his or her employees, agents, or independent contractors.
- (c) Any person who is specially appointed by the court to obtain or reproduce in order to transmit or distribute those records.
- (d) An employee or agent of a person who is registered under this chapter.
- (e) Any custodian of records who makes his or her own copies.
- (f) Any certified shorthand reporter, official court reporter, or stenotype operator who makes his or her own copies.
- (g) Any person licensed under Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 7512) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code or his or her employees.
- (h) The Office of the Secretary of State.