Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a)
Interpreters for the deaf shall meet both of the following conditions:
(1) Be interviewed and evaluated in accordance
with (d) by a Rehabilitation Supervisor and a certified American Sign Language
proficient Counselor for the deaf.
(2)
Possess one of the following:
(A) A valid
certificate from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf in at least one of the
following categories:
1. Comprehensive.
2. Oral Interpreter.
3. Reverse.
4. Interpreting.
5. Transliterating.
6. Spoken to visible.
7. Visible to spoken.
(B) A valid certificate from the California
Association of the Deaf at the Generalist, Advanced or Master Level.
(C) A certificate from the Department issued in
accordance with Section
7300.2.
(b) Interpreters for nonEnglish speaking persons
shall be:
(1) Interviewed and evaluated in
accordance with (d) by a Rehabilitation Supervisor and a Counselor who is certified
bilingual in the appropriate language. If there is no Counselor certified bilingual
in the appropriate language, a member of the community who is known by the
Department to be bilingual in such language shall be utilized.
(2) Fluent in both the spoken and written
nonEnglish and English languages.
(c) All interpreters shall:
(1) Submit a written resume and a statement of
qualifications.
(2) Have paid or unpaid
experience in interpreting or translating. An inexperienced interpreter may be used
if he/she has demonstrated the ability to meet the client's communication
needs.
(d) The interviews
conducted pursuant to this Section shall verify the interpreter's fluency by
evaluating his/her ability to:
(1) For the
purposes of (a)(1), interpret at a level that will meet the service needs of the
client.
(2) For the purposes of (b)(1),
read, write, speak and interpret the non-English language.
1. New section
filed 10-9-91; operative 11-8-91 (Register 92, No. 3).
2. Editorial
correction of subsection (c)(2) (Register 95, No. 11).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
19006
and
19016,
Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section
19150,
Welfare and Institutions Code; 34
CFR section 361.45.
