Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) For
purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Expressive interpreting skills" means the
skills used when an interpreter listens to the spoken word and interprets it in the
appropriate sign language.
(2) "Quality
Assurance Appraisal" means the evaluation conducted by the Department's training and
evaluation team to ensure minimal standards of competency and professionalism of
individuals who interpret for hearing impaired clients and who have not been
certified by either the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or by the California
Association of the Deaf.
(3) "Reverse
interpreting skills" means the skills used when an interpreter watches a person's
signs and translates them into spoken words.
(b) The Department shall conduct a Quality
Assurance Appraisal for individuals wishing to provide interpreter services for
vocational rehabilitation clients in areas where there are an insufficient number of
interpreters certified by either the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or the
California Association of the Deaf to serve the Department's clients.
(c) An individual shall be certified as:
(1) Skill Level 1 if he/she demonstrates the
ability to communicate on a one-to-one basis with a deaf person and possesses
limited reverse skills. An individual certified at this level shall be used only to
interpret at the following:
(A) General medical,
audiological, otological and opthalmological examinations/evaluations.
(B) Unskilled training and educational
courses.
(C) The completion of
forms.
(2) Skills Level 2 if
he/she demonstrates the ability to interprete and/or translate on a one-on-one or
small group situation at a nontechnical level and possesses limited reverse and
expressive interpreting skills. An individual certified at this level shall be used
only to interpret at the following:
(A) The
functions specified in (c)(1)(A) through (c)(1)(C).
(B) Specialty medical examinations.
(C) Semi-skilled training and educational
courses.
(D) Vocational
evaluations.
(3) Skill Level 3
if he/she demonstrates the ability to interpret and/or translate at a technical
level and possesses a high level of reverse and expressive interpreting skills. An
individual certified at this level may be used to interpret without
limitations.
1. New section
filed 10-9-91; operative 11-8-91 (Register 92, No. 3).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
19006
and
19016,
Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section
19150,
Welfare and Institutions Code; 34
CFR section 361.45.
