Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment adds a missing requirement
for renewal of certification and deletes the reference to Cued Speech as
interpreting.
PURPOSE: This amendment clarifies due dates for CEU
renewal and reinstatement.
(1) Annual participation in a continuing
education program is required for interpreters certified in the Missouri
Interpreters Certification System (MICS). This program involves study and
performance options which must have prior approval from the Board for
Certification of Interpreters (BCI) and which fulfill the requirements for
certification maintenance in the MICS. This program may include seminars,
lectures, conferences, workshops, extension study, correspondence courses,
teaching, mentorship, self-study and other options, all of which must be
approved by the BCI and must be related to interpreting.
(A) Program options may provide for
evaluation methods to assure satisfactory completion by participants.
(B) The BCI shall ensure that persons
responsible for the delivery or content of program options are qualified in the
subject matter by education, experience and expertise.
(C) Presentations or program options offering
MICS Continuing Education Units (CEUs) may be approved through any of the
following methods:
1. All presentations and
workshops offered by an Interpreter Training Program (ITP) recognized by the
BCI and housed in an accredited institution of higher education will
automatically be approved for MICS CEUs;
2. All presentations and workshops that give
attendees CEUs approved by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) will
automatically be approved for MICS CEUs;
3. MICS CEUs will be given for undergraduate
or graduate studies related to interpreting in any regionally accredited
institution of higher education. Satisfactory proof of course completion, as
required by the BCI, must be submitted in order for CEUs to be granted. The
following hourly equivalents will be used by the BCI in issuing course-related
MICS CEUs:
A. 3 college credit hour course =
45 contact hours;
B. 2 college
credit hour course = 30 contact hours; and
C. 1 college credit hour course = 15 contact
hours.
4. The BCI may
approve continuing education presentations and program options other than those
offered by an ITP or the RID if they meet the following criteria prior to the
event:
A. Application should be submitted not
less than thirty (30) days prior to the event. Applications received less than
thirty (30) days in advance cannot be guaranteed notification of
approval.
B. Application to the BCI
for approval shall be made on forms developed by the BCI. The application shall
require detailed information relating to administration and organization,
teaching staff, education content and development, methods of delivery, length
of education activities, targeted skill level of interpreters, facilities, and
method of evaluation;
(D) With adequate documentation to the BCI,
any interpreter whose primary responsibility is not the education of
interpreters who leads, instructs or lectures to groups of interpreters or
others on topics related to interpreting in organized continuing education or
in-service programs shall be granted MICS CEUs for the time expended during
actual presentation. Approval must be requested using procedures outlined in
paragraph (1)(C)4 above. MICS CEUs for the same presentation in the same town
will be allowed only once during a year;
(E) Any interpreter whose responsibility is
the education of interpreters shall be granted MICS CEUs only for time expended
in leading, instructing, or lecturing to groups of interpreters or others on
topics related to interpreting in an organized continuing education or
in-service program outside his/her formal responsibilities in a learning
institution. Approval must be requested using procedures outlined in paragraph
(1)(C)4 above. MICS CEUs for the same presentation in the same town will be
allowed only once during a year.
(2) One (1) contact hour earns one-tenth
(0.1) MICS CEU, except in the case of mentoring, whether as a mentor or a
mentee, where one (1) contact hour earns five-hundredths (0.05) MICS
CEU.
(3) An interpreter shall be
required to earn two (2.0) CEUs annually for certification maintenance in the
MICS, with three-tenths (0.3) specifically focused on Ethics. An interpreter
may earn up to one (1.0) MICS CEU per year through mentoring, whether as a
mentor or as a mentee. Contact hours earned in another state will be accepted
by the BCI provided that the hours acquired can be documented. The twelve-
(12-) month period for annually earning CEUs will end ninety (90) days prior to
the licensing deadline. This section will become effective for the CEU cycle
beginning November 3, 2015 and ending November 2, 2016.
(4) Providers will give evaluation forms to
participants to be submitted with final reports.
(5) Proof of completion of continuing
education requirements shall be provided by interpreters to the BCI by
submitting annually a completed CEU form approved by the BCI, proper
documentation, and the CEU processing fee, on or before December 2. Proper
documentation shall include one (1) or more of the following:
(A) Certificate(s) of completion;
(B) Letter(s) from providers stating date of
attendance and program; and
(C)
Transcript(s) (if available).
(6) The BCI will review and verify all MICS
CEUs claimed on the CEU forms submitted. After verification, the BCI will
notify the State Committee of Interpreters of the number of CEUs interpreters
have earned for the year.
Failure to submit a CEU form with verifiable MICS CEUs,
proper documentation, and the CEU processing fee by the December 2 CEU deadline
will result in an interpreter's certification not being renewed, effective
December 15. The State Committee of Interpreters will be appropriately notified
of the interpreter's failure to renew certification upon the interpreter's
failure to meet the December 2 certification renewal paperwork postmark
deadline.
(7) The BCI may
elect to audit any interpreter to assess the authenticity and validity of
contact hours submitted.
(8) CEUs
may be earned in any area or for any activity related to interpreting, with the
prior approval of the BCI, including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) Culture:
1. Sociolinguistics;
2. Deaf culture;
3. American culture;
4. Multi-culture;
5. Cross-culture; and
6. Contextualization;
(B) Skills Development:
1. Receptive skill development;
2. Expressive skill development;
3. American sign language (ASL) skills
(grammar, syntax, etc.);
4. English
skills (grammar, syntax, etc.);
5.
Deaf/Blind interpreting;
6. Oral
interpreting;
7. Cued
Speech;
8. Minimal Language Skills
(MLS) interpreting; and
9.
Communication modes;
(C)
Trends/Issues in the Interpreting Profession:
1. Current issues relating to the
profession;
2. Theories of
interpreting; and
3. Ethical Rules
of Conduct;
(D)
Specialized Skills:
1. Legal
setting;
2. Medical
setting;
3. Mental Health
setting;
4. Educational
setting;
5. Performing Arts
setting;
6. Rehabilitation
setting;
7. Governmental setting;
and
8. Technical setting;
(E) Instruction:
1. Mentorship;
2. Independent study;
3. Presenting a workshop; and
4. College credit course work.
(9) A "mentorship" is
defined as a focused learning relationship between two (2) individuals with
pre-approved goals and learning objectives for the enhancement of interpreting
skills. The mentor shall be a licensed interpreter in the state of Missouri
certified at an equal or higher level than the mentee.
(A) All forms must be submitted per paragraph
5 CSR 100-200.130(1)(C) 4.;
(B)
MICS will automatically accept mentoring hours from relationships that have
already been approved by-
1. RID;
or
2. Missouri State Committee of
Interpreters.
*Original authority: 209.292, RSMo 1994, amended 2002 and
209.295, RSMo 1994.
