1. A sign language interpreter shall:
(a) Maintain the confidentiality of
communications with each person to whom the sign language interpreter provides
sign language interpreting services;
(b) Accept each sign language interpreting
assignment with due caution and care commensurate with his or her skills and
experience;
(c) When engaging in
the practice of sign language interpreting, conduct himself or herself in a
manner appropriate for the situation;
(d) Demonstrate respect for each person to
whom the sign language interpreter provides services and each colleague, intern
or student with whom the sign language interpreter interacts;
(e) Accurately represent his or her
qualifications, including, without limitation, certification, educational
background and experience, and provide documentation of those qualifications
when requested;
(f) Honor
professional commitments and terminate sign language interpreting assignments
only when reasonable grounds for termination exist;
(g) Promote conditions for sign language
interpreting that are conducive to effective communication and, when such
conditions do not exist, inform each person involved in the sign language
interpreting assignment and take appropriate measures to remedy the
conditions;
(h) Inform appropriate
persons in a timely manner when the sign language interpreter will be delayed
or unable to fulfill a sign language interpreting assignment;
(i) Reserve the option to decline or
discontinue a sign language interpreting assignment if conditions are unsafe,
unhealthy or not conducive to sign language interpreting;
(j) Refrain from harassment and coercion at
all times;
(k) If the sign language
interpreter engages in sign language interpreting without charge, provide such
sign language interpreting in a fair and reasonable manner;
(l) Charge fair and reasonable fees for sign
language interpreting and arrange for payment in a professional and judicious
manner; and
(m) Comply with all
applicable requirements concerning the licensure of businesses prescribed by
chapter 76 of NRS.
2. A
sign language interpreter shall not engage in the practice of sign language
interpreting in a community setting or a primary or secondary educational
setting unless the sign language interpreter is registered or provisionally
registered to practice sign language interpreting in that setting.
3. A community sign language interpreter who
is provisionally registered shall not engage in the practice of sign language
interpreting in a legal setting.
Added
to NAC by Office of Disability Services by
R016-22A,
eff. 9/20/2022; Added
to NAC by Office of Disability Services by
R016-22A,
eff. 9/20/2022
