Pennsylvania Code
Title 204 - JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part VII - ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS
Chapter 221 - COURT INTERPRETERS FOR PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 103 - Confidentiality of Communications
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
As provided in 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 4415 and 4436 (relating to confidential communications in presence of court interpreter), an interpreter appointed pursuant to these regulations shall not be permitted or compelled to testify in any judicial proceeding as to any interpreted statements made by the person for whom he or she is interpreting when that person is engaged in a confidential communication as provided by any statute or general rule, including, but not limited to:
(a) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5916 (relating to confidential communications to attorney);
(b) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5928 (relating to confidential communications to attorney);
(c) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5942 (relating to confidential communications to news reporters);
(d) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5943 (relating to confidential communications to clergymen);
(e) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5944 (relating to confidential communications to psychiatrists or licensed psychologists);
(f) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5945 (relating to confidential communications to school personnel);
(g) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5945.1 (relating to confidential communications with sexual assault counselors);
(h) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5945.2 (relating to confidential communications to crime stopper or similar anticrime program);
(i) 42 Pa.C.S. § 5945.3 (relating to confidential communications to human trafficking caseworkers); and
(j) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6116 (relating to confidential communications to domestic violence counsel/advocates).
