Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
AGENCY DESCRIPTION
Chapter 246-11 - Model procedural rules for boards
Section SECTION I - PRELIMINARY MATTERS
Section 246-11-210 - Interpreters for hearing or speech impaired persons and persons with limited-English proficiency

(1) A "hearing or speech impaired person" means a person who, because of a hearing or speech impairment cannot readily understand or communicate in spoken language. A "hearing impaired person" includes a person who is deaf, deaf and blind, or hard of hearing.

(2) If a hearing or speech impaired person or person with limited-English proficiency is involved in an adjudicative proceeding and notifies the adjudicative clerk's office of the need for an interpreter, the presiding officer shall appoint an interpreter who is acceptable to the parties or, if the parties are unable to agree on an interpreter, the presiding officer shall select and appoint an interpreter.

(3) Before beginning to interpret, an interpreter shall take an oath or make affirmation that:

(4) When an interpreter is used in a proceeding:

(5) An interpreter appointed under this section is entitled to a reasonable fee for services, including waiting time and reimbursement for actual necessary travel expenses. The program shall pay the interpreter fee and expenses incurred for interpreters for license holders, applicants, or recipients of benefits. The party on whose behalf a witness requiring an interpreter appears shall pay for interpreter services for that witness.

(6) All proceedings must be conducted consistent with chapters 2.42 and 2.43 RCW.