Bill Text: NC H590 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Amend Interpreter Laws/Cued Speech
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-06-08 - Ref To Com On Health Care [H590 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-H590-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
H 2
HOUSE BILL 590
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/7/11
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Short Title: Amend Interpreter Laws/Cued Speech. |
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April 5, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make clarifying changes regarding cued speech under the laws regulating the practice of interpreters and transliterators.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 90D‑5(b)(6) reads as rewritten:
"(b) Composition and Terms. � The Board shall consist of nine members who shall serve staggered terms. The initial Board members shall be selected on or before July 1, 2003, as follows:
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(6) A member of Self Help for Hard of Hearing (SHHH)Hearing
Loss Association of North Carolina (HLA‑NC) with knowledge of the
interpreting process and deafness. This member shall be appointed by the
General Assembly, upon recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate, and serve for a term of three years.
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SECTION 2. G.S. 90D‑7(a)(3) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Upon application to the Board and the payment of the required fees, an applicant may be licensed as an interpreter or transliterator if the applicant meets all of the following qualifications:
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(3) Meets one of the following criteria:
a. Holds a valid National Association of the Deaf (NAD), level 4 or 5 certification.
b. Is nationally certified by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc., (RID).
c. Has a national certification recognized by the
National Cued Speech Association (NCSA).Holds a valid Testing,
Evaluation and Certification Unit, Inc. (TECUnit) national certification in cued
language interpretation.
d. Holds a quality assurance North Carolina Interpreter Classification System (NCICS) level A or B classification in effect on January 1, 2000.
e. Holds a current Cued Language Transliterator State Level Assessment (CLTSLA) classification level 3 or above."
SECTION 3. G.S. 90D‑8(a1) reads as rewritten:
"(a1) Upon application to the Board, payment of the required fees, and meeting the requirements for a provisional license under subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section, the Board may also issue a provisional license to any of the following categories of persons seeking a provisional license:
(1) A certified deaf interpreter (CDI) who completes
30 hours of training, including "Role and Function", "Code of
Ethics", and interpreting professional studies coursework.A deaf
interpreter who completes 16 hours of training in interpreting coursework or
workshops, including either role and function or ethics, and 20 hours in the 12
months immediately preceding the date of application in the provision of
interpreting services.
(2) An oral interpreter who completes a total of 40 hours of training in interpreting coursework or workshops related to oral interpreting.
(3) A person providing cued speech interpreting or
transliterating services who completes a total of 40 hours of training in
interpreting coursework or workshops related to cued speech. A cued
language transliterator who holds a current Cued Language Transliterator State
Level Assessment (CLTSLA) level 2 classification.
(4) A person providing interpreting or transliterating services who has a recognized credential from another state in the field of interpreting or transliterating.
(5) An interpreter or transliterator who has accumulated 200 hours per year in the provision of interpreting or transliterating services, in this State or another state, totaling 400 hours for the two years immediately preceding the date of application."
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
