Michigan Laws 393.508 – Channeling requests for interpreters through division; listing of interpreters
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 393.508
- Appointing authority: means a court or a department, board, commission, agency, or licensing authority of this state or a political subdivision of this state or an entity that is required to provide a qualified interpreter in circumstances described under section 3a. See Michigan Laws 393.502
- deaf interpreter: means any person, including any deaf or deaf-blind person, who is able to assist in providing an accurate interpretation between spoken English and sign language or between variants of sign language by acting as an intermediary between a deaf or deaf-blind person and a qualified interpreter. See Michigan Laws 393.502
- Division: means the division on deaf and hard of hearing of the department of labor and economic growth. See Michigan Laws 393.502
- Qualified interpreter: means a person who is certified through the national registry of interpreters for the deaf or certified through the state by the division. See Michigan Laws 393.502
(1) The appointing authority shall channel requests for qualified interpreters, intermediary interpreters, and deaf interpreters through the division.
(2) The division shall compile and update annually a listing of qualified interpreters, intermediary interpreters, and deaf interpreters and shall make this listing available to an appointing authority that may need the services of a qualified interpreter, intermediary interpreter, or deaf interpreter as required by this act.