Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2368 – Coordination of interpreter/transliterator requests
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2368
- Appointing authority: means the presiding officer or similar official of any court, board, commission, authority, department, agency, legislative body or of any proceeding of any nature where a qualified interpreter/transliterator is required pursuant to this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2362
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- person who is deaf or hard of hearing: means a person who, because of hearing loss, has difficulty understanding the communication occurring. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2362
A. The Louisiana Commission for the Deaf shall establish, maintain, update, and distribute a list of qualified interpreters/transliterators. The commission shall obtain the names of interpreters for this list from the Louisiana Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and other appropriate sources, such as National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Louisiana School for the Deaf, and Louisiana Association of the Deaf.
B. Whenever an interpreter/transliterator is required pursuant to this Chapter, the appointing authority shall use one of the interpreters/transliterators on the Louisiana Commission for the Deaf list. If none of the listed interpreters/transliterators is available or is able to provide effective communication with the particular person who is deaf or hard of hearing, then the appointing authority shall appoint any other person who is able to accurately communicate with and convey information to and from the particular person involved who is deaf or hard of hearing.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 135, §1; Acts 2017, No. 146, §11.