SUBCHAPTER 17C – INTERPRETER SERVICES

SECTION .0100 – classification records

10A NCAC 17C .0101      MAINTENANCE OF CLASSIFICATION RECORDS

The Division shall maintain the records for all interpreters who hold a quality assurance North Carolina Interpreter Classification System level A or B classification in effect on January 1, 2000.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 8B-1(3); 8B-6; 90D-7(a)(3)(d); 143B-216.33;

Eff. May 1, 1991;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2007; November 1, 1993;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 20, 2017.

10A NCAC 17C .0102      RECIPROCITY

History Note:        Authority G.S.8B-1(3); 8B-6; 90D; 143B-216.33;

Eff. May 1, 1991;

Amended Eff. November 1, 1993;

Repealed Eff. May 1, 2007.

10A NCAC 17C .0103      APPLICABILITY

History Note:        Authority G.S.8B-1(3); 8B-6; 90D; 143B-216.33;

Eff. May 1, 1991;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2007;

Expired Eff. June 1, 2017 pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A.

10A NCAC 17C .0104      DEFINITIONS

For the purpose of Rules .0101 through .0110 of this Section the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

(1)           "Classifications" means one of the four levels of skill based on the total score given by the evaluators on the classification test.

(2)           "Division" means the North Carolina Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing.

(3)           "Division Director" means the Director of the North Carolina Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing.

(4)           "N.C.I.C.S." means the North Carolina Interpreter Classification System.

(5)           "N.R.I.D." means the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.

(6)           "Sign Language Interpreter" means a person who performs services for the public in the capacity of an interpreter or transliterator between one or more hearing persons and one or more deaf persons using American Sign Language or manually coded English.

(7)           "Transliterator" means a person who performs services for the public in the capacity of a transliterator between one or more hearing persons and one or more deaf persons using a form of manually coded English.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 8B-1(3); 8B-6; 90D; 143B-216.33;

Eff. May 1, 1991;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2007; November 1, 1993;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 20, 2017.

10A NCAC 17C .0105      ELIGIBILITY

10A NCAC 17C .0106      APPLICATION

10A NCAC 17C .0107      CLASSIFICATION TEAM AND EVALUATORS

History Note:        Authority G.S. 8B-1(3); 8B-6; 90B; 143B-216.33;

Eff. May 1, 1991;

Amended Eff. November 1, 1993;

Repealed Eff. May 1, 2007.

10A NCAC 17C .0108      CLASSIFICATION AND INTERPRETER DIRECTORY

History Note:        Authority G.S. 8B-1(3); 8B-6; 90D-6; 143B-216.33;

Eff. May 1, 1991;

Amended Eff. November 1, 1993;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2007;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 20, 2017;

Expired Eff. May 1, 2026 pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A.

10A NCAC 17C .0109      REVIEW AND APPEAL OF CLASSIFICATION DECISIONS

10A NCAC 17C .0110      CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS OF CLASSIFICATION HOLDERS

History Note:        Authority G.S. 8B-1(3); 8B-6; 90D; 143B-216.33; 150B, Article 3;

Eff. May 1, 1991;

Amended Eff. November 1, 1993;

Repealed Eff. May 1, 2007.

SECTION .0200 – INTERPRETER SERVICES

10A NCAC 17C .0201      ELIGIBILITY

(a)  Persons having a communicative disability resulting from a hearing impairment, including persons having additional handicapping conditions, are eligible for interpreter-related services.

(b)  Community agencies and organizations, employers of deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind persons, and family members of deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind persons are eligible for interpreter-related services of the regional centers. Such services may include but are not limited to information, consultation, and sign language instruction.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143B-216.33;

Eff. May 1, 2007;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 20, 2017.

10A NCAC 17C .0202      CONTRACTED INTERPRETER SERVICES

Interpreter services may be contracted by the Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing in order to facilitate the delivery of human services to deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind persons. Provision of interpreter services on a contractual basis does not supplant other resources available within the community for which the individual is entitled or may be eligible insofar as such benefits are adequate.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143B-216.33(a)(3);

Eff. May 1, 2007;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 20, 2017.

10A NCAC 17C .0203      LICENSURE OF INTERPRETERS

Persons providing interpreter services through the Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing must hold a current license from the North Carolina Interpreter and Transliterator Licensing Board.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90D-4(a); 143B-216.33(a)(8);

Eff. May 1, 2007;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 20, 2017.