(1) The AOC may, but is not required to, contract with any certified interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing or certified or registered spoken language interpreter listed on the AOC Interpreter Directory to provide language access services for the Court of Justice.

(2) The AOC may contract with any provisional spoken language interpreter meeting the qualifications set forth in the Kentucky AOC Certification Policy for Spoken Language Interpreters as may be necessary in accordance with Section 6(6) of these rules.

(3) Terms of payment, including rates of compensation for freelance interpreters' services and invoicing procedures, will be established by the Director of the AOC as a statewide Uniform Payment Rate and will be incorporated in the contracts.

(4) The AOC will not schedule the services of a freelance interpreter or issue payment to a freelance interpreter unless he or she has been contracted by the AOC to provide language access services for the Court of Justice.

(5) Freelance interpreters are not employees of the Court of Justice or the AOC, and are not guaranteed a specific number of assignments or a specific amount of income.