(a) The Board may establish criteria for the development of portfolios and separate requirements in the following specialist areas:
(1) legal settings;
(2) medical settings;
(3) behavioral health settings;
(4) language pairs other than American Sign Language and spoken English;
(5) conference interpreting;
(6) tactile and low-vision sign language interpretation services;
(7) intralinguistic translations and sign language interpretation; and
(8) any other specialist areas determined to be necessary by the Board.
Regulations
(b) The Board shall adopt regulations to:
(1) govern sign language interpretation services provided in a video remote interpreting setting;
(2) establish licensing and certification standards of interpreting agencies that do business in the State;
(3) allow deaf and hard of hearing individuals to determine whether they prefer sign language interpretation services being provided in a video remote interpreting setting or through in-person interpreting; and
(4) provide sign language interpretation services in a video remote interpreting setting.
Credits
Added by Acts 2023, c. 269, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 270, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
MD Code, State Government, § 9-2415, MD STATE GOVT § 9-2415
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
