§ 2503.1. Interpreter for the Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Privilege
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 12. Civil ProcedureEffective: November 1, 2023
Effective: November 1, 2023
12 Okl.St.Ann. § 2503.1
§ 2503.1. Interpreter for the Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Privilege
C. The privilege may be claimed by the interpreter, by the LEP or deaf or hard-of-hearing person, by the guardian or conservator of the LEP or deaf or hard-of-hearing person, or by the personal representative of the LEP or deaf or hard-of-hearing person if the LEP or deaf or hard-of-hearing person is deceased.
D. An interpreter who is employed to interpret, transliterate or relay a conversation between a person who can hear and speak English and a LEP or deaf or hard-of-hearing person is a conduit for the conversation and may not disclose or be compelled to disclose, through reporting or testimony, or by judicial process or subpoena, the contents of a confidential communication.
1. If the services of the interpreter were sought or obtained to enable or aid anyone to commit or plan to commit what the LEP or deaf or hard-of-hearing person knew, or reasonably should have known, to be a crime or fraud or physical injury to the LEP or deaf or hard-of-hearing person or another individual;
Credits
Laws 1993, c. 297, § 1, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993. Renumbered from Title 12, § 2506.1 and amended by Laws 2002, c. 468, §§ 37, 78, eff. Nov. 1, 2002. Laws 2005, c. 395, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2023, c. 73, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
12 Okl. St. Ann. § 2503.1, OK ST T. 12 § 2503.1
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 182 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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