Source: https://creeclaw.org/creecs-quick-guide-to-sign-language-interpreters-in-medical-settings/
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 03:15:37+00:00

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CREEC’s Quick Guide to Sign Language Interpreters in Medical Settings.
⇒ The ADA requires communication with Deaf people that is “as effective as” communication with others.
⇒ Medical providers are required to “give primary consideration to the requests” of Deaf patients in determining whether to provide an interpreter.
⇒ The interpreter must be qualified and (in Colorado) RID-certified.
⇒ Interpreters are required for any complex or substantive communication including history, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, surgery, medication, counseling, and billing/insurance.
⇒ The provider may not ask family or friends — especially children — to interpret, except in emergencies.
⇒ Qualified interpreters may include on-site interpreters or video remote interpreting (VRI).
any time it’s clear that VRI is not providing effective communication.
Adequate training to users of the technology and other involved individuals so that they may quickly and efficiently set up and operate the VRI.
National Association of the Deaf: Position Statement on Minimum Standards for VRI Services in Medical Settings.
Department of Justice: Communicating with People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Hospital Settings.
Colorado Commission for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, & DeafBlind Resource Directory.
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 28 C.F.R. § 35.160(a)(1) (incorporated by reference in 45 C.F.R. § 92.202(a)).
 28 C.F.R. § 35.160(b)(2) (incorporated by reference in 45 C.F.R. § 92.202(a)).
 28 C.F.R. § 35.104; 28 C.F.R. § 36.303(b).
 Colorado Revised Statutes § 6-1-707(e).
 28 C.F.R. § 35.160(c) (incorporated by reference in 45 C.F.R. § 92.202(a)).
 28 C.F.R. § 35.160(d) (incorporated by reference in 45 C.F.R. § 92.202(a)).

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