Alabama Administrative Code › Title 488 - ALABAMA LICENSURE BOARD FOR INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLITERATORS › Chapter 488-X-1 - RULES AND REGULATIONS › Section 488-X-1-.00 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
				the following meanings:
(1) BOARD. The
			 Alabama Licensure Board for Interpreters and Transliterator's created pursuant
			 to Section
			 34-16-4.
(2) CODE OF ETHICS. The tenets established by
			 the Registry of the Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) which set guidelines
			 governing professional conduct for interpreters and, transliterators, and any
			 other code of ethics approved by the board. The Board will abide by the latest
			 version of the RID Code of Professional Conduct.
(3) CONSUMER. A hard of hearing, deaf, or
			 speech disabled person or any other person or an agency that requires the
			 services of an interpreter or transliterator to effectively communicate and
			 comprehend signed or spoken discourse.
(4) CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM or CEP. A
			 program approved by the board to improve the skill level of licensees and
			 permit holders.
(5) FUND. The
			 Alabama Licensure Board for Interpreters and Transliterators Fund created
			 pursuant to Section 34 16-9.
(6)
			 INTERMEDIARY INTERPRETER. A person who is credentialed as a deaf interpreter
			 and who serves in an intermediary capacity between another deaf person and
			 another licensed or permitted hearing interpreter. The deaf interpreter may
			 interpret between two or more deaf people or when translating text when a
			 hearing person is not involved.
(7)
			 INTERPRETER. A person who is credentialed as a professional interpreter and who
			 engages in the practice of interpreting among consumers and adheres to
			 interpreting standards outlined by the Board.
(8) INTERPRETING or TRANSLITERATING. The
			 process of providing accessible communication between and among consumers who
			 do not share a common means of communication. For the purposes of this chapter,
			 interpreting means those processes known as interpretation and transliteration
			 and includes communication modalities, including, but not limited to, visual,
			 gestural, and tactile channels.
(9)
			 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION OR ASSESSMENT. A certification
			 ·or· assessment documenting the proficiency level and awarded to
			 individuals who successfully complete an evaluation of interpreting skills at a
			 professional level. The term certification or assessment includes the
			 following: a Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf certification ("RID"), or an
			 equivalent national certification as approved by the Board, Board for
			 Evaluation of Interpreters ("BEI") or other national assessment as approved by
			 the Board, Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment ("EIPA"), or other
			 national educational assessment as determined by the Board, or such other
			 nationally recognized assessment or certification as approved by the Board, or
			 Cued Speech Certification ("NCSA"). The Board shall have the authority to
			 determine the appropriate program, assessment, rating or level for every
			 certification, assessment, exam, or test approved by the Board.
(10) ORGANIZATIONS. The Alabama Association
			 of the Deaf (AAD), a state chapter of the National Association of the Deaf
			 (NAD); Alabama Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (ALRID), an affiliate
			 state chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.,
			 (RID)*
(11) SIGN LANGUAGE. Includes
			 all of the following communication systems:
(a) American Sign Language (ASL) Based. The
			 language of the deaf community that ·is linguistically independent from
			 English. The term refers to the visual gestural language used in the United
			 States and parts of Canada and includes all regional variations.
(b) English Based Sign Systems. Includes, but
			 is not limited to, all visual representations of the English language such as
			 manually coded English, Pidgin Sign English, and Oral Interpreting.
(c) Sign Language. A generic term used to
			 describe a continuum of visual-manual language and communication
			 systems.
(d) Cued Speech. A system
			 of handshapes which represents groups of consonant sounds, combined with hand
			 placements which represent groups of vowel sounds, used with natural speech to
			 represent a visual model of spoken language.