Alabama Administrative Code › Title 488 - ALABAMA LICENSURE BOARD FOR INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLITERATORS › Chapter 488-X-1 - RULES AND REGULATIONS › Section 488-X-1-.15 - Exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The following persons shall be exempt from licensure or
				permitting pursuant to this chapter:
(1) Any student who is enrolled in a formal
			 American sign language program, a formal interpreter training program, or a
			 formal interpreter or transliterator internship program. The student shall be
			 allowed to interpret or transliterate as part of his or her training for a
			 maximum of 16 weeks in an educational setting or 120 hours in an agency or
			 business by applying for an Apprentice Permit.
(2) Any person who interprets or
			 transliterates solely in a church, synagogue, temple, or other religious
			 setting.
(3) Any person residing
			 outside of the State of Alabama may provide interpreting and transliterating
			 services for up to 14 working days per calendar year without a license. The
			 Board, by passage of a resolution or otherwise, may establish or extend the
			 allowable time in which a person may interpret or transliterate without a
			 license in this state when there is a dire emergency, which would include but
			 is not limited to instances where the governor declares a state of emergency.
			 To qualify for this exemption, the out-of-state interpreter or transliterator
			 must complete and submit the. 14-Day work form for approval by the Board for
			 each assignment.
*The notification should be received by the Board's
			 office at least seven (7) days prior to the start of this
			 assignment.
(4) Any person
			 desiring to interpret for remuneration where circumstances do not allow for
			 fulfillment of the stated requirements for licensure or permitting in a timely
			 manner may petition the board for exemption. The exemption request will be
			 considered on a case-by-case basis.
*The notification must be received by
			 the Board's office at least seven (7) days prior to the start of this
			 assignment
.
(5) Those public
			 education personnel and State Department of Rehabilitation personnel, who are
			 not hired as interpreters and transliterators and who are not as a part of
			 their job description responsible for providing interpreting or transliteration
			 services, in circumstances that may necessitate their function as interpreters
			 and transliterators in emergency or incidental situations.
(6) All other public education personnel
			 hired prior to March 15, 2000, who provide interpreting and transliterating
			 services to students. These personnel shall apply for and receive a permit
			 specifying that their permits are restricted to interpreting and
			 transliteration services provided in the public education setting only. The
			 application for this permit shall be submitted to the board prior to October 1,
			 2000. It shall be the responsibility of the permit holder to annually renew the
			 permit by earning continuing education units in compliance with the
			 requirements of the interpreters and transliterators licensure law. If
			 personnel, who have been grandfathered in pursuant to this subdivision, for any
			 reason should allow their permits to lapse or expire, those personnel shall
			 lose all privileges of this exemption and shall adhere to all requirements of
			 the interpreters and transliterators licensure law to renew their
			 permits.
Rule .09. was renumbered to .11 per certification filed
				  November 19, 2014; effective December 24, 2014. Rule .11. was renumbered to .15
				  per certification published April 29, 2022; effective June 13,
				  2022.
Author:
The Alabama Board of Interpreter and
				  Transliterators
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										34-16-4.