Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Division 100 - Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing › Chapter 200 - Board for Certification of Interpreters › Section 5 CSR 100-200.130 - Certification Maintenance

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment adds a missing requirement
				  for renewal of certification and deletes the reference to Cued Speech as
				  interpreting.
PURPOSE: This amendment clarifies due dates for CEU
				  renewal and reinstatement.
(1) Annual participation in a continuing
				education program is required for interpreters certified in the Missouri
				Interpreters Certification System (MICS). This program involves study and
				performance options which must have prior approval from the Board for
				Certification of Interpreters (BCI) and which fulfill the requirements for
				certification maintenance in the MICS. This program may include seminars,
				lectures, conferences, workshops, extension study, correspondence courses,
				teaching, mentorship, self-study and other options, all of which must be
				approved by the BCI and must be related to interpreting.
(A) Program options may provide for
				evaluation methods to assure satisfactory completion by participants.
(B) The BCI shall ensure that persons
				responsible for the delivery or content of program options are qualified in the
				subject matter by education, experience and expertise.
(C) Presentations or program options offering
				MICS Continuing Education Units (CEUs) may be approved through any of the
				following methods:
1. All presentations and
				workshops offered by an Interpreter Training Program (ITP) recognized by the
				BCI and housed in an accredited institution of higher education will
				automatically be approved for MICS CEUs;
2. All presentations and workshops that give
				attendees CEUs approved by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) will
				automatically be approved for MICS CEUs;
3. MICS CEUs will be given for undergraduate
				or graduate studies related to interpreting in any regionally accredited
				institution of higher education. Satisfactory proof of course completion, as
				required by the BCI, must be submitted in order for CEUs to be granted. The
				following hourly equivalents will be used by the BCI in issuing course-related
				MICS CEUs:
A. 3 college credit hour course =
				45 contact hours;
B. 2 college
				credit hour course = 30 contact hours; and
C. 1 college credit hour course = 15 contact
				hours.
4. The BCI may
				approve continuing education presentations and program options other than those
				offered by an ITP or the RID if they meet the following criteria prior to the
				event:
A. Application should be submitted not
				less than thirty (30) days prior to the event. Applications received less than
				thirty (30) days in advance cannot be guaranteed notification of
				approval.
B. Application to the BCI
				for approval shall be made on forms developed by the BCI. The application shall
				require detailed information relating to administration and organization,
				teaching staff, education content and development, methods of delivery, length
				of education activities, targeted skill level of interpreters, facilities, and
				method of evaluation;
(D) With adequate documentation to the BCI,
				any interpreter whose primary responsibility is not the education of
				interpreters who leads, instructs or lectures to groups of interpreters or
				others on topics related to interpreting in organized continuing education or
				in-service programs shall be granted MICS CEUs for the time expended during
				actual presentation. Approval must be requested using procedures outlined in
				paragraph (1)(C)4 above. MICS CEUs for the same presentation in the same town
				will be allowed only once during a year;
(E) Any interpreter whose responsibility is
				the education of interpreters shall be granted MICS CEUs only for time expended
				in leading, instructing, or lecturing to groups of interpreters or others on
				topics related to interpreting in an organized continuing education or
				in-service program outside his/her formal responsibilities in a learning
				institution. Approval must be requested using procedures outlined in paragraph
				(1)(C)4 above. MICS CEUs for the same presentation in the same town will be
				allowed only once during a year.