Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING › Title 96 - NEBRASKA COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING › Chapter 1 - PRACTICE AND APPOINTMENT OF SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS › Section 96-1-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
Apprentice License
: A one-time
				  license valid for three years allowing applicants to practice while working
				  toward obtaining community sign language licensure requirements as outlined in
				  003.01.
Apprentice Licensee
: A person who
				  holds an Apprentice License.
Auxiliary aid
: Includes, but is not
				  limited to, sign language interpreters, oral interpreters, tactile
				  interpreters, deaf interpreters, note takers, transcription services, written
				  materials, assistive listening devices, assisted listening systems, videotext
				  displays, and other visual delivery systems.
Board
: The Interpreter Review Board.
				  A regulatory Board under the auspices of the Nebraska Commission for the Deaf
				  and Hard of Hearing Full Commission Board.
Calendar year
: A period of twelve
				  months from January 1 to December 31.
CASLI - Center for the Assessment of Sign
				  Language Interpreters
: The principal activity of CASLI shall be
				  the development and administration of knowledge and performance tests that
				  measure the proficiency of an individual to interpret between deaf individuals
				  who use sign language and individuals who speak English. This testing is
				  conducted solely for the purpose of RID, Inc. certification.
Certificate
: A formal document
				  verifying completion of a specific sign language proficiency level, course, or
				  training program.
Commission
: The Nebraska Commission
				  for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Complaint
: Any allegation against an
				  interpreter, a VRI provider or against a hiring entity submitted to the
				  Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The complaint may be
				  submitted in any form.
Completed Application
: An
				  application with all of the information requested on the application filled in,
				  the signature of the applicant, fees and all required documentation
				  submitted.
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
: For
				  every ten hours of instruction, a participant receives one continuing education
				  unit or one CEU.
Deaf-Blind person
: Anyone with a
				  dual sensory loss of both vision and hearing.
Deaf or hard of hearing person
: A
				  person whose hearing, with or without amplification, is so severe that they may
				  have difficulty in auditorily processing spoken language without the use of an
				  interpreter; or a person with a fluctuating or permanent hearing loss which may
				  adversely affect the ability to understand spoken language without the use of
				  an interpreter or other auxiliary aid.
Formal Complaint
: Written statement,
				  prepared by legal counsel retained on behalf of the Full Commission Board,
				  stating formal allegations or violations of the Rules and Regulations and
				  Statutes relating to Sign Language Interpreters.
Full Commission Board
: The Nebraska
				  Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Full Commission Board.
Hearing Officer
: The person or
				  persons conducting a hearing, contested case, or other proceeding pursuant to
				  the Administrative Procedure Act, whether designated as the presiding officer,
				  administrative law judge, or some other title designation.
Intermediary interpreter
: Any deaf
				  or hard of hearing person who is able to assist in providing an accurate
				  interpretation between spoken English and sign language or between variants of
				  sign language in order to facilitate communication between a deaf or hard of
				  hearing person and an interpreter.
Intermediary interpreting
: Involves
				  the use of sign language, gesture, mime, props, drawings, and/or other tools to
				  enhance communication.
Intermediary License
: A license that
				  indicates proficiencies in interpretation or transliteration as described in
				  003.01B in these
				  regulations and as established by the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of
				  Hearing pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §
									20-150.
Intermediary Licensee
: A person who
				  holds an Intermediary License.
Interpreter or Transliterator
: A
				  person who is able to interpret or transliterate accurately and impartially
				  both receptively and expressively using any specialized vocabulary
				  necessary.
Interpreter or Transliterator
				  License
: A license that indicates proficiencies in interpretation
				  or transliteration as described in
				  003.01A in these
				  regulations and as established by the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of
				  Hearing pursuant to Nebraska Revised Statute §
									20-150.
Interpreter or Transliterator
				  Licensee
: A person who holds an Interpreter/Transliterator
				  License.
Interpreting
: Conveying what is
				  being spoken through Sign Language and conveying what is being signed into
				  spoken English in an equivalent manner maintaining the speaker's intent.
NAD
: The National Association of the
				  Deaf.
NAD Certification
: The National
				  Association of the Deaf (NAD) Interpreter Assessment and Certification Program,
				  established in 1991, was designed to evaluate and certify qualified candidates
				  to serve as sign language interpreters. (Assessment no longer offered.)
NAD-RID Code of Professional
				  Conduct
: The document adopted by members of NAD and RID to outline
				  the high standards of professionalism and ethical conduct expected of
				  interpreters. The driving force behind the guiding principles is the notion
				  that the interpreter will do no harm.
National Interpreter Certification
				  (NIC)
: The interpreter certification test developed by the
				  National Council on Interpreting.
Political Subdivision
: A division of
				  government less than the State.
QAST
: The Mid-America Quality
				  Assurance Screening Test is an assessment tool used to determine an
				  interpreter's level of proficiency. (Assessment no longer offered.)
RID
: The Registry of Interpreters
				  for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) is a national organization that awards certification
				  to interpreters and transliterators who successfully pass a national
				  test.
RID Certification
: Any interpreter
				  certification developed and administered by the Registry of Interpreters for
				  the Deaf.
State agency
: Any state entity which
				  receives appropriations from the Legislature and includes the Legislature,
				  legislative committees, executive agencies, courts, and probation officials but
				  does not include political subdivisions.
Temporary Permit
: A permit that
				  indicates proficiencies in interpretation or transliteration as described in
				  003.01C in these
				  regulations, and which allows an interpreter to practice for a limited
				  term.
Transliterating
: The process of
				  conveying the message into an English-based sign system.
Video Remote Interpreting Business
				  License
: A license held by a person or entity that demonstrates
				  their employed interpreters' proficiencies as described in
				  004.01 in these regulations and as
				  established by the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing pursuant to
				  Nebraska Revised Statute §
									20-150.
Video Remote Interpreting (VRI)
				  provider
: A person or an entity licensed to provide video remote
				  interpreting services.
Video Remote Interpreting (VRI)
				  services
: The use of videoconferencing technology with the intent
				  to provide effective interpreting services.