2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 656A - Sign Language Interpreters and Realtime Captioning Providers
NRS 656A.110 - Regulations: Qualifications, scope of practice and ethical standards for interpreters; qualifications for professional mentors of interpreters; additional professional classifications of interpreters.
1. The Division shall, by regulation:
(a) Prescribe for each professional classification of interpreters:
(1) The level of education and professional training, experience and credentialing required to engage in the practice of sign language interpreting in that classification.
(2) The authorized scope of practice, including, without limitation, any condition, restriction or other limitation imposed on a person who practices in that classification.
(3) Ethical standards for persons who engage in the practice of sign language interpreting in that professional classification.
(b) Prescribe qualifications for professional mentors of interpreters, including, without limitation, the level of education, training, experience and credentialing required to provide mentoring.
2. The Division may adopt regulations establishing professional classifications of the practice of sign language interpreting in addition to those set forth in NRS 656A.100.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 161; A 2009, 2401; 2021, 1537)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 656A.082)
