2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 344 - Civil rights 344.500 Appointment of interpreter for deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech-impaired person -- Compensation of interpreter.
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344.500 Appointment of interpreter for deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech-impaired
person -- Compensation of interpreter.
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Any person who is deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired or who because of a
speaking or other impairment has difficulty in communicating with other persons
shall be entitled to the assistance and services of a qualified interpreter.
A qualified interpreter shall be appointed in any proceeding before a board,
commission, agency, or licensing authority of the state or any of its political
subdivisions, when the principal party in interest or a witness is deaf, hard of
hearing, or speech impaired.
No person shall be appointed as an interpreter pursuant to this section unless the
appointing authority makes a preliminary determination that the interpreter is able
to readily communicate with the person who is deaf, hard of hearing, or speech
impaired, and is able to accurately repeat and translate the statements of the person,
and the appointee is agreed to by the person who is deaf, hard of hearing, or speech
impaired.
Upon the request of the appointing authority, the Kentucky Commission on the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the Kentucky Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, or the
Kentucky Association of the Deaf, shall recommend qualified interpreters to assist a
person who is deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired.
The appointing authority shall set the compensation for each day the interpreter is in
attendance. The compensation, plus any reasonable expenses incurred by the
interpreter, shall be paid from the funds of the appointing authority.
Effective: July 15, 1994
History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 452, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1994. – Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 144, sec. 17, effective July 14, 1992. -- .Created 1976 (1st Extra.
Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 277, effective January 2, 1978.
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