2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance
RS 46:2362 - Definitions

§2362. Definitions

As used in this Chapter:

(1) "Appointing authority" means the presiding officer or similar official of any court, board, commission, authority, department, agency, legislative body or of any proceeding of any nature where a qualified interpreter/transliterator is required pursuant to this Chapter.

(2) A "hearing-impaired person" means a person who, because of a hearing impairment, has difficulty understanding the communication occurring.

(3) "Interpreter/transliterator" means a facilitator of communication among hearing and hearing-impaired persons as provided in R.S. 46:2365 and R.S. 46:2368.

(4) "Intermediary interpreter/transliterator" means any person, including any hearing-impaired person, who is able to assist in providing an accurate interpretation between spoken English and sign language or between variants of sign language by acting as an intermediary between a hearing-impaired person and a qualified interpreter/transliterator. The intermediary interpreter/transliterator may be needed for non-manual hearing-impaired persons and shall be provided.

(5) "Qualified interpreter/transliterator" means any person certified by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, or in the event an interpreter/transliterator so certified is not available, one whose qualifications are such that he is able to accurately communicate with and convey information to and from the hearing-impaired person.

(6) "Quasi-judicial proceeding" means any proceeding of a public administrative office or body which is required to investigate facts, ascertain the existence of facts, hold hearings and draw conclusions from them as a basis for their official action, and to exercise discretion of a judicial nature.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 135, §1.