2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-71 - Interpreters for the Deaf
§ 5-71-15 - Persons and practices exempted.

SECTION 5-71-15

   § 5-71-15  Persons and practices exempted. – The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

   (1) Any person working as an interpreter or a transliterator in court.

   (2) Interpreters or transliterators performing as volunteers without compensation.

   (3) Interpreters or transliterators performing in an emergency as defined in subsection 5-71-3(6) and as set forth in regulations promulgated by the department.

   (4) Nonlicensed individuals who are certified members of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc., (RID) its successor agency or other agency as approved by the department in consultation with the board, who may provide services for a maximum of twenty-five (25) hours per calendar year.

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