2016 Utah Code
Title 35A - Utah Workforce Services Code
Chapter 13 - Utah State Office of Rehabilitation Act
Part 6 - Interpreter Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Act
Section 604 - Powers and duties of the board.

Effective 10/1/2016
35A-13-604. Powers and duties of the board.

• (1) The board shall function as an advisory board to the director and under the director's direction shall perform the following duties concerning the certification of interpreters:
  
  • (a) make recommendations to the director regarding:
    • (i) appropriate rules;
      
    • (ii) policy and budgetary matters;
      
    • (iii) the appropriate passing score for applicant examinations; and
    • (iv) standards of supervision for individuals in training to become certified interpreters;
  • (b) screen applicants for certification and make written recommendations to the director regarding certification, renewal, reinstatement, and recertification actions; and
    
  • (c) act as the presiding officer in conducting hearings associated with adjudicative proceedings and in issuing recommended orders as designated by the director.

• (2) The director, with the collaboration and assistance of the advisory board, shall:
  • (a) prescribe certification qualifications;
  • (b) prescribe rules governing applications for certification;
  • (c) provide for a fair and impartial method for the examination of applicants;
  • (d) define unprofessional conduct, by rule, to supplement the definition under this part; and
  • (e) establish conditions for reinstatement and renewal of certification.

• (3)
  • (a) The advisory board shall designate one of its members on a permanent or rotating basis to:
    • (i) assist the director in reviewing complaints involving the unlawful or unprofessional conduct of a certified interpreter; and
    • (ii) advise the director when investigating complaints.
  • (b) An advisory board member who has, under Subsection (3)(a), reviewed or investigated a complaint is disqualified from participating with the advisory board if the board serves as a presiding officer of an administrative proceeding concerning the complaint.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 271, 2016 General Session