Montana Code 49-4-507. Coordination of interpreter requests
49-4-507. Coordination of interpreter requests. (1) Whenever an appointing authority is required to appoint an interpreter, the authority shall request the department of public health and human services to furnish the authority with a list of qualified interpreters. If the choice of qualified interpreters does not meet the needs or wishes of the deaf person, the appointing authority shall appoint another qualified interpreter.
Terms Used In Montana Code 49-4-507
- Appointing authority: means the presiding judge or justice of any court, the presiding officer of any board, commission, or authority, the director or commissioner of any department or agency, or any other person presiding at any hearing or other proceeding in which a qualified interpreter is required pursuant to this part. See Montana Code 49-4-502
- Deaf person: means a person whose hearing is totally impaired or whose hearing is so seriously impaired as to prohibit the person from understanding oral communications. See Montana Code 49-4-502
- Qualified interpreter: means an interpreter listed by the department of public health and human services as provided in 49-4-507. See Montana Code 49-4-502
(2)The Montana association of the deaf and the Montana registry of interpreters for the deaf shall provide the department of public health and human services with a list of qualified and available interpreters.
(3)The only function of the department of public health and human services is to maintain the list referred to in subsection (2).