New Hampshire Revised Statutes 521-A:5 – Interpreter to be Provided
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 521-A:5
- Appointing authority: means the presiding justice of any court, the chairman of any board, commission or authority, and the director or commissioner of any department or agency, or any other person presiding at any hearing or other proceeding wherein a qualified interpreter is required pursuant to this chapter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 521-A:1
- Deaf person: means any person whose hearing is so impaired as to seriously prohibit the person from processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, so as to require the use of an interpreter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 521-A:1
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Qualified interpreter: means an interpreter licensed under RSA 326-I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 521-A:1
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
Whenever any deaf person is a party to or receiving services from any health, welfare, or educational agency under the authority of the state or political subdivision of the state or municipality, the appointing authority shall appoint a qualified interpreter for the deaf to interpret or translate the actions of any personnel providing such service and to assist the deaf person in communicating with each person.