Maine.

Maine Department of Financial Regulation, Office of Licensure and Regulation

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Application fee: $50
Initial and renewal fee for registration: $175
Returned check fee: $35
Late fee: $100
Replacement of registration: $25
Roster fee: $35

Requirements:

• Interpreter must hold a RID certification.

OR

• A KQAS Level 4 or 5 and maintain CEUs according to the KCDHH continuing education unit policy.

All certified interpreters are expected to follow RID’s Code of Professional Conduct (CPC).

Background check

Guidelines for Issuance of  Provisional Certification – Must have evidence of one of the following:

Please Check Successfully Completed an Interpreter Preparation Program
National Certification as a Sign
Language Interpreter
Possess SLPI or SCPI at
Specified Level
Possess Specified Level Pre-hire
EIPA

Guidelines for Issuance of Qualified Certification – Must have evidence of both of the following:

Please Check Pass the Educational Interpreter
Performance Assessment – written test
Pass a standardized videotaped version of the Educational
Interpreter Performance
Assessment at the Specified Level

Guidelines for Issuance of Provisional Certification – Must have evidence of one of the following:

Please Check National Certification as a Cued
Speech Transliterator
Pass the Cued American English
Competency Screening

Guidelines for Issuance of Qualified Certification – Must have evidence of both of the following:

Pass the state sanctioned Cued
Language Transliterator written assessment
Pass the Cued Language
Transliterator Performance
Assessment or Educational
Interpreter Performance
Assessment – Cued Speech
(EIPA_CS) at the Specified Level

Renewal every two (2) years.

DHHS shall create a grievance committee, of which the DHHS deputy director shall be the chair, consisting of a minimum of five (5) other members, which must consist of at least the following:

• At least two (2) members who are deaf or hard of hearing and have experience using interpreters.
• Two (2) members must hold either NAD or RID certification.
• One (1) member may be a professional other than an interpreter but must be knowledgeable of the interpreter standards set forth in this rule.
The term of grievance committee members shall be three (3) years.
However, the initial committee will have three (3) members to be determined by the committee who shall serve two (2) years and the remaining members shall serve three (3) years.
After the initial term of each appointment, all members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years and may be appointed for one
(1) additional term.
If a member of the committee resigns, dies, or is removed, the new appointee shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term.
Committee members shall not be eligible for reappointment for at least one (1) year after serving two (2) consecutive terms.
DHHS shall seek training in negotiation and mediation for the committee members.”

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