Registration: Yes

Regulation: Yes

The list of “Qualified Interpreters” that MRID and MAD put together requires that the interpreter hold RID certification, live in Montana, and be willing to do freelance work. For the K-12 educational interpreters, the Office of Public Instruction is supposed to monitor the EIPA qualifications of the interpreters, but the enforcement of this is lacking. Note that this is a policy, not a law. We are working on improving this particular area of interpreting services for our state as most of our interpreters (approximately 90%) work in this setting. There is no licensing that occurs and interpreters working in K-12 are not compensated adequately like other Related Service Providers.

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