Licensure (Yes/No)
No
Registration (Yes/No)
Yes
Regulation (Yes/No)
Yes
Categories of Licensure
Required State Registration; Provisional Registration available.
Requirements
– Applications who satisfy the following criteria may apply for provisional registration:
– Graduated within five (5) years of the date of application from an Interpreter Education Program (IEP) with an associate degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education;
– Passed the NAD -RID National Interpreter Certification (NIC) Knowledge test or the Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) written test
– Eligible to take and pass the appropriate Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf performance test within 5 years of the date of the results letter.
Length
Biennial renewal
Cost of License
Registration fee:$100
Late renewal:$50
Reactivation following suspension:$100
Registration card replacement:$10
Provisional Registration:$50
Possible Penalties & Grievance Process
The Department may impose disciplinary or corrective measures or levy administrative fines of up to $500 on a registrant for doing
one or more of the following:
• Obtaining a State registration or renewal of a registration through fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.
• Being convicted of a felony or a crime in this Commonwealth or other jurisdiction relating to the provision of interpreter or transliterator services.
• Being the subject of a disciplinary or other administrative action taken against this registration, certificate or license to provide interpreting or transliterating services in another state by a government agency.
• Committing fraud, gross negligence or misconduct relating to the provision of interpreting or transliterating services as determined by the office.
• Engaging in any other misconduct relating to the provision of interpreting or transliterating services as determined by the office.
Board/Agency
Number of Advisory Council Members: 17
• The Governor or his/her designee.
• The Secretary of Public Welfare or his/her designee.
• The Secretary of Health or his/her designee.
• The Secretary of Education or his/her designee.
• The Secretary of Labor and Industry or his/her designee.
• The Secretary of Aging or his/her designee.
• A member of the Senate, appointed by the President Pro Tempore.
• A member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker.
• Nine (9) public members to be appointed by the Governor, who “shall be individuals selected from schools, organizations and non-State agencies which render services to or represent persons who are hard of hearing” at least four (4) of which “shall be deaf or hard of hearing.