Continuing Interpreter Education Requirements

SUPERINTENDENCE RULE 85. Continuing Education.

1. Requirements
1. Each Supreme Court certified foreign language interpreter and Supreme Court certified sign language interpreter shall complete and report, on a form provided by the Supreme Court Language Services Program, at least twenty-four credit hours of continuing education offered or accredited by the program for each two-year reporting period. Six of the credit hours shall consist of ethics instruction and the remaining eighteen general credit hours shall be relevant to the work of the interpreter in the legal setting. The interpreter may carry forward a maximum of twelve general credit hours into the following biennial reporting period.
2. Each provisionally qualified foreign language interpreter shall complete and report, on a form provided by the program, at least twenty-four credit hours of continuing education offered or accredited by the program within twenty-four months after the date of the last oral examination of the National Center for State Courts administered by the program.
2. Compliance with requirements
   The program shall keep a record of the continuing education hours of each Supreme Court certified foreign language interpreter, Supreme Court certified sign language interpreter, and provisionally qualified foreign language interpreter, provided it shall be the responsibility of the interpreter to inform the program of meeting the continuing education requirements.
3. Accreditation
   The program shall accredit continuing education programs, activities, and sponsors and establish procedures for accreditation, provided any continuing education programs or activities offered by the National Center for State Courts, the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators, and the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf shall not require accreditation. The program may assess a reasonable nonrefundable application fee in an amount as determined by the program for a sponsor submitting a program or activity for accreditation.

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