10A NCAC 17C .0104       DEFINITIONS

For the purpose of Rules .0101 through .0110 of this Section the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

(1)           "Classifications" means one of the four levels of skill based on the total score given by the evaluators on the classification test.

(2)           "Division" means the North Carolina Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing.

(3)           "Division Director" means the Director of the North Carolina Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing.

(4)           "N.C.I.C.S." means the North Carolina Interpreter Classification System.

(5)           "N.R.I.D." means the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.

(6)           "Sign Language Interpreter" means a person who performs services for the public in the capacity of an interpreter or transliterator between one or more hearing persons and one or more deaf persons using American Sign Language or manually coded English.

(7)           "Transliterator" means a person who performs services for the public in the capacity of a transliterator between one or more hearing persons and one or more deaf persons using a form of manually coded English.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 8B-1(3); 8B-6; 90D; 143B-216.33;

Eff. May 1, 1991;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2007; November 1, 1993;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 20, 2017.