154E.1 - DEFINITIONS.
154E.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Board" means the board of sign language interpreters and
transliterators established in chapter 147.
2. "Consumer" means an individual utilizing interpreting
services who uses spoken English, American sign language, or a manual
form of English.
3. "Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
4. "Interpreter training program" means a postsecondary
education program training individuals to interpret or transliterate.
5. "Interpreting" means facilitating communication between
individuals who communicate via American sign language and
individuals who communicate via spoken English.
6. "Licensee" means any person licensed to practice
interpreting or transliterating for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and
hearing individuals in the state of Iowa.
7. "Transliterating" means facilitating communication between
individuals who communicate via a manual form of English and
individuals who communicate via spoken English. Section History: Recent Form
2004 Acts, ch 1175, §426, 433; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §150
Referred to in § 147.14