1.510 - Regulations establishing program of certification; grounds for disciplinary action. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for
1.510 Regulations establishing program of certification; grounds for disciplinary action. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
1. The Court Administrator shall, in consultation with the committee established pursuant to NRS 1.530, adopt regulations which, subject to the availability of funding, establish a program for the certification of court interpreters for witnesses, defendants and litigants who speak a language other than English and do not know the English language.
2. The regulations must set forth:
(a) The specific languages for which court interpreters may obtain certification, based upon the need for interpreters of those languages.
(b) Any examination and the qualifications which are required for:
(1) Certification; and
(2) Renewal of the certification.
(c) The circumstances under which the Court Administrator will deny, suspend or refuse to renew a certificate.
(d) The circumstances under which the Court Administrator will take disciplinary action against a court interpreter.
(e) The circumstances under which a court must require the services of an interpreter who is certified.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 50.050, the rate and source of the compensation to be paid for services provided by a certified court interpreter.
3. Except as otherwise provided by a specific regulation of the Court Administrator, it is grounds for disciplinary action for a certified court interpreter to act as interpreter in any action in which:
(a) The spouse of the court interpreter is a party;
(b) A party or witness is otherwise related to the court interpreter;
(c) The court interpreter is biased for or against one of the parties; or
(d) The court interpreter otherwise has an interest in the outcome of the proceeding.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 801; A 1997, 2033, effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings)