California Government Code

§ 11435.30

GOV § 11435.30 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 3 · Title 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 4.5 · Art. 8

Statute text

(a)The State Personnel Board shall establish, maintain, administer, and publish annually an updated list of certified administrative hearing interpreters it has determined meet the minimum standards in interpreting skills and linguistic abilities in languages designated pursuant to Section 11435.40. Any interpreter so listed may be examined by each employing agency to determine the interpreter’s knowledge of the employing agency’s technical program terminology and procedures.

(b)Court interpreters certified pursuant to Section 68562, and interpreters listed on the State Personnel Board’s recommended lists of court and administrative hearing interpreters prior to July 1, 1993, shall be deemed certified for purposes of this section.

(c)(1) In addition to the certification procedure provided pursuant to subdivision (a), the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation may establish, maintain, administer, and publish annually an updated list of certified administrative hearing interpreters who, based on testing by an independent organization designated by the administrative director, have been determined to meet the minimum standards in interpreting skills and linguistic abilities in languages designated pursuant to Section 11435.40, for purposes of administrative hearings conducted pursuant to proceedings of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. The independent testing organization shall have no financial interest in the training of interpreters or in the employment of interpreters for administrative hearings.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 363, Sec. 2. (SB 863) Effective January 1, 2013.