Existing law requires, under certain circumstances, the Court Administrator to adopt regulations to establish a program for the certification or registration of court interpreters. (NRS 1.510, 1.520) Sections 1 and 2 of this bill requires that such a program also: (1) include the conditional certification or registration of court interpreters; and (2) set forth the circumstances under which a court or juvenile court must proceed if a certified or registered court interpreter or conditionally certified or registered court interpreter is not available, including, without limitation, the circumstances in which a court or juvenile court may use the interpreter services of a person who is not a certified or registered court interpreter or conditionally certified or registered court interpreter. Sections 2-7 of this bill make conforming changes to existing provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes to account for court interpreters who are conditionally certified or registered.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 1.510, 1.520, 1.540, 1.545, 50.054, 50.0545, 62D.405
BDR: 1.510, 1.520, 1.540, 1.545, 50.054, 50.0545, 62D.405