460 IAC 2-2.1-2 - Definitions
Authority: IC 12-9-2-3; IC 12-12-7-5
Affected: IC 12-9-1-1; IC 12-12-1-2; IC 12-12-7
Sec. 2.
The following definitions apply throughout this rule:
(1) "ASL" means American Sign Language.
(2) "ASLTA" means American Sign Language Teacher Association.
(3) "Board" means the board of interpreter standards under the administration of the unit.
(4) "Deaf person" or "hard of hearing person" means a person who meets the following criteria:
(A) Has a hearing loss that prevents the person from receiving and understanding voice communication with or without amplification.
(B) Uses at least one (1) of the following as a primary means of communication:
(i) ASL.
(ii) English-based signed systems.
(iii) Tactile methods.
(iv) Writing.
(v) Reading.
(vi) Speech reading.
(vii) Finger spelling.
(viii) Beneficial assistive devices.
(5) "Division" means the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services established under IC 12-9-1-1.
(6) "Educational interpreter" means a person who performs the service of interpreting or transliterating in an educational setting.
(7) "Interpreter" means a person who performs the service of interpreting or transliterating.
(8) "Interpreting" means any method of interfacing communication between a deaf or hard of hearing person and a person who is not deaf or hard of hearing and includes:
(A) oral interpreting;
(B) sign language interpreting; or
(C) transliterating.
(9) "NAD" means the National Association of the Deaf.
(10) "Oral interpreting" means the process of interpreting or transliterating a spoken message from a hearing person to a deaf or hard of hearing person, or from a deaf or hard of hearing person to a hearing person, excluding sign language interpreting, as follows:
(A) Using clear articulation or voiceless repetition.
(B) Using natural facial expressions and natural gestures.
(C) Placing an emphasis on speech reading.
(D) Understanding and repeating the message and the intent of the message.
(E) Understanding and repeating the speech and mouth movements of the deaf or hard of hearing person.
(11) "Registered interpreter" means a person who has met the criteria established by the board in accordance with 460 IAC 2-3 and is registered by the board.
(12) "RID" means the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
(13) "Sign language interpreting" means the process of conveying a message:
(A) produced in ASL into an equivalent message in spoken or written English; or
(B) in spoken or written English into an equivalent message in ASL.
(14) "Transliterating" means the process of presenting:
(A) written or spoken English into an English-based sign system; or
(B) an English-based sign system in written or spoken English.
(15) "Unit" means the unit for the deaf and hard of hearing services established under IC 12-12-1-2.
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