460 IAC 2-3-2 - Definitions and acronyms
Authority: IC 12-12-7-5
Affected: IC 12-12-7
Sec. 2.
(a) The
definitions and acronyms in this section apply throughout this rule unless
specifically noted.
(b) "ASL" means
American Sign Language.
(c) "BIS"
means board of interpreter standards.
(d) "CDI" means certified deaf
interpreter.
(e) "CEU" means
continuing education unit.
(f)
"Consumer" means the persons for and between whom the interpreter is
facilitating communication, and includes both hearing and deaf
consumers.
(g) "DDRS" means the
division of disability and rehabilitative services.
(h) "Deaf/blind interpreting" means using the
special skills required to interpret for a person who uses ASL and is both deaf
and blind.
(i) "DHHS" means deaf
and hard of hearing services.
(j)
"Identified interpreting agency" means an agency whose business is providing
interpreting services, has been in business prior to July 1, 1999, and is found
on a list of identified interpreting agencies with DHHS.
(k) "Interpreter" refers to both interpreters
and transliterators.
(l) "ITP"
means interpreter training program.
(m) "Minimal language skilled interpreting"
means using the special skills required to interpret for a person who has no
first language and minimal skills in any other language.
(n) "NAD" means National Association of the
Deaf.
(o) "NIC" means National
Interpreter Certification.
(p)
"Payee" means a person who contracts with a freelance interpreter on behalf of
a public or private agency, organization, or business for a particular
assignment involving one (1) or more deaf clients and one (1) or more hearing
consumers.
(q) "Proof of
employment" means a letter from an approved agency, or copy of pay stub, or
1099 Form, or W-2.
(r) "RID" means
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
(s) "Setting" means the context within which
an interpreting assignment takes place.
(t) "Team stage interpreting" means using the
special skills required to interpret on stage or at a large event in tandem
with a team of interpreters.
(u)
"TECUnit" means Testing, Evaluation, and Certification Unit, Inc.
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