A. Whenever an appointing authority receives a valid request for the services of an interpreter, the appointing authority shall request the commission for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons to furnish a list of interpreters.
B. The New Mexico association of the deaf and the New Mexico registry of interpreters for the deaf are authorized to assist the commission to prepare and continually update a listing of available interpreters. When requested by an appointing authority to provide assistance in providing an interpreter, the commission shall supply a list of available interpreters.
C. An interpreter who has been appointed shall be reimbursed by the appointing authority at a fixed rate reflecting a current approved fee schedule as established by the commission and the administrative office of the courts. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any state department, board, institution, commission, agency or licensing authority or any political subdivision of the state from employing an interpreter on a full-time basis or under contract at a mutually agreed upon compensation rate.
History: Laws 1979, ch. 263, § 7; 2007, ch. 23, § 4.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, in Subsection A, changed "vocational rehabilitation division" to "commission for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons"; in Subsection B, changed "division" to "commission"; and in Subsection C, changed "division" to "commission and the administrative office of the courts".
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 9 - Interpreters for Deaf
Section 38-9-3 - Interpreter required.
Section 38-9-4 - Interpreter waiver.
Section 38-9-5 - Interpreter; services.
Section 38-9-6 - Notice; proof of disability.
Section 38-9-7 - Coordination of interpreter requests.
Section 38-9-8 - Interpreter permitted.