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services. The content and form of the disclosure must be developed | | by the department pursuant to rule-making provisions of the Maine | | Administrative Procedure Act. Rules adopted pursuant to this | | section are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter | 375, subchapter II-A |
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| | | Sec. 6. 32 MRSA §1532, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 399, §17 and | | affected by §20, is repealed. |
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| | | This bill makes the following changes to the laws governing | | licensure for interpreters for the deaf and hard-of-hearing: |
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| | | 1. It provides that achieving a score of 3.5 on the | | Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment may be used as an | | additional method of obtaining licensure as a limited interpreter | | for the deaf or hard-of-hearing or a limited transliterator; |
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| | | 2. It eliminates the requirement that an interpreter disclose | | the interpreter's training and experience to a consumer or | | persons utilizing the services of the interpreter in order to | | make the disclosure more meaningful to the consumer and less | | burdensome for the interpreter; |
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| | | 3. It decreases the initial and renewal license fees for | | applicants who are deaf from $300 to $100; |
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| | | 4. It increases from 15 to 20 the annual number of hours of | | continuing education that must be completed by persons licensed | | as limited interpreters, limited transliterators and limited deaf | | interpreters; and |
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| | | 5. It repeals transitional language relating to | | qualifications for limited licenses. |
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