In any proceeding involving a hearing-impaired person in which a qualified interpreter is unable to render a satisfactory interpretation without the aid of an intermediary interpreter, the hearing-impaired person involved may be permitted by the appointing authority to retain another person to act as an intermediary interpreter to assist the qualified interpreter during the proceedings.
CREDIT(S)
(Jan. 28, 1988, D.C. Law 7-62, § 6, 34 DCR 7426.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 31-2705.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 7-62, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 2-1901.