209.287. Board for certification of interpreters established--appointment, qualification, terms--expenses--meetings--chairman elected how--quorum--removal from office, procedure.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

209.287. Board for certification of interpreters established--appointment, qualification, terms--expenses--meetings--chairman elected how--quorum--removal from office, procedure.

Board for certification of interpreters established--appointment,qualification, terms--expenses--meetings--chairman electedhow--quorum--removal from office, procedure.

209.287. 1. There is hereby established within the Missouricommission for the deaf and hard of hearing a board to be known as the"Board for Certification of Interpreters", which shall be composed of fivemembers. The executive director of the Missouri commission for the deafand hard of hearing or the director's designee shall be a nonvoting memberof the board.

2. The members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice andconsent of the senate from a list of recommendations from the commission.The members shall be appointed for terms of three years, except those firstappointed whose terms shall be staggered and one member appointed to servefor one year, two members to serve for two years and two members to servefor three years. No member shall be eligible to serve more than twoconsecutive terms, except a person appointed to fill a vacancy for apartial term may serve two additional terms. Two of the members appointedshall be deaf, two shall be certified interpreters and one shall be deaf ora certified interpreter. The members shall be fluent in American signlanguage, Pidgin Signed English, oral, tactile sign, or any specializedvocabulary used by deaf persons. The member shall have a background andknowledge of interpreting and evaluation.

3. The members shall receive no compensation for their services onthe board, but the commission shall reimburse the members for actual andnecessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.The board shall meet not less than two times per year. The board shallelect from its membership a chairperson and a secretary. A quorum of theboard shall consist of three of its members.

4. Any member of the commission may petition the governor to remove amember from the board for the following reasons: misconduct, inefficiency,incompetence or neglect of his official duties. The governor may removethe member after giving the committee member written notice of the chargesagainst him and an opportunity to be heard pursuant to administrativeprocedures in chapter 621, RSMo.