2.2-3401 - Agency proceedings and determinations; application for licenses and services. - Virginia Statutes

§ 2.2-3401. Agency proceedings and determinations; application for licensesand services.

A. In the case of any agency proceeding or determination as to whether thereis a violation of law or regulation by a deaf person or whether such personmay obtain or retain a license or other right or benefit, and when the agencyor deaf person requests an interpreter for the deaf, the agency shall requestthe Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing to appoint aqualified interpreter or shall appoint such an interpreter from a list ofqualified interpreters supplied by the Department to interpret theproceedings to the deaf person and to interpret any testimony the deaf personmay give.

B. Whenever a deaf person applies for or receives any license, service,assistance or other right or benefit provided by an agency, the agency shalleither request the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing toappoint a qualified interpreter for the deaf or appoint such an interpreterfrom the list of qualified interpreters maintained by the Department toassist the deaf person in communicating with agency personnel.

(1978, c. 602, §§ 2.1-571, 2.1-572; 2001, c. 844.)