Section 656A.Sec. 7 - NEW1. A sign language interpreter shall: (a) Maintain the confidentiality of communications with each person to whom the sign language interpreter provides sign language interpreting services;(b) Accept each sign language interpreting assignment with due caution and care commensurate with his or her skills and experience;(c) When engaging in the practice of sign language interpreting, conduct himself or herself in a manner appropriate for the situation;(d) Demonstrate respect for each person to whom the sign language interpreter provides services and each colleague, intern or student with whom the sign language interpreter interacts;(e) Accurately represent his or her qualifications, including, without limitation, certification, educational background and experience, and provide documentation of those qualifications when requested;(f) Honor professional commitments and terminate sign language interpreting assignments only when reasonable grounds for termination exist;(g) Promote conditions for sign language interpreting that are conducive to effective communication and, when such conditions do not exist, inform each person involved in the sign language interpreting assignment and take appropriate measures to remedy the conditions;(h) Inform appropriate persons in a timely manner when the sign language interpreter will be delayed or unable to fulfill a sign language interpreting assignment;(i) Reserve the option to decline or discontinue a sign language interpreting assignment if conditions are unsafe, unhealthy or not conducive to sign language interpreting;(j) Refrain from harassment and coercion at all times;(k) If the sign language interpreter engages in sign language interpreting without charge, provide such sign language interpreting in a fair and reasonable manner;(l) Charge fair and reasonable fees for sign language interpreting and arrange for payment in a professional and judicious manner; and(m) Comply with all applicable requirements concerning the licensure of businesses prescribed by chapter 76 of NRS.2. A sign language interpreter shall not engage in the practice of sign language interpreting in a community setting or a primary or secondary educational setting unless the sign language interpreter is registered or provisionally registered to practice sign language interpreting in that setting.3. A community sign language interpreter who is provisionally registered shall not engage in the practice of sign language interpreting in a legal setting.Nev. Admin. Code § 656A.Sec. 7
Added to NAC by Office of Disability Services by R016-22A, eff. 9/20/2022; Added to NAC by Office of Disability Services by R016-22A, eff. 9/20/2022