Section 20-14-802 - DefinitionsAs used in this subchapter:
(1) "Cued speech" means the system of handshapes that represent groups of consonant sounds and hand placements that represent groups of vowel sounds that is used with natural speech to represent a visual model of spoken language;(2) "Deaf individual" means an individual who has a documented hearing loss so severe that the individual is unable to process speech and language through hearing, with or without amplification;(3) "Deaf interpreter" means a deaf individual who facilitates communication between another deaf person and a licensed qualified interpreter or between two (2) or more deaf persons;(4) "Deafblind individual" means an individual who has a combined loss of vision and hearing that prevents the individual's vision or hearing from being used as a primary source for accessing information;(5) "Hard of hearing individual" means an individual who has a hearing loss, may primarily use visual communication, and may use assistive devices;(6) "Interpret" means to provide language equivalency between a hearing individual and an individual who is deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or oral deaf using techniques that include without limitation: (A) American Sign Language;(B) English-based sign language;(7) "Interpreting agency" means an entity that provides qualified interpreter services for a fee;(8) "Licensed provisional interpreter" means an individual who is deaf, licensed under this subchapter;(9) "Licensed qualified interpreter" means an individual licensed under this subchapter;(10) "Oral deaf individual" means an individual whose sense of hearing is nonfunctional for the purpose of communication and whose primary method of communication is speech reading and spoken English; and(11) "Oral interpreting" means the use of oral transliteration with special techniques to make the English language visible for persons who communicate as speech readers.Added by Act 2013, No. 1314,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.