§ 4431. Duties of Court Administrator. (a) Interpreter program.–The Court Administrator may establish a program to appoint and use certified interpreters in judicial proceedings. To certify interpreters, the Court Administrator shall either: (1) establish a program, which shall include: (i) establishing and administering a comprehensive testing and certification program for interpreters; (ii) establishing and adopting […]
§ 4432. Appointment of interpreter. (a) Appointment of certified interpreter.–Upon request or sua sponte, if the presiding judicial officer determines that a principal party in interest or witness is deaf, then a certified interpreter shall be appointed, unless the certified interpreter is unavailable as provided in subsection (b). (b) Appointment of otherwise qualified interpreter when […]
§ 4433. Replacement of interpreter. Pursuant to general rule, the presiding judicial officer shall dismiss the interpreter and obtain the services of another interpreter in accordance with this subchapter if the interpreter: (1) Fails to follow the standards prescribed by law or by the code of professional conduct for court interpreters for persons who are […]
§ 4434. Interrogation. Upon the arrest of any person who is deaf and prior to interrogation, the arresting officer shall make available to the person who is deaf an interpreter who shall be present with the person who is deaf throughout the interrogation.
§ 4435. Oath. Before commencement of interpreter duties, an interpreter appointed under this subchapter shall take an oath or make an affirmation on the record that the interpreter will make a true interpretation to the person who is deaf in a manner that the person who is deaf understands and that the interpreter will repeat […]
§ 4436. Confidential communications in presence of interpreter. An interpreter appointed under this subchapter shall not be compelled to testify in any judicial proceeding or administrative proceeding to any statements made by the person who is deaf and interpreted by the interpreter when the person who is deaf is engaged in a confidential communication as […]
§ 4437. Cost of providing interpreter. (a) General rule.–Except as provided by general rule and in subsection (b), an interpreter appointed in accordance with this subchapter is entitled to a reasonable fee for the services of the interpreter and shall be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses by the county that has jurisdiction over the […]
§ 4438. Funding. Except as provided in section 4437 (relating to cost of providing interpreter), the General Assembly shall appropriate to the Court Administrator such sums as may be necessary to establish a program to facilitate the use of interpreters and otherwise fulfill the provisions of this subchapter. Implementation of this section is contingent upon […]
