Appointment of interpreter - 2 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 583

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     § 583.  Appointment of interpreter.
        (a)  Appointment of certified interpreter.--Upon request, a
     presiding officer shall appoint a certified interpreter unless
     the certified interpreter is unavailable as provided in
     subsection (b).
        (b)  Appointment of otherwise qualified interpreter when
     certified interpreter is unavailable.--
            (1)  An otherwise qualified interpreter shall be
        appointed by a presiding officer if a good faith effort was
        made to obtain a certified interpreter and a certified
        interpreter was not reasonably available, as determined by
        the presiding officer.
            (2)  Prior to the appointment of an otherwise qualified
        interpreter, the presiding officer shall state on the record
        that to the best of the knowledge of the presiding officer,
        the otherwise qualified interpreter:
                (i)  is readily able to interpret;
                (ii)  is certified by the National Association for
            the Deaf, the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf or
            similar registry, to the best of the knowledge of the
            presiding officer; and
                (iii)  has read, understands and agrees to abide by
            the code of professional conduct for administrative
            proceeding interpreters for persons who are deaf, as
            established by the department.
        (c)  Additional interpreters.--After consideration of the
     length of the administrative proceeding, the special needs of
     the person who is deaf and the number of persons involved who
     are deaf, the presiding officer may appoint, as provided in
     subsections (a) and (b), an additional interpreter or provide
     for additional interpretation in a manner deemed appropriate by
     the presiding officer.

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