North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 90D Interpreters and Transliterators

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-1.   Title
  This Chapter may be cited as the "Interpreter and Transliterator Licensure Act". (2002-182, s. 1; 2003-56, s. 3.)
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-2.   Declaration of purpose
  The practice of manual or oral interpreting and transliterating services affects the public health, safety, and welfare, and therefore the licensure of these practices...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-3.   Definitions
  The following definitions apply in this Chapter: (1) Board. - The North Carolina Interpreter and Transliterator Licensing Board. (2) Cued speech. - A tool...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-4.   License required; exemptions
  (a) Except as provided in Chapter 8B of the General Statutes, no person shall practice or offer to practice as an interpreter or transliterator...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-5.   Creation of the Board
  (a) The North Carolina Interpreter and Transliterator Licensing Board is created. (b) Composition and Terms. - The Board shall consist of nine members who...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-6.   Powers of the Board
  The Board shall have the power and duty to: (1) Administer this Chapter. (2) Adopt, amend, or repeal rules necessary to carry out the...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-7.   Requirements for licensure
  (a) Upon application to the Board and the payment of the required fees, an applicant may be licensed as an interpreter or transliterator if...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-8.   Provisional license
  (a) Upon application to the Board and the payment of the required fees, an applicant may be issued a one-time provisional license as an...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-9.   Reciprocity; licensure of nonresident
  (a) The Board may issue a license to a qualified applicant who resides in this State and holds an interpreter or transliterator license in...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-10.   Expenses and fees
  (a) All salaries, compensation, and expenses incurred or allowed for the purposes of this Chapter shall be paid by the Board exclusively out of...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-11.   License renewal
  Each license issued under this Chapter shall be renewed on or before October 1 of each year. All applications for renewal shall be filed...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-12.   Disciplinary action
  The Board may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to license an interpreter or transliterator or applicant for any of the following: (1) Giving false...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-13.   Injunctive relief
  If the Board finds that a person who does not have a license issued under this Chapter claims to be a licensed interpreter or...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90D-14.   Civil penalties
  (a) Authority to Assess Civil Penalties. - The Board may assess a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the violation...

Last modified: March 23, 2014