96 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 1, § 002
Apprentice License: A one-time license valid for three years allowing applicants to practice while working toward obtaining community sign language licensure requirements as outlined in 003.01.
Apprentice Licensee: A person who holds an Apprentice License.
Auxiliary aid: Includes, but is not limited to, sign language interpreters, oral interpreters, tactile interpreters, deaf interpreters, note takers, transcription services, written materials, assistive listening devices, assisted listening systems, videotext displays, and other visual delivery systems.
Board: The Interpreter Review Board. A regulatory Board under the auspices of the Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Full Commission Board.
Calendar year: A period of twelve months from January 1 to December 31.
CASLI - Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpreters: The principal activity of CASLI shall be the development and administration of knowledge and performance tests that measure the proficiency of an individual to interpret between deaf individuals who use sign language and individuals who speak English. This testing is conducted solely for the purpose of RID, Inc. certification.
Certificate: A formal document verifying completion of a specific sign language proficiency level, course, or training program.
Commission: The Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Complaint: Any allegation against an interpreter, a VRI provider or against a hiring entity submitted to the Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The complaint may be submitted in any form.
Completed Application: An application with all of the information requested on the application filled in, the signature of the applicant, fees and all required documentation submitted.
Continuing Education Unit (CEU): For every ten hours of instruction, a participant receives one continuing education unit or one CEU.
Deaf-Blind person: Anyone with a dual sensory loss of both vision and hearing.
Deaf or hard of hearing person: A person whose hearing, with or without amplification, is so severe that they may have difficulty in auditorily processing spoken language without the use of an interpreter; or a person with a fluctuating or permanent hearing loss which may adversely affect the ability to understand spoken language without the use of an interpreter or other auxiliary aid.
Formal Complaint: Written statement, prepared by legal counsel retained on behalf of the Full Commission Board, stating formal allegations or violations of the Rules and Regulations and Statutes relating to Sign Language Interpreters.
Full Commission Board: The Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Full Commission Board.
Hearing Officer: The person or persons conducting a hearing, contested case, or other proceeding pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, whether designated as the presiding officer, administrative law judge, or some other title designation.
Intermediary interpreter: Any deaf or hard of hearing person who is able to assist in providing an accurate interpretation between spoken English and sign language or between variants of sign language in order to facilitate communication between a deaf or hard of hearing person and an interpreter.
Intermediary interpreting: Involves the use of sign language, gesture, mime, props, drawings, and/or other tools to enhance communication.
Intermediary License: A license that indicates proficiencies in interpretation or transliteration as described in 003.01B in these regulations and as established by the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 20-150.
Intermediary Licensee: A person who holds an Intermediary License.
Interpreter or Transliterator: A person who is able to interpret or transliterate accurately and impartially both receptively and expressively using any specialized vocabulary necessary.
Interpreter or Transliterator License: A license that indicates proficiencies in interpretation or transliteration as described in 003.01A in these regulations and as established by the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing pursuant to Nebraska Revised Statute § 20-150.
Interpreter or Transliterator Licensee: A person who holds an Interpreter/Transliterator License.
Interpreting: Conveying what is being spoken through Sign Language and conveying what is being signed into spoken English in an equivalent manner maintaining the speaker's intent.
NAD: The National Association of the Deaf.
NAD Certification: The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Interpreter Assessment and Certification Program, established in 1991, was designed to evaluate and certify qualified candidates to serve as sign language interpreters. (Assessment no longer offered.)
NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct: The document adopted by members of NAD and RID to outline the high standards of professionalism and ethical conduct expected of interpreters. The driving force behind the guiding principles is the notion that the interpreter will do no harm.
National Interpreter Certification (NIC): The interpreter certification test developed by the National Council on Interpreting.
Political Subdivision: A division of government less than the State.
QAST: The Mid-America Quality Assurance Screening Test is an assessment tool used to determine an interpreter's level of proficiency. (Assessment no longer offered.)
RID: The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) is a national organization that awards certification to interpreters and transliterators who successfully pass a national test.
RID Certification: Any interpreter certification developed and administered by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
State agency: Any state entity which receives appropriations from the Legislature and includes the Legislature, legislative committees, executive agencies, courts, and probation officials but does not include political subdivisions.
Temporary Permit: A permit that indicates proficiencies in interpretation or transliteration as described in 003.01C in these regulations, and which allows an interpreter to practice for a limited term.
Transliterating: The process of conveying the message into an English-based sign system.
Video Remote Interpreting Business License: A license held by a person or entity that demonstrates their employed interpreters' proficiencies as described in 004.01 in these regulations and as established by the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing pursuant to Nebraska Revised Statute § 20-150.
Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) provider: A person or an entity licensed to provide video remote interpreting services.
Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) services: The use of videoconferencing technology with the intent to provide effective interpreting services.
96 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 1, § 002