Appointment of Interpreters for Hearing Impaired Persons Interested in or Witness at Agency Proceedings

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  1. The agency conducting any proceeding shall provide a qualified interpreter to the hearing impaired person:
    1. Whenever the hearing impaired person is a party to the proceeding or a witness before the proceeding; or
    2. Whenever a person who is below the age of 18 years is a party to the proceeding or a witness before the proceeding conducted by an agency whose parents are hearing impaired persons or whose guardian is a hearing impaired person.
  2. A hearing impaired person shall notify the agency not less than ten days, excluding weekends and holidays, prior to the date of the proceeding of the need for a qualified interpreter. If the hearing impaired person received notice of the proceeding less than ten days, excluding weekends and holidays, prior to the proceeding, such person shall notify the agency as soon as practicable after receiving such notice.

(Code 1981, §24-6-652, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under former O.C.G.A. § 24-9-102 are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Hearing impaired juror.

- Subsection (a) of former O.C.G.A. § 24-9-102 did not require that a court provide an interpreter for a hearing impaired prospective juror. 1987 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U87-11 (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 24-9-102).


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