Mississippi § 13-1-311 - List of qualified interpreters.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 13-1-311 — List of qualified interpreters., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13-1-311. List of qualified interpreters.
It shall be the responsibility of the appointing authority to channel requests for qualified interpreters through (a) the Mississippi Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf; (b) the community services program at the Mississippi School for the Deaf, or, (c) any community resource wherein the appointing authority or the deaf person is knowledgeable that such qualified interpreters can be found. It shall be the responsibility of the community services program at the Mississippi School for the Deaf to compile and update annually a listing of qualified interpreters and to make this listing available to authorities in possible need of interpreter services as provided in Sections 13-1-301 through 13-1-315.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13-1-311 ("List of qualified interpreters.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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