Montana § 49-4-507 - Coordination Of Interpreter Requests

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§ 49-4-507. Coordination Of Interpreter Requests

Coordination of interpreter requests. (1) Whenever an appointing authority is required to appoint an interpreter, the authority shall request the department of public health and human services to furnish the authority with a list of qualified interpreters. If the choice of qualified interpreters does not meet the needs or wishes of the deaf person, the appointing authority shall appoint another qualified interpreter. (2) The Montana association of the deaf and the Montana registry of interpreters for the deaf shall provide the department of public health and human services with a list of qualified and available interpreters. (3) The only function of the department of public health and human services is to maintain the list referred to in subsection (2).

Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 49-4-507 ("Coordination Of Interpreter Requests") is part of the Montana Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Montana. 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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