Nevada § 50.050 - Interpreters for person with communications disability: Definitions; appointment required in judicial proceedings; compensation; certain persons not required to pay for interpreter

§ 50.050. Interpreters for person with communications disability: Definitions; appointment required in judicial proceedings; compensation; certain persons not required to pay for interpreter

1. As used in NRS 50.050 to 50.053 , inclusive, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “ Interpreter ” means a: (1) Registered community interpreter; or (2) Person who is appointed as an interpreter pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 50.0515 . (b) “ Person with a communications disability ” means a person who, because the person is deaf or has a physical speaking impairment,

cannot readily understand or communicate in the English language or cannot understand

the proceedings. (c) “ Registered community interpreter ” means a person registered with the Aging and Disability Services Division of the

Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 656A.100 to engage in the practice of sign language interpreting in a community setting. 2. In all judicial proceedings in which a person with a communications disability

appears as a witness, the court, magistrate or other person presiding over the proceedings

shall appoint an interpreter to interpret the proceedings to that person and to interpret

the testimony of that person to the court, magistrate or other person presiding. 3. The court, magistrate or other person presiding over the proceedings shall fix

a reasonable compensation for the services and expenses of the interpreter appointed

pursuant to this section. If the judicial proceeding is civil in nature, the compensation of the interpreter

may be taxed as costs, except that the person with a communications disability for

whose benefit the interpreter is appointed must not be taxed, charged a fee or otherwise

required to pay any portion of the compensation of the interpreter. 4. Claims against a county, municipality, this State or any agency thereof for the

compensation of an interpreter in a criminal proceeding or other proceeding for which

an interpreter must be provided at public expense must be paid in the same manner

as other claims against the respective entities are paid. Payment may be made only upon the certificate of the judge, magistrate or other

person presiding over the proceedings that the interpreter has performed the services

required and incurred the expenses claimed.