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Title 24. EVIDENCE · Chapter 6. WITNESSES · Article 3. USE OF SIGN LANGUAGE AND INTERMEDIARY INTERPRETER IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

24-6-652. Qualified interpreters at agency proceedings.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    The agency conducting any proceeding shall provide a qualified interpreter to the hearing impaired person:#

    1. (1)

      Whenever the hearing impaired person is a party to the proceeding or a witness before the proceeding; or#

    2. (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. (b)

    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.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

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

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t24-ch1-7-(v20)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V20, 2023 edition, pages 669 to 670; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 f2f9d1712dd4.