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

24-6-655. Waiver of right to interpreter.

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

  1. Whenever a hearing impaired person shall be authorized to be provided a qualified interpreter, such person may waive the right to the use of such interpreter. Any such waiver shall be in writing and shall be approved by the agency or law enforcement agency before which the hearing impaired person is to appear. In no event shall the failure of a hearing impaired person to request an interpreter be deemed to be a waiver of the hearing impaired person’s right to a qualified interpreter.

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, § 24-6-655, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

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Text read from t24-ch1-7-(v20)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V20, 2023 edition, page 673; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 f2f9d1712dd4.