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§ 61-34-5 NMSA 1978

Exemptions

Known as the Signed Language Interpreting Practices Act

The act spans §§ 61–61 (17 sections).

Laws 2007, ch. 248, § 5.

The Signed Language Interpreting Practices Act does not apply to:

A. nonresident interpreters working in New Mexico less than thirty calendar days per year;

B. interpreting in religious or spiritual settings;

C. interpreting in informal settings for friends, families or guests;

D. interpreting in emergency situations where the deaf, hard-of-hearing or deaf-blind person or that person's legal representative decides that the delay necessary to obtain a licensed interpreter is likely to cause injury or loss to the consumer;

E. the activities or services of a supervised interpreter intern or student in training who is enrolled in an interpreter education program, interpreter preparation program, or a program of study in signed language interpreting at an accredited institution of higher learning approved by the board; or

F. multilingual interpreting in order to accommodate the personal choice of the consumer.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.