Section Ed 1020.11 - Maintenance of Classification(a) "Continuing education units (CEUs)," for the purpose of this rule, means: (1) Participation in professional workshops sponsored by a post-secondary interpreter training program, the RID, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) or the state chapters of such organizations, or any other professional training organization which focus on issues related to the deaf community, the interpreting process, or both;(2) Conventions or conferences of either deafness or interpreting organizations;(3) Tutoring sessions, if such sessions are qualified under paragraph (b); and(4) For the 20% required in areas not related to deafness or interpreting, participation in a course, workshop, or training session on a topic unrelated to deafness, but which has an impact on the interpreter's activities as a sign language interpreter.(b) To qualify, a tutoring session shall be provided by RID certified interpreters who hold their NIC, Certificate of Interpretation (CI) or NAD level V.(c) Classification as a qualified interpreter under Ed 1020.10 shall be valid for 6 years from date of issue.(d) All state-classified interpreters shall earn CEU's. The number of CEU's earned shall be the same number of hours as those required by RID over each 4-year period, 80% of which shall be deafness or interpreting related, and 20% of which shall be either deafness or interpreting related or in other areas as pursuant to Ed 1020.11(a)(4) above. CEU hours shall be awarded based on clock hours of participation and shall require documentation from such training programs such as an agenda, conference packet, or syllabus. No one convention, workshop, or course shall be used to satisfy the entire requirement.(e) An individual's classification shall lapse for an individual who fails to obtain national certification before the expiration of the 6-year classification period, and the individual shall no longer be: (1) Listed in the department of education's directory of interpreters for the deaf; and(2) Considered a licensed interpreter by the state of New Hampshire.N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 1020.11
Derived from Volume XLI Number 32, Filed August 12, 2021, Proposed by #13231, Effective 7/13/2021, Expires 7/13/2031