Rule 19 - Continuing Educationa) Effective January 1, 2016, every Certified or Registered Courtroom Interpreter must complete a total of eight (8) hours of continuing education per calendar year, which shall include at least two (2) hours which relate to Oklahoma court rules and procedures, beginning in the first calendar year after the interpreter is enrolled. An instructional hour must contain at least fifty (50) minutes.b) An interpreter may seek an exemption from the continuing education requirement by filing with the Board a written statement, verified under oath, setting forth one of the following grounds for exemption: 1) The interpreter was a member of the armed forces on full-time active duty during the entire calendar year for which the interpreter seeks an exemption; or2) A medical condition has prevented the interpreter from working as an interpreter and completing continuing education for the calendar year for which the interpreter seeks an exemption. Written verification by a licensed physician must accompany such an exemption request.Okla. Stat. tit. 20, app I R. 19
Adopted by Order of the Supreme Court October 30, 1970; Amended October 8, 1981; Amended by Orders December 8, 2003, eff. 1/1/2004. Amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2009 OK 85, eff. 1/1/2010.