Title XXXII COURTS Chapter 476 • Effective - 28 Aug 2004 476.800. Definitions. — As used in sections 476.800 to 476.806, the following terms mean: (1) 'Appointing authority', any court required to provide an interpreter; (2) 'Court proceeding', any proceeding before a court of record; (3) 'Non-English speaking person', any person involved in a legal proceeding who cannot readily speak or understand the English language, but does not include persons who are deaf or have a hearing disability; (4) 'Qualified interpreter', an impartial and unbiased person who is readily able to render a complete and accurate interpretation or translation of spoken and written English for non-English speaking persons and of non-English oral or written statements into spoken English. -------- (L. 2004 S.B. 1211)
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