Resource  Standards and Procedures of the Office of Language Access

Table of Contents

• Introductory materials
  • Trial Court Order regarding the Standards and Procedures of the Office of Language Access 
  • Committee for the Administration of Interpreters for the Trial Court 
  • Introduction to the 2024 edition of the Standards and Procedures 
• Standards and procedures
  • Section 1.00: Principles, Application, and Authority 
  • Section 2.00: Definition of Terms 
  • Section 3.00: Office of Language Access (OLA) 
  • Section 4.00: The Code of Professional Conduct for Interpreters in the Trial Court 
  • Section 5.00: Recruitment, Application Process, Minimum Requirements, Screening, and Credentialing of Court Interpreters 
  • Section 6.00: Training of Staff and Per Diem Court Interpreters 
  • Section 7.00: Compensation of Per Diem Court Interpreters 
  • Section 8.00: Requesting Interpreter Services 
  • Section 9.00: Assigning Court Interpreters 
  • Section 10.00: Arrival and Departure Procedures for Per Diem Court Interpreters, ASL Interpreters, and DHH Interpreters 
  • Section 11.00: Processing Bills, Interpreter Invoices, and Extraordinary Requests for Per Diem Court Interpreters 
  • Section 12.00: Complaint Procedures 
  • Section 13.00: Reports and Statistics 
  • Section 14.00: Interpreter Services in Court Events