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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
“Practice of sign language interpreting” means the facilitation of communication between persons who are deaf or whose hearing is impaired and other persons. The term includes, without limitation:
1. Interpreting or translating between any spoken language and American Sign Language or any other visual-gestural system of communication;
2. Interpreting or translating between any spoken language and a tactile method of sign language;
3. Interpreting or translating between any spoken language and an oral interpretation of the speaker's words by enunciating, repeating or rephrasing those words without using the voice to assist a person who is deaf or whose hearing is impaired in lipreading the information conveyed by the speaker;
4. Interpreting or translating between any spoken language and a visual representation of spoken language that:
(a) Uses eight hand shapes to represent groups of consonants and the placement of those hand shapes in four positions around the face to indicate groups of vowel sounds; and
(b) Is used in conjunction with lipreading;
5. Interpreting or translating between any spoken language and a system of sign language that is based on the syntax of the English language; and
6. The use of any of the methods of interpreting or translating set forth in subsections 1 to 5, inclusive, by a person who is deaf or whose hearing is impaired to facilitate communication between another person who is deaf or whose hearing is impaired and an interpreter, or between two or more persons who are deaf or whose hearing is impaired.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 54. Professions, Occupations and Businesses § 656A.060. “Practice of sign language interpreting” defined - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-54-professions-occupations-and-businesses/nv-rev-st-656a-060/
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