Pennsylvania Statutes Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) § 1725.5.1 § 1725.5.1. Provisional registration

(i) A completed application.

(ii) Payment of any required fees.

(iii) Proof that within five years prior to the date of application for provisional registration the applicant has graduated from an interpreter education program with an associate degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education or has met the requirements of an alternative pathway program.

(iv) Proof that the applicant has passed a knowledge examination approved by the office.

(i) The applicant is 18 years of age or older.

(ii) The applicant has graduated from an interpreter education program with an associate degree or higher or has met the requirements of an alternative pathway program.

(iii) The applicant has paid all applicable fees established pursuant to this act.

(iv) The applicant possesses the general fitness, competence and reliability sufficient to satisfy the office that the applicant is worthy of a provisional registration.

(v) Other criteria as the office may establish by regulation.

(i) A legal setting.

(ii) A mental health setting unless accompanied by a qualified sign language interpreter or qualified transliterator.

(iii) A medical setting, unless the patient is informed that the individual engaged in interpreting or transliterating has obtained a provisional registration, is not State-registered under this act and that the patient has the right to be provided upon request a qualified sign language interpreter or qualified transliterator.

(iv) A critical care, intensive care or emergency department setting in a health care facility, unless the exception under section 4(b)(2)  1 applies.