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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-2425" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="24" subtitle_name="Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board shall issue a provisional license to provide sign language interpretation services to an individual who has:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>taken and passed a nationally or regionally recognized knowledge and ethics exam or other exam approved by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>satisfied other requirements established by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue a provisional license to an individual who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, otherwise qualifies for a license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>submits to the Board an application on the form that the Board provides;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>does not provide sign language interpretation services in a setting set forth in subsection (c) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>pays to the Board the application fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>While a provisional license is in effect, the license holder may not provide sign language interpretation services in the following settings:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a legal setting;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>except as a part of a formal mentorship, a medical setting, unless the individual is accompanied by a licensed sign language interpreter; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>except as a part of a formal mentorship, a behavioral health setting, unless the individual is accompanied by a licensed sign language interpreter.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A provisional license to provide sign language interpretation services expires on the third anniversary of its effective date.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the Board may renew a provisional license for one additional 2–year term, if the license holder:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Board the individual’s continued efforts to achieve nationally or regionally recognized certification or to meet other qualifications established by the Board to qualify for a license under this part;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>submits to the Board a renewal application on the form that the Board provides; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>pays to the Board the renewal fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>An individual may not hold a provisional license for more than 5 years.</text>
  </level>
</section>
