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Sign Language Interpreter Review Board

General Information
  • Formal Name:
    Sign Language Interpreter Review Board
  • Contact Person:
    Traci Cooney
  • Purpose:
    To develop guidelines and regulations for the licensing of sign language interpreters.
  • How Many Affectable:
    Not Applicable
  • How Many Served:
    Not Applicable
  • Year Created:
    2002
  • Year Active:
    2002
  • Sunset Date:
    2002
Authorization
  • Authorization Citation:
    N.R.S. 71-4728.05
  • Parent Agency:
    Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Memberships and Meetings
  • Number Of Members:
    8
  • Who Appoints:
    Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Full Board
  • Legislative Approval:
    yes
  • Qualifications Of Members:
    one director of Health and Human Services or hisher designee; one director of the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or hisher designee; two deaf or hard of hearing people; two qualified interpreters who must be licensed interpreters within one-year of their appointment; 2 members representing local government.
  • Per Diem:
    no
  • Expense Reimbursement:
    yes
  • Term Length:
    3 years
  • Terms Rotate or Expire At Once:
    Terms Rotate
Meetings Required In:
  • Required FY 13-14:
    4
  • Held FY 13-14:
    4
  • Required FY 14-15:
    4
  • Held FY 14-15:
    4
  • Required FY 15-16:
    4
  • Held FY 15-16:
    4
Operations
  • Support Staff:
    yes
  • Shared or Separate:
    Parent Agency
  • FY 13-14 Budget:
    0
  • FY 14-15 Budget:
    0
  • FY 15-16 Budget:
    0
  • Other Funding Sources:
    none
  • Spending Authority:
    No
Accomplishments
  • Since July 1, 2012:
    The Sign Language Interpreter Review Board (IRB) has assisted the Department of Education in raising the testing requirements to school interpreters. The IRB has also assisted the Full Commission Board in updating the rules and regs for sign language interpreters as well as gotten several licensing bills passed requiring video remote interpreting businesses in Nebraska to hold a license.