In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules for Certification and Regulation of Spoken Language Court Interpreters

Summary

The Court adopted amendments to the Florida Rules for Certification and Regulation of Spoken Language Court Interpreters, with minor modifications. The amendments broaden the definitions of court interpreter and court-related proceeding, require registration and progress toward designation, extend professional-conduct and disciplinary requirements to all covered interpreters, and expand preferences for qualified interpreters. The Court retained the requirement that an interpreter must have passed, rather than merely taken, an equivalent examination in another state.