Chapter 388-03. Certification of DSHS spoken language interpreters, translators, employees, and licensed agency personnel (LAPL).  


Section 388-03-010. What is the purpose of these rules?
Section 388-03-020. What is the scope of these rules?
Section 388-03-030. What definitions are important to understanding these rules?
Section 388-03-050. What is the department's code of professional conduct for interpreters, translators, and LAPL?
Section 388-03-060. What is the responsibility of the language testing and certification (LTC) section in certifying and authorizing interpreters, translators, employees, and LAPL?
Section 388-03-110. What requirements apply to persons providing language services to DSHS clients?
Section 388-03-112. When am I considered certified or authorized?
Section 388-03-114. Can I provide language services to DSHS without taking a department examination?
Section 388-03-115. Who determines if my request for examination exemption is "sufficiently documented"?
Section 388-03-116. What if my certification documents are in a foreign language?
Section 388-03-117. What happens to my request for department recognition as an interpreter/translator?
Section 388-03-118. Does the department maintain lists of certified/authorized interpreters and translators?
Section 388-03-120. Who can take the department's interpreter/translator certification and screening examinations?
Section 388-03-122. What type of test is given by the department to certify and authorize persons providing language services to DSHS clients?
Section 388-03-123. What is a screening examination?
Section 388-03-125. How do I register for a certification or screening examination if I am not a department employee or an applicant for a bilingual position with the department?
Section 388-03-126. What does the pretest package contain?
Section 388-03-130. What examination fees must I pay?
Section 388-03-132. How do I pay my examination fees?
Section 388-03-133. Are my examination fees refundable?
Section 388-03-135. Where are the test locations and how frequent are the test sessions?
Section 388-03-136. Can I change my test appointment date and time?
Section 388-03-138. What procedural requirements apply to administering certification and screening examinations?
Section 388-03-140. What if a test candidate is suspected of cheating?
Section 388-03-142. Can I appeal the decision about my ineligibility to take any DSHS test because of cheating?
Section 388-03-144. How do I request an adjudicative hearing about the department's decision to declare me ineligible due to cheating?
Section 388-03-150. How does the department score my bilingual examinations?
Section 388-03-152. When does the department mail my test scores?
Section 388-03-153. I have passed my interpreter written test. How long is my written test score valid before I take my oral test?
Section 388-03-154. Can I appeal my test scores?
Section 388-03-156. How many times can I retake a failed test?
Section 388-03-160. How do I maintain my certification or authorization status?
Section 388-03-162. How does the department keep track of my continuing education credit hours?
Section 388-03-164. What happens if I do not meet the requirements for maintaining my certification or authorization status?
Section 388-03-166. What about certificates/authorization letters issued prior to the effective date of the revised chapter 388-03 WAC?
Section 388-03-170. Can the department deny or revoke my certification or authorization status?
Section 388-03-171. Can the department deny or revoke my certification or authorization status as a department bilingual employee?
Section 388-03-172. What procedures must the department follow if it denies or revokes my certification or authorization status?
Section 388-03-173. What is the required time frame to file a revocation request?
Section 388-03-174. Can I appeal the decision to deny or revoke my certification or authorization?
Section 388-03-176. How do I request an adjudicative hearing?