NRS 629.670 Interpreters: Duties to provide and pay cost; duty to utilize qualified interpreter; exceptions.

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1. A provider of health care shall not:

(a)Require a person with limited English proficiency to provide his or her own interpreter or pay the cost of an interpreter;

(b)Utilize an adult who is not qualified as an interpreter pursuant to NRS 629.690 to interpret or facilitate communication for a person with limited English proficiency except where authorized pursuant to subsection 2 or 3;

(c)Utilize a child who is less than 18 years of age to interpret or facilitate communication for a person with limited English proficiency except where authorized pursuant to subsection 2; or

(d)Utilize a person under the supervision of the provider of health care who is not an interpreter or a translator qualified pursuant to NRS 629.690 to interpret or facilitate communication for a person with limited English proficiency.

2. A provider of health care may utilize an adult who is not qualified as an interpreter pursuant to NRS 629.690 or a child who is less than 18 years of age to interpret or facilitate communication for a person with limited English proficiency on a temporary, emergency basis if:

(a)There is an imminent threat to the safety or welfare of any person or the public;

(b)An interpreter who is qualified pursuant to NRS 629.690 is not immediately available;

(c)The provider of health care is attempting to find an interpreter who is qualified pursuant to NRS 629.690 ; and

(d)An interpreter who is qualified pursuant to NRS 629.690 later confirms or supplements the initial communications with the interpreter utilized pursuant to this section.

3. A provider of health care may utilize an adult who is not qualified as an interpreter pursuant to NRS 629.690 to interpret or facilitate communication for a person with limited English proficiency if the person with limited English proficiency requests for the adult to interpret or facilitate communication for him or her. Such a request must be:

(a)Made without the adult present to an interpreter who is qualified pursuant to NRS 629.690 ;

(b)Agreed to by the adult;

(c)Documented in the record of the person with limited English proficiency; and

(d)Deemed appropriate under the circumstances by the provider of health care.