As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. 1. “Administrative agency” means any department, board, commission, or agency of the state or any political subdivision of the state.
2. 2. “Interpreter” means a person who transfers the meaning of spoken or written words in one language into the equivalent meaning in another spoken language.
3. 3. “Legal proceeding” means any action before any court, or any legal action preparatory to appearing before any court, whether civil, criminal, or juvenile in nature; and any proceeding before any administrative agency which is quasi-judicial in nature and which has direct legal implications to any person.
4. 4. “Limited English proficient” means the inability to adequately understand or effectively communicate in the English language because a person’s primary language is a language other than English.
5. 5. “Translator” means a person who transfers the meaning of written or spoken words in one language into the equivalent meaning in the written words of another language.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §622A.1] 2006 Acts, ch 1041, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §103; 2021 Acts, ch 77, §2