1. a) Acceptable certificates for a provisional license include any of the following:

   1. 1) Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) 3.5 or above and/or Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) certification based on EIPA evaluation;

   2. 2) Interpreter Skills Assessment Screening (ISAS) Interpreting Level 1 or 2;

      1. 3) Interpreter Skills Assessment Screening (ISAS) Transliterating Level 1 or 2;

   3. 4) Missouri Interpreter Certification Novice or Apprentice;

      1. 5) Illinois Board for Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI) Test of English Proficiency (TEP) or other state's BEI TEP;
      2. 6) Deaf Interpreters, with a minimum of 8 contact hours of training on the NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct, and/or a state accredited college or university course including the Code of Professional Conduct and 8 contact hours on the role and responsibilities of Certified Deaf Interpreter, both completed within 3 years prior to the date of application; or
      3. 7) Until January 1, 2011, an interpreter who cannot provide any of the certificates required by this subsection (a), but who maintained a valid and unencumbered registration with the Commission on July 1, 2007 under the Interpreters for the Deaf Act [225 ILCS 442, repealed January 1, 2009].

      4. b) Acceptable certificates for a license with an intermediate proficiency level include any of the following:

         1. 1) Interpreter Skills Assessment Screening (ISAS) Interpreting Level 3 or above;
         2. 2) Interpreter Skills Assessment Screening (ISAS) Transliterating Level 3 or above;
      5. 3) RID Interpretation Certificate (IC);
      6. 4) RID Transliteration Certificate (TC);
      7. 5) RID IC/TC;
      8. 6) Testing Evaluation and Certification Unit Inc. (TECUnit);

      9. 7) Missouri Interpreter Certification Intermediate;

         1. 8) Illinois BEI or other state's BEI Intermediate Level;
         2. 9) Deaf Interpreters with the required training under a provisional license and proof of passing a generalized knowledge based test provided by the Commission; or
         3. 10) Licensure in other states based on qualifications similar to those listed in this subsection (b).

      10. c) Acceptable certificates for a license with an advanced proficiency level include any of the following:

          1. 1) Interpreter Skills Assessment Screening (ISAS) Interpreting Level 4 or above and ISAS Transliterating Level 4 or above;
      11. 2) RID-CI;
      12. 3) RID-CT;
      13. 4) National Interpreter Certification (NIC);
      14. 5) National Association of the Deaf Certificate Level 3 or 4;
      15. 6) Missouri Interpreter Certification Advanced;

      16. 7) Illinois BEI or other state's BEI Advanced Level;

          1. 8) Deaf Interpreters with the required training under a provisional license and proof of passing the RID-CDI knowledge based test; or
          2. 9) Licensure in other states based on qualifications similar to those listed in this subsection (c).
      17. d) Acceptable certificates for a license with a master proficiency level include any of the following:
      18. 1) RID-CI/CT;
      19. 2) RID-Comprehensive Skills Certificate (CSC);
      20. 3) RID-Master Comprehensive Skills Certificate (MCSC);
      21. 4) RID-Reverse Skills Certificate (RSC);

      22. 5) RID-Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI);

          1. 6) RID Specialist Certificate: Legal (SC:L) (applies to acceptance of legal assignments only under Section 1515.90);
      23. 7) National Association of the Deaf Certificate Level 5;
      24. 8) Missouri Interpreter Certificate Comprehensive;

      25. 9) National Interpreter Certification (NIC) Advanced or Master;

          1. 10) Illinois BEI or other state's BEI Master Level; or
          2. 11) Licensure in other states based on qualifications similar to those listed in this subsection (d).

An applicant for a license as a sign language interpreter shall provide proof of a current and valid acceptable certificate. Based upon the accepted certificate, a proficiency level, as determined under Section 1515.90, will be indicated on the license.

(Source: Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 4775, effective March 14, 2011)