PURPOSE: This rule allows applicants with certain national certifications to become licensed in Missouri.

1. (1) In addition to the certificates specified in section 209.322, RSMo, the following licenses and certifications are recognized as qualifying credentials for an initial license, renewal license, or temporary license:

   1. (A) Certification issued by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID), doing business as NAD-RID National Interpreter Certification, c/o RID, Inc., 333 Commerce Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, as follows:

      1. 1. National Interpreter Certification (NIC);
      2. 2. NIC Advanced;
      3. 3. NIC Master; and
      4. 4. Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA)

at the level of 4.0 or higher.

AUTHORITY: section 209.328.2(3), RSMo 2000.* Emergency rule filed Aug. 22, 2006, effective Sept. 1, 2006, expired Feb. 27, 2007. Original rule filed Aug. 22, 2006, effective Feb. 28, 2007. Amended: Filed Aug. 27, 2009, effective Feb. 28, 2010.

*Original authority: 209.328, RSMo 1994.