PURPOSE: This rule provides information concerning the performance test and evaluation in the Missouri Interpreters Certification System.

1. (1) The form, content, method of administration, passing standards, and method of scheduling of performance tests and evaluations in the Missouri Interpreters Certification System (MICS) shall be determined by the Board for Certification of Interpreters (BCI).
2. (2) Performance tests may normally be taken by individual applicants at the office of the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH) on any day of the week if they are scheduled with the coordinator at least thirty (30) days in advance.

3. (3) The performance test fee of all applicants must be received at the office of the MCDHH at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of their performance test.

   1. (A) If no fee is received, an applicant scheduled for the performance test will not be allowed to take the performance test, and will have to reschedule a new date and time for their performance test.
   2. (B) If the appropriate performance test fee has been received, then failure to appear for a scheduled performance test without reasonable prior notice, except in emergencies, will result in forfeiture of an applicant’s performance test fee. When reasonable prior notice is given, or failure to appear is due to an emergency, the applicant will be allowed to reschedule their performance test for some future time.

4. (4) The coordinator of the MICS will inform all applicants of their evaluation results by letter after the completion of their performance evaluation.

   1. (A) Included with the letter will be a wallet-sized certificate bearing the signature of the executive director of the MCDHH indicating the type or level of certification granted by the evaluators.
   2. (B) A larger certificate suitable for framing and hanging on a wall may be issued if the applicant so desires and pays the appropriate fee.

5. (5) If the applicant is unable to obtain the minimum score necessary for certification, no certification will be issued. In such an instance:

   1. (A) The applicant may apply to take the performance test again and be reevaluated by scheduling a new performance test date with the MICS coordinator and submitting the proper reevaluation fee;
   2. (B) The applicant may not retake the performance test until at least six (6) months have passed from the date of his/her last performance test; and
   3. (C) In all such cases of reevaluation, the written test will be waived.

AUTHORITY: sections 209.295(8) and 209.299, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed June 20, 1996, effective Jan. 30, 1997. Rescinded and readopted: Filed July 26, 2001, effective March 30, 2002. Amended: Filed Nov. 14, 2003, effective June 30, 2004.

*Original authority: 209.295, RSMo 1994 and 209.299, RSMo 1994.