61-34-5: Exemptions.

The Signed Language Interpreting Practices Act does not apply to:

A. nonresident interpreters working in New Mexico less than thirty calendar days per year;

B. interpreting in religious or spiritual settings;

C. interpreting in informal settings for friends, families or guests;

D. interpreting in emergency situations where the deaf, hard-of-hearing or deaf-blind person or that person's legal representative decides that the delay necessary to obtain a licensed interpreter is likely to cause injury or loss to the consumer;

E. the activities or services of a supervised interpreter intern or student in training who is enrolled in an interpreter education program, interpreter preparation program, or a program of study in signed language interpreting at an accredited institution of higher learning approved by the board; or

F. multilingual interpreting in order to accommodate the personal choice of the consumer.