{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-6-650","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 24-6-650","heading":"State policy on hearing impaired persons.","body":"It is the policy of the State of Georgia to secure the rights of hearing impaired persons who, because of impaired hearing, cannot readily understand or communicate in spoken language and who consequently cannot equally participate in or benefit from proceedings, programs, and activities of the courts, legislative bodies, administrative agencies, licensing commissions, departments, and boards of this state and its political subdivisions unless qualified interpreters are available to assist such persons.","path":["TITLE 24 EvidenceCHAPTER 99.","CHAPTER 6 Witnesses","Article 3 Use of Sign Language and Intermediary Interpreter in Administrative and Judicial Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.24.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"cf74860d9f6bfc1cac7b7e4b8d193152a285994193dd9f2371374a22aa25fab4","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-6-623","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-6-651"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}