{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-43-52-03","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 43-52-03","heading":"Exceptions","body":"This chapter does not prevent or restrict:\n1.A nonresident interpreter working in this state not more than nineteen days per year.\n2.An interpreter working at a religious activity.\n3.An interpreter working as a volunteer without compensation.\n4.An interpreter working in an emergency. An emergency is a situation in which the consumer decides that the length of time needed to obtain a certified interpreter is likely to cause injury or loss to the consumer.\n5.The activities and services of an interpreter intern or student-in-training enrolled in a program of study in interpreting at an accredited institution of higher learning; interpreting under the supervision of a certified interpreter as part of a supervised program; and identified as an interpreter intern or student-in-training.\n6.An individual using sign language or a manual communication system as a means of communication with or on behalf of a family member, a deaf individual, a deaf-blind individual, a speech-impaired individual, or hard-of-hearing individual who has specifically requested that use by that individual.\n7.A communication made as a reasonable accommodation for the employment of a deaf, deaf-blind, speech-impaired, or hard-of-hearing individual.\n8.A communication with a deaf, deaf-blind, speech-impaired, or hard-of-hearing individual who could not communicate using American sign language or English-based sign language.\n9.An individual working in an elementary or secondary school who has passed the educational interpreter performance assessment at a level of 3.5 or higher.\n10.An individual who has successfully completed an accredited interpreter training program from interpreting without certification for a period of up to two years from the date of completion of the program if, during that period, the individual is mentored by a trained mentor who is either a certified interpreter or a deaf adult.","path":["Title 43 Occupations And Professions","Chapter 43-52 Interpreters"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t43c52.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"071c7178959c7ef27e00a16a6e9ee160034bb5e367858c90c3d2b3fb70151a13","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-43-52-02","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-43-52-04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}