NAC656A.620. Disciplinary hearing: Notice; requirements for proof.

     1. If the Division proceeds with disciplinary action against an interpreter or Communication Access Realtime Translation provider, it will set a time and place for a disciplinary hearing. The Division will notify the interpreter or Communication Access Realtime Translation provider of:

     (a) The specific complaint against the interpreter or Communication Access Realtime Translation provider;

     (b) The time and place set for the disciplinary hearing;

     (c) The date set for resolution of the complaint; and

     (d) The sanctions which the Division may impose for the conduct in which the interpreter or Communication Access Realtime Translation provider allegedly engaged.

     2. The Division will serve the notice not less than 20 days before the date set for the disciplinary hearing, and will serve notice in the manner set forth in NAC 656A.630.

     3. During a disciplinary hearing conducted pursuant to this section:

     (a) Formal rules of evidence will not be applied;

     (b) Proof of actual injury need not be established; and

     (c) The Division will consider a certified copy of the record of a court or a certifying body showing a conviction, plea of nolo contendere, or the suspension, revocation, limitation, modification, denial or surrender of certification to practice as an interpreter or Communication Access Realtime Translation provider as conclusive evidence of its occurrence.

     (Added to NAC by Office of Disability Services by R210-08, eff. 10-1-2008; A by Aging & Disability Services Div. by R151-09, 8-13-2010)