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REPORTER’S NOTE
At the request of the Administrative Office of the Courts
(“AOC”), the Rules Committee recommends that Rule 16-819 (e) be
amended by deleting the “good cause” standard from the section
and replacing it with language stating that after a judge or
judicial appointee removes an interpreter from a proceeding, the
judge or judicial appointee must then report the removal to the
AOC.
The proposed Rule change allows a judge or judicial
appointee, in his or her discretion, to take prompt action to
remove an interpreter from a proceeding when a problem with the
interpreter arises in the middle of a hearing or trial. Under
the proposed amended Rule, it is unnecessary to delay or
interrupt the proceeding for the purpose of making a “good cause”
determination as to removal of the interpreter from the
proceeding. The requirement that the removal be reported to the
AOC allows the AOC to track instances of problems with an
interpreter that may indicate that the interpreter should be
removed from the list of court interpreters.
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