§ 8.01-400.1 Privileged communications by interpreters for the deaf (Supreme Court Rule 2:507 derived in part from this section)
Whenever a deaf person communicates through an interpreter to any person under such circumstances that the communication would be privileged, and such person could not be compelled to testify as to the communications, this privilege shall also apply to the interpreter.
History
This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 601 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 “Acts” aren’t available online.
1978, c. 601.