                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AGENCY PROCEEDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS; APPLICATION FOR LICENSES AND SERVICES (§
2.2-3401)

A. In the case of any agency proceeding or determination as to whether there is
a violation of law or regulation by a deaf person or whether such person may
obtain or retain a license or other right or benefit, and when the agency or
deaf person requests an interpreter for the deaf, the agency shall request the
Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing to appoint a qualified
interpreter or shall appoint such an interpreter from a list of qualified
interpreters supplied by the Department to interpret the proceedings to the deaf
person and to interpret any testimony the deaf person may give.

B. Whenever a deaf person applies for or receives any license, service,
assistance or other right or benefit provided by an agency, the agency shall
either request the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing to
appoint a qualified interpreter for the deaf or appoint such an interpreter from
the list of qualified interpreters maintained by the Department to assist the
deaf person in communicating with agency personnel.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 602, §§ 2.1-571, 2.1-572; 2001, c. 844.