                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DIVULGENCE OF COMMUNICATIONS BY QUALIFIED INTERPRETERS AND COMMUNICATIONS
ASSISTANTS (§ 8.01-44.3)

If the content of any communication which is facilitated for compensation in the
professional capacity of a qualified interpreter, as defined in § 51.5-113, or
in the professional capacity of any communications assistant employed by the
statewide dual party relay service established under Article 5 (§ 56-484.4 et
seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 56, is divulged by such interpreter or assistant,
any such party to the communication aggrieved by such divulgence may recover
from such interpreter or assistant the greater of (i) actual damages sustained,
together with costs and reasonable attorneys&#8217; fees, or (ii) $100. No such
recovery shall be permitted if the interpreter or assistant and the parties to
the communication have agreed that the interpreter or assistant may divulge the
content of the communication.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 614.