In Re AMENDMENTS TO the FLORIDA RULES FOR CERTIFICATION AND REGULATION OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE COURT INTERPRETERS

This matter is before the Court for consideration of proposed amendments to the Florida Rules for Certification and Regulation of Spoken Language Court Interpreters (Interpreter Rules). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

In March 2014, this Court adopted amendments to the Interpreter Rules. See In re Amends, to Fla. Rules for Certif. & Regul. of Court Interpreters, 136 So.3d 584 (Fla.2014). Those amendments established and set out the standards for the three “designations”, of court interpreters: certified, language skilled, and provisionally approved. Id. at 585-86. The…