SECTION 360.405. Qualifications and Requirements for a Trilingual Certificate

(a) An applicant for a trilingual certificate must:

(1) provide proof of holding one of the following certificates:

(A) valid Board for Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI) Level I, II, III, IV, V, Basic, Advanced, or Master certificate; or

(B) valid Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Comprehensive Skills Certificate (CSC), Certificate of Interpretation (CI), and/or Certificate of Transliteration (CT); or

(C) valid National Association of the Deaf-Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (NAD-RID) National Interpreter Certification (NIC), National Interpreter Certification Advanced, or National Interpreter Certification Master; and

(2) meet the following qualifications and requirements:

(A) satisfy qualifications set forth in §109.217 of this chapter (relating to Qualifications and Requirements for a BEI Certificate);

(B) submit the appropriate application and pay required fees;

(C) pass the requisite examinations for the trilingual certificate sought, which include:

(i) the Test of Spanish Proficiency; and

(ii) a trilingual performance examination.

(b) Trilingual certificate holders must satisfy the annual certificate renewal and five-year recertification requirements for both the prerequisite certificate and for the trilingual certificate.

Source Note: The provisions of this §360.405 adopted to be effective April 24, 2013, 38 TexReg 2513; transferred effective March 1, 2021, as published in the Texas Register February 5, 2021, 46 TexReg 946