Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 49. HUMAN RIGHTS

CHAPTER 4. RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Part 5. Interpreters for the Deaf in Official Proceedings

Policy

49-4-501. Policy. It is the policy of this state to secure the constitutional rights of deaf persons who, because of impairment of hearing or speech, are unable to readily understand or communicate spoken language and who consequently cannot be fully protected in legal proceedings unless qualified interpreters are available to assist them.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 245, L. 1979.