Codes of Ethics and Title VI
Interpreting and translation
This guide was developed by the American Translators Association and the National Council for Interpreters in Healthcare.
What’s in a Word? A guide to understanding interpreting and translation in health care
The Supreme Court establishes that interpreting and translation are separate professions
California EEOC: Court interpreters are professionals
Title VI information:
- LEP and Title VI videos from www.lep.gov
- Best Practice Recommendations for Hospital-Based Interpreter Services, published by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Language Access and Civil Rights – a compilation of information by the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters
- The Justice Index 2016 by Cardozo Law School, which includes a language access survey. This is from the point of view of access to interpreting in the courts. Oregon scores #5 on this list!
Ethics and Standards of Practice for medical interpreting:
- CLAS Standards
- HIPAA for Covered Entities (Interpreters are covered by HIPPA)
- HIPAA for Oregon Access – check the HIPAA materials. You can volunteer for these folks too!
- HIPAA and Language Services in Health Care
- Videos for discussion of ethics issues, published by the University of Glasgow
- Upcoming trainings with the State of Oregon Workers Compensation Board for health care providers and their staff – click on the Interpreters button on this page.
- Evolving views of the court interpreter’s role – an article by Holly Mikkelson
- Communicating through Healthcare Interpreters – by Cindy Roat
Medical interpreting codes of ethics:
- International Medical Interpreters Association
- Interpreters’ Code of Professional Conduct for the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (WA DSHS) signed by Helen Eby on January 6, 2020, to renew her translator certification. This has to be signed every four years, upon renewal.
- National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
- CHIA Standards and Ethics
- Code of ethics comparison – IMIA, NCIHC, CHIA
- Comparison between medical and court interpreting codes of ethics required in Oregon, submitted by OSTI for Worker Compensation Rules Review in 2016
- Comparison of ASTM, WA DSHS, NCIHC and Oregon Court codes of ethics
Standards of Practice for medical interpreting:
- International Medical Interpreters Association
- National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
- Comparison of Medical Interpreting Standards of Practice (IMIA and NCIHC)
- National Standard Guide for Community Interpreting Services in Canada, published by the Healthacare Interpretation Network in 2007.
Court interpreting:
- NAJIT Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibilities
- Model Guide for Interpreter Code of Ethics (from National Center for State Courts)
- American Bar Association Standards for Language Access in Courts.
- See more resources under Resources for Program Managers, on the National Center for State Courts language access website.
- Code of Professional Responsibility for Interpreters in the Oregon Courts
Other codes:
- Code of ethics for interpreters and translators serving the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
- RID Code of Professional Conduct (ASL Interpreters)
- Office of the Chief Immigration Judge Interpreter’s Handbook (Executive Office for Immigration Review)
Allied professions: (nurses, attorneys, etc.)
- American Nurses Association Code of Ethics
- Oregon State Bar rules and regulations
- Better Business Bureau Partner Code of Conduct