Codes of Ethics and Title VI
Medical 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
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
- 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
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