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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 602 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":352942,"section_number":"2.2-3402","catch_line":"How interpreters paid","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3402\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1403387,"object_type":"law","relational_id":352941,"identifier":"2.2-3401","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/34\/2.2-3401","url":"\/2.2-3401\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3401\/","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/34\/2.2-3401","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agency proceedings and determinations; application for licenses and services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3401","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In the case of any agency<\/span> proceeding or determination as to whether there is a violation of law<\/span> or regulation by a deaf person<\/span> or whether such person may obtain or retain a license or other right or benefit, and when the agency<\/span> or deaf person<\/span> requests an interpreter for the deaf, the agency<\/span> shall request the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing<\/span> to appoint a qualified interpreter or shall appoint such an interpreter from a list of qualified interpreters supplied by the Department to interpret the proceedings to the deaf person<\/span> and to interpret any testimony<\/span> the deaf person<\/span> may give. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Whenever a deaf person<\/span> applies for or receives any license, service, assistance or other right or benefit provided by an agency<\/span>, the agency<\/span> shall either request the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing<\/span> to appoint a qualified interpreter for the deaf or appoint such an interpreter from the list of qualified interpreters maintained by the Department to assist the deaf person<\/span> in communicating with agency<\/span> personnel. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAGENCY PROCEEDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS; APPLICATION FOR LICENSES AND SERVICES (\u00a7\n2.2-3401)\n\nA. In the case of any agency proceeding or determination as to whether there is\na violation of law or regulation by a deaf person or whether such person may\nobtain or retain a license or other right or benefit, and when the agency or\ndeaf person requests an interpreter for the deaf, the agency shall request the\nVirginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing to appoint a qualified\ninterpreter or shall appoint such an interpreter from a list of qualified\ninterpreters supplied by the Department to interpret the proceedings to the deaf\nperson and to interpret any testimony the deaf person may give.\n\nB. Whenever a deaf person applies for or receives any license, service,\nassistance or other right or benefit provided by an agency, the agency shall\neither request the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing to\nappoint a qualified interpreter for the deaf or appoint such an interpreter from\nthe list of qualified interpreters maintained by the Department to assist the\ndeaf person in communicating with agency personnel.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 602, \u00a7\u00a7 2.1-571, 2.1-572; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}