OAR 438-020-0010: Notice of Need for and Appointment of Interpreter

(1) When a party or a party's attorney determines that an interpreter is needed, the attorney, or an unrepresented claimant, shall immediately notify the Hearings Division's ISC. Notification is preferred by means of the Board’s website portal (https://portal.wcb.oregon.gov), website Online Services page (www.wcb.oregon.gov), mail, or FAX, although telephonic notification will be accepted. Notification should contain: (a) The claimant's name; (b) The WCB case number; (c) The insurer claim number; (d) The date, time and location of the hearing; (e) The assigned ALJ; and (f) The specific interpretation needs, such as the language and dialect, the need for multiple interpreters and the anticipated length of the proceeding if it is reasonably expected to last more than two hours; (2) The ISC, another designee of the assigned ALJ, or the assigned ALJ will appoint a certified or qualified interpreter and promptly notify the parties, or their representatives, of the name of the appointed interpreter. (3) If there is an objection to the appointed interpreter, the objecting party shall communicate the objection to the assigned ALJ within a reasonable time. (4) If, after the appointment of an interpreter, a proceeding is postponed or continued for reasons other than, and not including, an objection to or dissatisfaction with an appointed interpreter, it shall be presumed that the parties have no objection to the use of an interpreter previously appointed for the case and to whom no objection was made within a reasonable time after such appointment.