Restricted Use of Certain Persons to Facilitate Communication. Due to confidentiality, potential emotional involvement, and other factors that may adversely affect the ability to facilitate communication, Hospitals shall never require or coerce a family member, companion, case manager, advocate, or friend of a Patient or Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing to interpret or facilitate communications between Hospital Personnel and such Patient or Companion. In any case, such person shall be used to interpret or facilitate communication only if the Patient or Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing does not object, if such person wishes to provide such assistance, and if such use is necessary or appropriate under the circumstances, giving appropriate consideration to any privacy issues that may arise.
Restricted Use of Certain Persons to Facilitate Communication a. CPOT shall not require an individual who is deaf or hard of hearing to bring another individual to interpret for him or her. 28 C.F.R. § 36.303(c)(2).
Restricted Use of Certain Persons to Facilitate Communication. Due to privacy and confidentiality concerns, potential emotional involvement, and other factors that may adversely affect the ability to facilitate communication, DCF Personnel shall never require or coerce a family member, advocate or friend of a deaf or hard-of-hearing Customer or Companion to interpret or facilitate communication between DCF Personnel and such Customer or Companion unless the following four (4) factors are present:
Restricted Use of Certain Persons to Facilitate Communication. KFHPW will not rely on an adult friend or family member of the Patient or Companion who is deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing to interpret except:
Restricted Use of Certain Persons to Facilitate Communication. Due to confidentiality, potential emotional involvement, and other factors that may adversely affect the ability to facilitate communication, St. Luke’s shall never require or coerce a family member, companion, case manager, advocate, or friend of a Patient or Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing or who has a speech impairment to inter pret or facilitate co mmunications between Hospital Personnel and such Patient or Companion. In any case, such person shall be used to interpret or facilitate communication only if the Patient or Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing or who has a speech impairment does not object, if such person wishes to provide such assistance, and if such use is necessary or appropriate under the circumstances, giving appropriate consideration to any privacy issues that may arise.
Restricted Use of Certain Persons to Facilitate Communication. Xxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D. will not rely on an adult friend or family member of the individual with a disability to interpret except in an emergency involving an imminent threat to the safety of an individual or the public where there is no qualified interpreter available; or where the individual with a disability specifically requests that the adult friend or family member interpret, the accompanying adult agrees to provide such assistance, and reliance on that adult for such assistance is appropriate under the circumstances. Xxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D. will not rely on a minor child or a patient to interpret except in an emergency involving an imminent threat to the safety of an individual or the public where there is no qualified interpreter available. 28 C.F.R. §§ 36.303 (2), (3), (4).
Restricted Use of Certain Persons to Facilitate Communication. Due to confidentiality, potential emotional involvement, and other factors that may adversely affect the ability to facilitate communication, Ravenswood shall never require or coerce a family member, companion, case manager, advocate, or friend of a Patient or Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing or who has a speech impairment to interpret or facilitate communications between Hospital Personnel and such Patient or Companion. In any case, such person shall be used to interpret or facilitate communication only if the Patient or Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing or who has a speech impairment does not object, if such person wishes to provide such assistance, and if such use is necessary or appropriate under the circumstances, giving appropriate consideration to any privacy issues that may arise.
Restricted Use of Certain Persons to Facilitate Communication. Due to confidentiality, potential emotional involvement, and other factors that may adversely affect the ability to facilitate communication, ETMC shall never permit a family member, advocate, or friend of a Patient and Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing to interpret or facilitate communication between ETMC Staff and the Patient and Companion unless the following four factors are present:
Restricted Use of Certain Persons to Facilitate Communication. Due to confidentiality, potential emotional involvement, and other factors that may adversely affect the ability to facilitate communication, Genesis shall never permit a family member, advocate, or friend of a Patient and/or Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing to interpret or facilitate communication between Genesis Staff and the Patient and/or Companion unless the following four factors are present:
Restricted Use of Certain Persons to Facilitate Communication. Due to confidentiality, potential emotional involvement, and other factors that may adversely affect the ability to facilitate communication, the Hospital shall never require or coerce a family member, companion, case manager, advocate, or friend of a Patient or Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing or who has a speech impairment to interpret or facilitate communications between Hospital Personnel and such Patient or Companion. In any case, such person shall be used to interpret or facilitate communication only if the Patient or Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing or who has a speech impairment does not object, if such person wishes to provide such assistance, and if such use is necessary or appropriate under the circumstances, giving appropriate consideration to any privacy issues that may arise. 42. Procedures for Obtaining Interpreters. Beginning 30 days after the effective date of this Agreement, the Hospital shall take the following steps, in order, when it receives notice that a Patient or Companion requires sign language or oral interpreters for effective communication, with regard to a non-scheduled incident, until a qualified interpreter is secured or the steps have been exhausted: a. request an interpreter (he or she must be qualified to interpret for the specific individual who will be using the services) from each of the interpreters or agencies with whom the Hospital has an ongoing contract for qualified sign language or oral interpreter services; b. exert reasonable efforts (which shall be deemed to require no fewer than five (5) telephone inquiries) to contact any free-xxxxx interpreters or other interpreting agencies already known to the Hospital and request their services; and c. inform the Patient or Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing or who has a speech impairment (or, if unavailable, the person’s companions) of the efforts taken to secure a qualified interpreter and that the efforts have failed, and follow up on reasonable suggestions for alternate sources of interpreters, such as contacting an interpreter known to that person. 43.
