Administrative Hearing and Medical Interpreter Program

Effective July 1, 2008 the State Personnel Board  (SPB) will maintain the list of administrative hearing and medical interpreters and oversee the Interpreter Program as mandated by Government Code Section 11435.05 - 65 that requires interpreters used in state administrative hearing and medical proceedings  be certified.

The interpreter examinations for administrative hearing and medical interpreter were recently given and no new examination dates have been established.  If you are interested in obtaining certification to interpret at state proceedings, you are encouraged to take the court interpreter examination.  As a court interpreter, your certification allows you to interpret in administrative and medical proceeding for state departments and placed on the state master list of interpreters.  Please visit their website at www.courtinfo.ca.gov to learn about the Court Interpreter Examination.

If you are a certified administrative hearing or medical interpreter and have not submitted your recertification application, renewal certification forms will be accepted through June 30, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact the SPB Interpreter Program at (916) 653-7325 or e-mail interpreter@spb.ca.gov.

If you are looking for a certified administrative hearing or medical interpreter, please click on the link below and you will be able to search for certified interpreter by location and language.

Administrative Hearing and Medical Interpreter Listing