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NC Industrial Commission Sets Interpreter Role
The North Carolina Industrial Commission, which has the responsibility for administering the NC Workers' Compensation Act, recently issued a statement clarifiying the role of interpreters in the NC workers' comp system. The Industrial Commission notes that interpreters and translators may not write summary reports that include conversations between injured workers and their medical or vocational providers. According to the NCIC, interpreters may only provide an exact translation and should not summarize or comment on the conversations between NC injured workers their and medical or vocational providers. The opinion is here: http://www.ic.nc.gov/ncic/pages/063010mn.pdf
