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Licensed Interpreter Services

Licensed Interpreter Services for Driver & Motorcycle Rider Education

Pursuant to Maine Motor Vehicle Statutes Title 29-A, when a deaf or hard-of-hearing person is required to complete a driver education course and examination pursuant to Title 29-A, Section 1351 or 1352, the Secretary of State shall provide a licensed interpreter or Computer-Assisted Real-time Transcription (CART) provider. 

Licensed interpreter or CART services provided under this section must be paid for by the Secretary of State. See definitions:

  1. "CART" means computer-assisted real-time transcription using specialized equipment to transcribe real-time word-for-word spoken English into written English that can be viewed on a computer screen or projected onto a large screen.
  2. "CART provider" means a person who provides CART.
  3. "Deaf person" means a person whose sense of hearing is nonfunctional for the purpose of communication and who must depend primarily upon visual communication.
  4. "Hard-of-hearing person" means a person who has a hearing loss resulting in a functional loss, but not to the extent the person must depend primarily upon visual communication.