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Chapter 4.5. Division of Workers' Compensation
Subchapter 2. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board--Rules and Practice Procedure
Article 13. Hearings
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§ 10790. Interpreters.
It shall be the responsibility of any party producing a witness requiring an interpreter to arrange for the presence of a qualified interpreter. Subject to the rules of the Administrative Director, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board may in any case appoint an interpreter and fix the interpreter's compensation.
Note: Authority: Sections 130, 133, 5307 and 5708, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 4600, 4621, 5710 and 5811, Labor Code.
HISTORY
1. Renumbering of former section 10564 to section 10790, including amendment of section and Note, filed 12-17-2019; operative 1-1-2020. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2019, No. 51).
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