§1528. Renewal

All registrations except temporary registrations licenses must be renewed annually on or before March 31st June 30th of each year or at such other time as the commissioner may designate. The annual registration license renewal fee must be established by the department by rulemaking and may not exceed $100 $300. The commissioner shall notify each registrant licensee, at the registrant's licensee's last known address, 30 days in advance of the expiration of the registration license. Renewal notices must be on forms provided by the department. A registration license not renewed by March 31st June 30th automatically expires. The department may renew an expired registration license if the renewal application is returned within 90 days after the registration license expiration date and upon payment of a late fee of $10 in addition to the renewal fee. A person who submits an application for renewal more than 90 days after the registration license expiration date is subject to all requirements governing new applicants under this chapter.

Sec. 15. 32 MRSA §1528-A is enacted to read:

§1528-A.__Continuing education

1.__Limited interpreters.__An application for renewal of a limited interpreter, limited transliterator or limited deaf interpreter license must show proof of completion of at least 15 hours annually of continuing education in American Sign Language or the interpreting process.__This subsection does not apply to interpreters, transliterators and deaf interpreters who obtain limited licensure status pursuant to section 1532 and who have not completed the educational and training requirements set forth in section 1524, subsection 4 or section 1524-A, subsection 3.

2.__Certified interpreters.__An applicant for renewal of a certified interpreter, certified deaf interpreter or certified transliterator license is not required to show proof of continuing education, but is required to show proof of continued certification by either the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. or the National Association of the Deaf, Inc., or a comparable or successor organization of either recognized by the commissioner.

Sec. 16. 32 MRSA §1530, first ¶, as corrected by RR 1997, c. 2, §54, is amended to read: