E.__"CART provider" means a person who provides CART.

F.__"Client" means a deaf person, a hard-of-hearing person or a hearing person who is provided interpreting services by a privileged interpreter.

G.__"Confidential communication" means a communication that a client has a reasonable expectation is not being disclosed to persons other than a privileged interpreter and any client to whom the communication is intended to be made.

H.__"Deaf interpreter" means a deaf person or hard-of- hearing person with native or near-native fluency in American Sign Language who has training in interpreting and training or experience in the use of gesture, mime, props, drawings and other tools to enhance communication for deaf persons with minimal language skills.

I.__"Deaf person" means a person whose sense of hearing is nonfunctional for the purpose of communication and who must depend primarily upon visual communication.

J.__"Hard-of-hearing person" means a person who has a hearing loss resulting in a functional loss, but not to the extent that the person must depend primarily upon visual communication.

K.__"Interpreting organization" means an organization whose function is to provide qualified legal interpreter services for a fee.

L.__"Privileged interpreter" means a person identified by clients as necessary to facilitate accurate communication between the clients and who otherwise has no substantial personal or business interest in the communication.

M.__"Qualified legal interpreter" means a person who is licensed under Title 32, chapter 22 as a certified interpreter, certified deaf interpreter or certified transliterator and who:

(1)__Is a hearing person who:

(a)__Holds a current Specialist Certificate: Legal from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. or its successor;