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Ethical and Practice Standards for Health Care Interpreters in Central Ohio 2/26/02 Draft DRAFT FOR REVIEW BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND HEALTH CARE INTERPRETERS Please Note: These standards were developed under a grant from Access HealthColumbus, for the purpose of creating community-wide standards for health care interpreters in Central Ohio. The standards are intended for voluntary adoption by health care providers and interpreters and contain a proposed effective date of September 30, 2002. The Access HealthColumbus Cultural Competency Strategy Team, which oversees this project, requests that health care providers, interpreter agencies and others will adopt these standards as applicable to the health care interpreters they use. The team would like to receive written notification from organizations that have adopted the standards.Please send notification of adoption, comments and questions to: Cathy Levine, Policy Director UHCAN Ohio, 1015 East Main Street, Columbus, OH 43205; telephone: (614) 253-4340; fax: (614) 253-4339; e-mail: uhcanohio@ee.net.*The drafting committee, described more fully in the Introduction to these standards, includes representatives from four hospital systems and several community-based interpreter agencies. |
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This project was supported by Access HealthColumbus. Access HealthColumbus is a community initiative funded by the Columbus Medical Association Foundation and Osteopathic Heritage Foundations to assure access to health care for vulnerable populations in Franklin County.
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