| Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
| Adv | Advanced |
| aka | also known as |
| App | Apprentice ( certification no longer offered) |
| ASL | American Sign Language |
| BCI | Board for Certification of Interpreters |
| BEI | Board for Evaluation of Interpreters (Name for both the Texas Board that developed the test and the testing system itself) |
| CAF | Communication Access Fund |
| CART | Computer Assisted Real-time Transcription |
| CDI | Certified Deaf Interpreter |
| CDL | Commercial Driver’s License |
| CEU | Continuing Education Units (2.0 required each year, including at least 1.5 in ethics) |
| CI/CT | Certificate of Interpreting/Certificate of Transliterating (Equivalent to MICS Advanced) |
| CPC | Code of Professional Conduct (20 CSR 2232-3.010 – General Principles) |
| CSC | Comprehensive Skills Certificate (Equivalent to MICS Advanced) |
| CSR | Code of State Regulations (The Code of State Regulations (CSR) is updated monthly. Pursuant to section 536.021.8, RSMo, "no rule...shall become effective prior to the thirtieth day after the date of publication of the revision to the Missouri code of state regulations.)" |
| DARS | Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (Until 2016, Texas agency responsible for BEI. Transferred to Texas Health and Human Services Commission) |
| DESE | Department of Elementary and Secondary Education |
| EIPA | Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (The EIPA is a tool that evaluates the voice-to-sign and sign-to voice skills of interpreters who work in the elementary through secondary classroom using videotape stimulus materials and a procedure that includes a comprehensive rating system). |
| FTE | Full Time equivalent (An FTE is the hours worked by one employee on a full-time basis). |
| Gen | General |
| HADP | Hearing Aid Distribution Program |
| HB | House Bill |
| IEP | Individualized Education Program |
| IPC | Intern/Practicum Certification (1) Intern/Practicum Certification (IPC) will be granted to a student applicant upon verification of registration in an interpreting practicum or internship course in an Interpreter Training Program (ITP) that is recognized by the Board for Certification of Interpreters (BCI) and housed in a regionally accredited institution of higher education). |
| ITP | Interpreter Training Program |
| JCAR | Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (The Administrative Rules division publishes administrative rules and regulations that are encapsulated in the Code of State Regulations or CSR, the Missouri Register and any current Emergency Rules). |
| LP | Learner’s Permit (Provisional Certification aka Learner’s Permit 5 CSR 100-200.170(16) & 5 CSR 100-200.047) |
| MCDHH | Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing |
| MCE | Manually Coded English |
| MICS | Missouri Interpreters Certification System |
| MLS | Minimal Language Skills |
| MO-CDI | Missouri Certified Deaf Interpreter (Formal name of our CDI certification) |
| MO DB-CF | Missouri DeafBlind Children and Family Programs |
| MO SSP-D | Missouri SSP Program Discretionary Fund (To allow special expenditures for the Missouri SSP Programs that would not otherwise be covered) |
| MO DB Kids | Missouri DeafBlind Children and Family Programs (To support existing programs that serve DeafBlind children and their families) |
| MO DB-SPIE Kids | Missouri DeafBlind Scholarship Program for Independence and Education of Families (To enable the families of DeafBlind children to attend programs and events that allow them to develop skills toward establishing or maintaining independence) |
| MO DB-SPIE | Missouri DeafBlind Scholarship Program for Independence and Education (To enable DeafBlind individuals to attend programs and events that allow them to develop skills toward establishing or maintaining independence) |
| MO DB-SPIE-F | Missouri DeafBlind Scholarship Program for Independence and Education of Families |
| NAD | National Association of the Deaf |
| NAD level 5 | Equivalent to MICS Master |
| NAD level 4 | Equivalent to MICS Advanced |
| NAD level 3 | Equivalent to MICS Basic |
| NIC | National Interpreter Certification (Equivalent to MICS Advanced) |
| NIC Master | Equivalent to MICS Master |
| NIC Advanced | Equivalent to MICS Master |
| Pidgin Signed English | Pidgin Signed English (PSE is a combination of American Sign Language and English). |
| RCED | Restricted Certification in Education (By conversion only. Interpreter must take EIPA test and have score of 4.0 or above) |
| RFP | Request for Proposals or Request-for-proposals |
| RID | Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) |
| RsMo | Revised Statutes of Missouri |
| SB | Senate Bill |
| SBRFB | Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board (Missouri SBRFB was established for the purpose of giving small businesses a voice in the development and enforcement of regulations that affect them. https://www.sbrfb.ded.mo.gov/) |
| SCI | State Committee of Interpreters |
| SEE | Signing Exact English |
| SES | Suspended Execution of Sentence |
| SIS | Suspended Imposition of Sentence |
| SOS | Secretary of State (www.sos.mo.gov) |
| SSP | Support Service Provider (An individual hired by the Missouri SSP Program to empower persons who are DeafBlind to be independent and make their own decisions). |
| TDD | Telecommunications device for the deaf (Also TTY Teletypewriter) |
| TEP | Test of English Proficiency (Name of BEI written test) |
| Texas HHSC | Texas Health and Human Services Commission (Agency who created BEI and currently administers the BEI program). |
| VRI | Video Remote Interpreting (a video telecommunication service that uses devices such as web cameras or videophones to provide sign language or spoken language interpreting services). |
| VRS | Video Relay Service (Video Relay Service is a form of Telecommunications Relay Service that enables persons with hearing disabilities who use American Sign Language to communicate with voice telephone users through video equipment, rather than through typed text. Video equipment links the VRS user with a TRS operator – called a communications assistant, or CA – so that the VRS user and the CA can see and communicate with each other in signed conversation). |