(a) An applicant for a trilingual certificate must:
  (1) provide proof of holding one of the following certificates:
    (A) valid Board for Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI) Level I, II, III, IV, V, Basic, Advanced, or Master certificate; or
    (B) valid Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Comprehensive Skills Certificate (CSC), Certificate of Interpretation (CI), and/or Certificate of Transliteration (CT); or
    (C) valid National Association of the Deaf-Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (NAD-RID) National Interpreter Certification (NIC), National Interpreter Certification Advanced, or National Interpreter Certification Master; and
  (2) meet the following qualifications and requirements:
    (A) satisfy qualifications set forth in §109.217 of this chapter (relating to Qualifications and Requirements for a BEI Certificate);
    (B) submit the appropriate application and pay required fees;
    (C) pass the requisite examinations for the trilingual certificate sought, which include:
      (i) the Test of Spanish Proficiency; and
      (ii) a trilingual performance examination.
(b) Trilingual certificate holders must satisfy the annual certificate renewal and five-year recertification requirements for both the prerequisite certificate and for the trilingual certificate.

Source Note: The provisions of this §360.405 adopted to be effective April 24, 2013, 38 TexReg 2513; transferred effective March 1, 2021, as published in the Texas Register February 5, 2021, 46 TexReg 946