Legal Disclaimer

Disclaimer

    BISVRS provision of Video Relay Services (VRS) is governed by the rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) (47 C.F.R. 65.601 et. seq.) pursuant to the FCC’s authority under Section 225 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 225. Under these rules, VRS Communication Assistants (CAs) must meet certain minimum standards in order to qualify as VRS interpreters. While all of BISVRS’ interpreters are qualified to provide VRS under the FCC’s rules, different credentialing and licensing requirements are imposed by each of the individual states with respect to the qualifications needed to provide legal interpreting, i.e., interpreting for depositions and other legal proceedings. Because BISVRS is centrally located in a few states, it cannot guarantee that all of its interpreters meet all of the legal interpreting qualifications of every one of these states. Moreover, many states require legal interpreters to be “sworn in” and to be fully briefed about the case at hand before being permitted to participate in legal proceedings. BISVRS’s procedures for the provision of VRS and the FCC’s mandate to keep all VRS calls confidential may conflict with these state requirements. BISVRS does not represent or imply in any way that the BISVRS’ VRS CAs are fully credentialed to provide legal interpreting under all state laws, nor that BISVRS’ VRS procedures are warranted for any such specialized legal interpreting use. No party shall have the right to rely on such VRS for such specialized interpreting service needs.

VRS Mail

   BISVRS has no control over the the consumer's email accounts where VRS mails may be bounced back. Such bounced VRS mails will be discarded in 30 days.  In no event will BISVRS' be liable for any incidental, consequential or indirect actions rising out of the use of VRS Mail at the expense of other user's network with limited capabilities.

International VRS

   All VRS calls must either originate or terminate in the United States and/or U.S. territories.  To place an international call, the caller must begin or end the call within the United States and/or U.S. territories.

    This service is being offered through temporary funding by the Interstate TRS Fund administered by the National Exchange Carriers Association. VRS is not a State Relay product.