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U. S. non profit organization
The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc (RID) is a non profit organization founded on June 16, 1964, and incorporated in 1972, that seeks to uphold standards, ethics, and professionalism for American Sign Language interpreters. to certified members in support of skill enhancing studies. The organization also provides the Ethical Practices System (EPS) for those who want to file grievances against members of RID. The organization also collaborated with the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) to develop the Code of Professional Conduct (CPC). The CPC Standard Practice Papers (SPP) are also available for professional interpreters to reference. RID is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

The Certification Maintenance Program (CMP) is a Continuing Educations Unit (CEU) tracking system for Certified Members. To maintain their certification, a member must complete 8.0 CEUs or 80 hours of education during a four year cycle. The four ways to earn CEUs are Workshops that are RID/ACET approved, Participant Initiated Non RID Activities (PINRA), Academic Coursework, and Independent Study. There are two categories of CEUs. Professional Study CEUs are directly connected to the interpreting field. A member must complete 6.0 or 60 hours of Professional Study CEUs. These can be workshops or post secondary classes related to ASL linguistics, Deaf Culture, and other languages. A member must also gain 1.0 or 10 hours of Power, Privilege, and Oppression (PPO) CEUs that will be included in the Professional Studies category. If a member has a specialty such as Legal interpreting, they must complete 2.0 or 20 hours per cycle in their specialty. General Studies are any other type of continuing education. This can be an accounting class or a local workshop on watershed maintenance. For a person to earn CEUs in the PINRA, Academic Coursework, and Independent Study categories, they need to contact a CMP Sponsor to approve and process them before and after the activity. ACET is the Associate Continuing Educations Tracking for members who are still working on their certification but have not yet passed the test.

The Ethical Practices System (EPS) processes complaints and determines actions to be taken after a review process. The EPS has been established for the public to file complaints against individual members of RID. The process for filing a complaint must be started within 90 days of the situation. The complaint can either be presented in ASL or written, and complete information must be presented in the complaint. The requirements include the full names of the person filing the complaint and the interpreter, the incident's date and location and a complete statement including evidence. The full set of requirements is in the EPS Policy Manual. After the intake is complete, the case is then rejected or accepted. When the claim is accepted, the next step is mediation or adjudication. A final decision will be made after the case is thoroughly investigated. If the results are unsatisfactory, there is an appeal process.