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Originally Posted by ChuckElias
No. The FED is responsible for issuing FED rulings. Our state interpreter (any state interpreter) is there to make rulings where there is no definitive ruling from the FED. IAABO is not a rules-making organization. If my state interpreter intentionally gave me a ruling contradictory to the FED, that would make my state association a rules-making organization; and he's not authorized to do that.
That's absolutely not correct. However, if my state interpreter knowingly gave me a ruling that was contradicted by a FED ruling, I would disregard the his ruling. If he told me that a blarge was to be administered by yielding the call to the official who primary responsibilty, I would try to correct him by pointing out the correct FED interp. If he said, "I know, but I hate that ruling, so this is how we're going to do it in MA", I would tell him flat out that's not how we're doing it in Springfield.
I get my training from IAABO. I get my rules from the FED.
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Chuck, I know where you're coming from. This one is kind of a unique situation though. I can see different state interpreters issuing conflicting rulings, even with the existence of an old NFHS handout. Jmo, but I think that this one needs to go in the current case book someplace, and only the FED can do that.