§7352. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.   [PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF).]

1.  Board.  "Board" means the Polygraph Examiners Advisory Board under section 7371.

[PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF).]

2.  Commissioner.  "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Safety.

[PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF).]

2-A.  Criminal justice agency.  "Criminal justice agency" has the same meaning as in Title 16, section 803, subsection 4.

[PL 2015, c. 316, §1 (NEW).]

3.  Department.  "Department" means the Department of Public Safety.

[PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF).]

4.  Instrument.  "Instrument" means a device used to test a subject to directly or indirectly detect deception or verify the truth of a statement by, at a minimum, recording visually, permanently and simultaneously a subject's cardiovascular, respiratory and electrodermal patterns.

[PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF).]

5.  Intern.  "Intern" means a person who holds a polygraph examiner intern license under this chapter.

[PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF).]

5-A.  Polygraph examination.  "Polygraph examination" means an examination conducted by a polygraph examiner that consists of a pre-test phase, an in-test phase and a post-test phase.

[PL 2015, c. 316, §1 (NEW).]

6.  Polygraph examiner.  "Polygraph examiner" means a person licensed under this chapter to use an instrument.

[PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF).]

7.  Polygraph examiner internship.  "Polygraph examiner internship" means a course of study of polygraph examinations and of the administration of polygraph examinations by an intern under the supervision and control of a polygraph examiner.

[PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW). PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF). PL 2015, c. 316, §1 (AMD).