§ 338.1701 Short title
§ 338.1702 Persons not exempted from act
§ 338.1703 Definitions
§ 338.1704 Minimum standards for instruments or devices
§ 338.1705 State board of forensic polygraph examiners; creation; appointment, terms, and qualifications of members; vacancy
§ 338.1706 State board of forensic polygraph examiners; election of officers; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; additional meetings; examinations for examiner’s licenses; quorum; majority
§ 338.1707 Rules; filing of applications; collection and disposition of fees; order as prima facie proof; appropriation of funds
§ 338.1708 Activities requiring license
§ 338.1709 Examiner’s license; issuance without examination; conditions and qualifications
§ 338.1710 Examiner’s license; qualifications
§ 338.1711 Intern’s license; qualifications
§ 338.1712 Temporary examiner’s license; qualifications
§ 338.1713 Irrevocable consent by nonresident applicant to service of process
§ 338.1714 Reciprocity
§ 338.1715 Fees; receipt of completed application; time period for issuance of license; report; “completed application” defined
§ 338.1716 Duration of licenses
§ 338.1717 Specific requirements as to licenses
§ 338.1718 Renewal of examiner’s license
§ 338.1719 Refusal to issue or suspension or revocation of license; grounds
§ 338.1720 Investigating actions of applicant or licensee; motion or complaint; notice or charges; service of notice; hearing; evidence; continuance; location of hearing; closed hearing; request for public heari
§ 338.1721 Surrender or seizure of license
§ 338.1722 Reinstatement of license
§ 338.1723 Transcripts and records of proceedings before board; motion for rehearing
§ 338.1724 Review
§ 338.1725 Witnesses; documents
§ 338.1726a Administration of test by examiner or intern in violation of polygraph protection act of 1981; misdemeanor; penalty; liability to employee or applicant
§ 338.1727 Injunction
§ 338.1728 Unlawful disclosures; exceptions
§ 338.1729 Violations; penalties

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 338 > Act 295 of 1972 - Forensic Polygraph Examiners Act

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Association: means an association registered under section 1930. See Michigan Laws 500.1903
  • Board: means the state board of forensic polygraph examiners. See Michigan Laws 338.1703
  • Commissioner: means the director. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Eligible unauthorized insurer: means an insurer not authorized to transact insurance in this state but eligible to write insurance business under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 500.1903
  • Employer: means a person who employs 1 or more persons or who accepts applications for employment of persons; or an agent of an employer. See Michigan Laws 338.1703
  • Enrollee: means an individual who is entitled to receive health services under a health insurance contract, unless the context requires otherwise. See Michigan Laws 500.116
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Examinee: means an individual who is being examined, tested, or questioned by an examiner or intern for the purpose of detecting deception or verifying truthfulness. See Michigan Laws 338.1703
  • Examiner: means any person, other than an intern, who does any of the following:
  (i) Purports to detect deception, verify truthfulness, or provide a diagnostic opinion of these matters through instrumentation or the use of a mechanical device. See Michigan Laws 338.1703
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • Health insurance policy: means an expense-incurred hospital, medical, or surgical policy, certificate, or contract. See Michigan Laws 500.608
  • Health maintenance organization: means that term as defined in section 3501. See Michigan Laws 500.106
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • insurance contract: means a contract of insurance, indemnity, suretyship, or annuity issued or proposed or intended for issuance by a person engaged in the business of insurance. See Michigan Laws 500.116
  • Insurance producer: means that term as defined in section 1201. See Michigan Laws 500.116
  • Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106
  • Intern: means a person who is actively engaged in an approved training program pursuant to becoming an examiner. See Michigan Laws 338.1703
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Licensee: means a person licensed under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 500.1903
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any natural person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 338.1703
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Public examiner: means an examiner who performs or purports to perform the service of detecting deception or verifying truthfulness exclusively in his or her official capacity as a salaried employee of some agency, county, city, or township of this state. See Michigan Laws 338.1703
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Rate: means the cost of insurance per payroll before adjustment for an individual insured's size, exposure, or loss experience. See Michigan Laws 500.2402
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
  •   (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • subscriber: means an individual who enters into an insurance contract for health insurance, or on whose behalf an insurance contract for health insurance is entered into, with an insurer. See Michigan Laws 500.116
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o