(1) In order to be recognized as an accepted training institution for detection of deception examiners by the cabinet, a polygraph examiner‘s school must offer at least two hundred and forty (240) hours of classroom training and instruction consisting of, but not limited to, the following subjects:
(a) Instrumentation of the instrument prescribed in KRS § 329.020; (b) Psychology;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 329.250

  • Cabinet: means the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet of the Commonwealth of
    Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 329.010
  • examiner: means any person, other than a trainee, who uses any device or instrument to test or question individuals for the purpose of detecting deception. See Kentucky Statutes 329.010
  • Polygraph: means an instrument which records permanently and simultaneously a subject's cardiovascular and respiratory patterns and other physiological changes pertinent to the detection of deception. See Kentucky Statutes 329.010

(c) Physiology;
(d) Question formulation; (e) Chart interpretation; (f) Interrogation;
(g) History and legal ethics of the polygraph; (h) Supervised practice examinations; and
(i) Any other courses necessary to assure adequate training of detection of deception examiners.
(2) At the request of the cabinet, a polygraph examiner’s school must furnish the cabinet with a course outline, the number of hours taught for each subject, the names and professional history of its owners, staff and instructors, and any other information required by the cabinet so it may determine that the school is an acceptable training institution. Unless the requested information is furnished to the cabinet and the school is accepted as a training institution, no graduate of the school may be licensed by the cabinet.
Effective: June 17, 1978
History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 8, effective June 17, 1978.