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).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 7352

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).