Terms Used In Michigan Laws 338.1713

  • Board: means the state board of forensic polygraph examiners. 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
  • Intern: means a person who is actively engaged in an approved training program pursuant to becoming an examiner. See Michigan Laws 338.1703
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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
  •    A nonresident applicant for an intern‘s license or a temporary examiner‘s license shall file an irrevocable consent that actions against the applicant may be filed in any appropriate court in any county of this state in which the plaintiff resides or in which some part of the transaction occurred out of which the alleged cause of action arose and that process in any action may be served on the applicant by leaving 2 copies thereof with the board. The consent shall stipulate and agree that such service of process shall be taken and held to be valid and binding for all purposes. The board secretary shall send 1 copy of the process to the applicant at the address shown on the records of the board by registered or certified mail.