Code of Maine Rules
16 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
219 - OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
Chapter 51 - POLYGRAPH EXAMINER LICENSE REGULATION
Section 219-51-1 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 16 ME Code Rules ยง 219-51-1

Current through 2024-13, March 27, 2024

A. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety.

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

3. 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.

4. Intern. "Intern" means a person who holds a polygraph examiner intern license under 32 M.R.S. c. 86.

5. 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.

6. Polygraph examiner. "Polygraph examiner" means a person licensed under 32 M.R.S. c. 86 to use an instrument, as that word is defined in subsection 3.

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.

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