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

1. 1. Board "Board" means the Polygraph Examiners Advisory Board under section 7371.

   [PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF).]

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

   [PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF).]

3. 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).]

4. 3. Department "Department" means the Department of Public Safety.

   [PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW); PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF).]

5. 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).]

6. 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).]

7. 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).]

8. 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).]

9. 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).]

PL 2013, c. 316, §3 (NEW). PL 2013, c. 316, §5 (AFF). PL 2015, c. 316, §1 (AMD).