As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Detection of deception examiner," referred to in this chapter as "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. Before a person may be licensed as an examiner, he or she must have at least one (1) year's experience in detection of deception. Before an examiner may supervise a trainee, he or she must have at least two (2) years' experience in detection of deception; (2) "Trainee" means any person who has successfully completed a polygraph examiner's course at a polygraph examiner's school approved by the cabinet, but who has not been awarded the final certificate of proficiency or g raduate certificate from the school, or any person, not a licensed examiner, who administers detection of deception examinations under the direct, personal supervision and control of a licensed examiner who is licensed by this state. No examiner may have m ore than two (2) trainees under his or her supervision and control at any one (1) time; (3) "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, corporation, or trust; (4) "Cabinet" means the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; (5) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; (6) "Polygraph" means an instrument which records permanently and simultaneously a subject's cardiovascular and respiratory patterns an d other physiological changes pertinent to the detection of deception; and (7) "Polygraph examiner" means the same as detection of deception examiner.
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