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).] 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).]
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