73-29-3 - Definitions. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 73-29-3. Definitions.
 

In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition: 
 

"Board" means the polygraph examiners board; 
 

"Secretary" means that member of the polygraph examiners board selected by the board to act as secretary; 
 

"Internship" means the study of polygraph examinations and of the administration of polygraph examinations by a trainee under the personal supervision and control of a polygraph examiner in accordance with a course of study prescribed by the board at the commencement of such internship; 
 

"Person" means any natural person, firm, association, copartnership, or corporation; and 
 

"Polygraph examiner" means any person who uses any device or instrument to test or question individuals for the purpose of verifying truth of statements. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8920-62; Laws,  1968, ch. 380, § 2; reenacted, 1980, ch. 500, § 2; reenacted, 1993, ch. 351, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved March 12, 1993).