MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 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, Sec. 8920-62; Laws, 1968, ch. 380, Sec. 2; reenacted, 1980, ch. 500, Sec. 2; reenacted, 1993, ch. 351, Sec. 2, eff from and after passage (approved March 12, 1993).


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