Title 73, Professions and Vocations

(a) Each nonresident applicant for an original license or a renewal license shall file with the board an irrevocable consent that actions against said applicant may be filed in any appropriate court of any county or municipality of this state in which the plaintiff resides or in …

(1) An applicant who is a polygraph examiner licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States may be issued a license upon payment of a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and the production of satisfactory proof that:(1) He is at least twenty-one (21) years o…

(a) Upon approval by the board, the secretary shall issue an internship license to a trainee provided he applies for such license and pays the required fee within ten (10) days prior to the commencement of his internship. The application shall contain such information as may be r…

The fee to be paid for an original polygraph examiner’s license is fifty dollars ($50.00). The fee to be paid for an internship license is thirty dollars ($30.00). The fee to be paid for the issuance of a duplicate polygraph examiner’s license is ten dollars ($10.00). The fee to …

A license or duplicate license must be prominently displayed at the place of business of the polygraph examiner or at the place of internship. Each license shall be signed by the board members and shall be issued under the seal of the board.

Notice in writing shall be given to the secretary by the licensed polygraph examiner of any change of principal business location within thirty (30) days of the time he changes the location. A change of business location without notification to the secretary shall automatically s…

Except as provided in Section 33-1-39, each polygraph examiner’s license shall be issued for the term of one (1) year and shall, unless suspended or revoked, be renewed annually as prescribed by the board; provided, however, that licenses issued from and after July 1, 1994, shall…

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 o…

(1) The board may refuse to issue or may suspend or revoke a license on any one or more of the following grounds:(a) For failing to inform a subject to be examined as to the nature of the examination;(b) For failing to inform a subject to be examined that his participation in the…

Any unlawful act or violation of any of the provisions of this chapter on the part of any polygraph examiner or trainee shall not be cause for revocation of the license of any other polygraph examiner for whom the offending examiner or trainee may have been employed, unless it sh…

Each polygraph examiner shall register with the secretary of state of the State of Mississippi and with the circuit clerk in the county wherein he maintains a business address. The circuit clerk of each county shall maintain a list of all polygraph examiners registered in his cou…

(a) When there is cause to refuse an application or to suspend or revoke the license of any polygraph examiner, the board shall, not less than thirty (30) days before refusal, suspension, or revocation action is taken, notify such person in writing, in person, or by certified mai…

Any person dissatisfied with the action of the board in refusing his application or suspending or revoking his license, or any other action of the board, may appeal the action of the board by filing a petition within thirty (30) days thereafter in the circuit court in the county …

Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the licensee shall forthwith surrender the license or licenses to the secretary; failure of a licensee to do so shall be a violation of this chapter and upon conviction, shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter set forth. At …

If any person violates any provisions of this chapter, the secretary shall, upon direction of a majority of the board, in the name of the State of Mississippi, through the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, apply in any…

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any person who falsely states or represents that he has been or is a polygraph examiner or trainee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollar…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as permitting the results of truth examinations or polygraph examinations to be introduced or admitted as evidence in a court of law.

Every polygraph examiner shall use an instrument which records visually, permanently, and simultaneously: (1) a subject’s cardiovascular pattern and (2) a subject’s respiratory pattern. Patterns of other physiological changes in addition to (1) and (2) may also be recorded.

(1) There is hereby established a Polygraph Examiners Board consisting of three (3) members who shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the state for at least two (2) years prior to appointment and at the time of appointment are active polygraph examiners. No two …

(1) The board shall issue regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and shall prescribe forms which shall be issued in connection therewith. (2) An order or a certified copy thereof, over the board seal and p…