Section 219-51-3 - POLYGRAPH EXAMINER INTERN LICENSEA.Qualifications. A person is qualified to be issued a polygraph examiner intern license if he or she: 1. Has not been convicted of a crime for which a license may be denied under 5 M.R.S. ch. 341;2. Either: (1) Holds a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; or(2) Has at least 5 years of experience, including 3 years on a full-time basis, as a sworn member of an investigative service of a branch of the United States Armed Forces, a federal investigative agency or a law enforcement agency; 3. Is a graduate of a Commissioner-approved polygraph examiner course; and4. Has arranged to participate in a polygraph examiner internship that will be supervised by a sponsor. Documentation to substantiate that a person meets those qualifications may be requested by the Department.
B.Application. A person applying for a polygraph examiner intern license shall complete and submit to the Office of the Commissioner an application form for such a license. The application must be accompanied by the appropriate application fee, as set forth in 32 M.R.S. §7381(1)(B)(3), and any documentation requested by the Department to substantiate information provided in the application form. C.Intern polygraph examiner sponsor. As a condition of licensure, a polygraph examiner intern license applicant shall arrange to participate in, and must satisfactorily complete, a polygraph examiner internship that will be supervised by a sponsor. 1. To be eligible to be a sponsor for an intern polygraph examiner, a person shall have held a polygraph examiner license for at least twenty-four (24) months.2. A polygraph examiner only may sponsor up to two (2) interns at any given time.3. A polygraph examiner who has agreed to serve as a sponsor shall notify the Department in writing that he or she has agreed to do so.Such notification must include the name of the intern who is being sponsored and the date on which the internship will begin.4. During the term of a polygraph examiner internship, a sponsor shall: (A) Supervise each polygraph examination conducted by each intern with whom he or she is working;(B) Speak at least once a month with each intern whom he or she is sponsoring, to discuss each intern's proficiency in administering polygraph examinations and interpreting charts.5. At the conclusion of the internship, the sponsor must submit to the Department a report that states:(A) The dates on which the internship began and ended;(B) The number of polygraph examinations conducted by the intern that were personally supervised by the sponsor;(C) The number of times the sponsor spoke with the intern to discuss the intern's proficiency in administering polygraph examinations and interpreting charts; and(D) The sponsor's professional opinion of whether the intern has satisfactorily completed the internship. 16-219 C.M.R. ch. 51, § 3