Oklahoma § 59-1458 - Minimum qualifications for registration – Definitions

§ 59-1458. Minimum qualifications for registration – Definitions

A. The following shall be considered as minimum evidence

satisfactory to the Polygraph Examiners Board that the applicant is

qualified for registration as a polygraph examiner:

1. Attainment of at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

2. Citizenship of the United States;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

3. Never having been convicted of a felony crime that

substantially relates to the occupation of a polygraph examiner and

poses a reasonable threat to public safety; and

4.

a.

hold a baccalaureate degree from a college or

university accredited by the American Association of

Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, or, in

lieu thereof, be a graduate of an accredited high

school and have five (5) consecutive years of active

investigative experience of a character satisfactory

to the Board,

b.

be a graduate of a polygraph examiners course approved

by the Board and have satisfactorily completed not

less than six (6) months of internship training, and

c.

have passed an examination conducted by and to the

satisfaction of the Board, or under its supervision,

to determine his competency to obtain a license to

practice as an examiner.

B. Beginning July 1, 1996, employees of the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) who are employed on that date by the

OSBI as polygraphers shall become licensed pursuant to the Polygraph

Examiners Act without undergoing the testing and training

requirements provided for in subparagraphs b and c of paragraph 4 of

subsection A of this section. Any person who is employed as a

polygrapher for the OSBI after July 1, 1996, shall be required to

meet the testing and training requirements prior to licensure.

C. As used in this section:

1. "Substantially relates" means the nature of criminal conduct

for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on the

fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or

responsibilities necessarily related to the occupation; and

2. "Poses a reasonable threat" means the nature of criminal

conduct for which the person was convicted involved an act or threat

of harm against another and has a bearing on the fitness or ability

to serve the public or work with others in the occupation.

Added by Laws 1971, c. 140, § 8, emerg. eff. May 17, 1971. Amended

by Laws 1973, c. 88, § 2, emerg. eff. May 1, 1973; Laws 1985, c.

189, § 6, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1996, c. 23, § 2, eff. July

1, 1996; Laws 2019, c. 363, § 51, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.