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Statutes > Utah > Title-58 > Chapter-64 > 58-64-30258-64-302. Qualifications for licensure.
(1) Each applicant for licensure as a deception detection examiner shall:
(a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504;
(c) be of good moral character in that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony, amisdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or any other crime which when considered with theduties and responsibilities of a deception detection examiner is considered by the division and theboard to indicate that the best interests of the public will not be served by granting the applicant alicense;
(d) not have been declared by any court of competent jurisdiction incompetent by reasonof mental defect or disease and not been restored;
(e) may not be currently suffering from habitual drunkenness or from drug addiction ordependence;
(f) have completed one of the following:
(i) have earned a bachelor's degree from a four year university or college meetingstandards established by the division by rule in collaboration with the board;
(ii) have completed not less than 8,000 hours of investigation experience approved by thedivision in collaboration with the board; or
(iii) have completed a combination of university or college education and investigationexperience, as defined by rule by the division in collaboration with the board as being equivalentto the requirements under Subsection (1)(f)(i) or (1)(f)(ii);
(g) have successfully completed a training program in detection deception meetingcriteria established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board; and
(h) have performed satisfactorily as a licensed deception detection intern for a period ofnot less than one year and shall have satisfactorily conducted not less than 100 deceptiondetection examinations under the supervision of a licensed deception detection examiner.
(2) Each applicant for licensure as a deception detection intern shall:
(a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
(b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504;
(c) be of good moral character in that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony, amisdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or any other crime which when considered with theduties and responsibilities of a deception detection intern is considered by the division and theboard to indicate that the best interests of the public will not be served by granting the applicant alicense;
(d) not have been declared by any court of competent jurisdiction incompetent by reasonof mental defect or disease and not been restored;
(e) may not be currently suffering from habitual drunkenness or from drug addiction ordependence;
(f) have completed one of the following:
(i) have earned a bachelor's degree from a four year university or college meetingstandards established by the division by rule in collaboration with the board;
(ii) have completed not less than 8,000 hours of investigation experience approved by thedivision in collaboration with the board; or
(iii) have completed a combination of university or college education and investigationexperience, as defined by rule by the division in collaboration with the board as being equivalent
to the requirements under Subsection (2)(f)(i) or (2)(f)(ii);
(g) have successfully completed a training program in detection deception meetingcriteria established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board; and
(h) provide the division with an intern supervision agreement in a form prescribed by thedivision under which:
(i) a licensed deception detection examiner agrees to supervise the intern; and
(ii) the applicant agrees to be supervised by that licensed deception detection examiner.
(3) To determine if an applicant meets the qualifications of Subsection (1)(c) or (2)(c),the division shall provide an appropriate number of copies of fingerprint cards to the Departmentof Public Safety with the division's request to:
(a) conduct a search of records of the Department of Public Safety for criminal historyinformation relating to each applicant for licensure under this chapter; and
(b) forward to the Federal Bureau of Investigation a fingerprint card of each applicantrequiring a check of records of the F.B.I. for criminal history information under this section.
(4) The Department of Public Safety shall send to the division:
(a) a written record of criminal history, or certification of no criminal history record, ascontained in the records of the Department of Public Safety in a timely manner after receipt of afingerprint card from the division and a request for review of Department of Public Safetyrecords; and
(b) the results of the F.B.I. review concerning an applicant in a timely manner afterreceipt of information from the F.B.I.
(5) (a) The division shall charge each applicant a fee, in accordance with Section63J-1-504, equal to the cost of performing the records reviews under this section.
(b) The division shall pay the Department of Public Safety the costs of all recordsreviews, and the Department of Public Safety shall pay the F.B.I. the costs of records reviewsunder this chapter.
(6) Information obtained by the division from the reviews of criminal history records ofthe Department of Public Safety and the F.B.I. shall be used or disseminated by the division onlyfor the purpose of determining if an applicant for licensure under this chapter is qualified forlicensure.
Amended by Chapter 183, 2009 General Session
