Oregon Statutes - Chapter 703 - Truth Verification and Deception Detection; Investigators

703.010 Definitions.
As used in ORS 703.010 to 703.310, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Board� means the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training. (2) �Department�...
703.020 [1975 c.608 §1; renumbered 703.325 in 2001]
703.030 Purpose; construction.
(1) It is the purpose of ORS 703.010 to 703.310 to regulate all persons who purport to be able to detect deception or to verify...
703.050 Polygraph examiner license requirement.
No person, including persons employed by a state agency or public body in this state, may engage in conducting polygraph examinations, refer to that person...
703.060 License classes.
There shall be two types of polygraph examiner licenses: (1) The trainee license permits the holder to engage in an internship. (2) The general license...
703.070 License applications; form; nonrefundable fee.
(1) Applications for initial renewal or replacement licenses as polygraph examiners or trainees under ORS 703.010 to 703.310 shall be submitted in writing and under...
703.080 License qualifications.
(1) To become a trainee an applicant shall satisfy ORS 703.090 (1)(a) to (d) and have graduated from a polygraph examiners course approved by the...
703.090 General polygraph examiner license qualifications; authority of department to require fingerprints; statement on refusal to issue license.
(1) Any applicant for a license as a general polygraph examiner must: (a) Be at least 18 years of age; (b) Be a citizen of...
703.100 Term and renewal of licenses.
(1) Each polygraph examiner�s license issued by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training under ORS 703.010 to 703.310 shall be issued for a...
703.110 Fees.
The following fees shall be charged by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training in carrying out ORS 703.010 to 703.310: (1) The fee...
703.120 Nonresident licensees; service of process.
(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may license a person who is not a resident of this state as a polygraph examiner...
703.130 Reciprocity for persons licensed in another jurisdiction; qualifications; fee.
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may grant a license as a polygraph examiner in this state to a person who is licensed...
703.140 Display of license; notification of change of place of business.
(1) A polygraph examiner shall display prominently the license of the polygraph examiner at the place of business or employment of the polygraph examiner and...
703.200 Issuance of licenses; examination and internship requirements.
(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may issue licenses for polygraph examiners and trainees in accordance with ORS 703.010 to 703.310. (2)...
703.210 Suspension, revocation or issuance refusal; conditions.
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may refuse to issue, or may revoke or suspend the license of any person as a polygraph...
703.220 Surrender of suspended or revoked licenses; notice to licensee; restoration of license.
Upon receipt of written notification of the suspension or revocation by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training of the license of a polygraph...
703.230 Procedures and rules.
(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall conduct all proceedings under ORS 703.010 to 703.310 in accordance with ORS chapter 183. Judicial...
703.240 Disposition of fees.
All fees, moneys or other revenues received or collected by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training under ORS 703.010 to 703.310 shall be...
703.300 Certain legal actions by unlicensed polygraph operators prohibited.
No person may bring or maintain an action in any court in this state for the recovery of compensation for services performed as a polygraph...
703.310 Polygraph equipment requirements; use of noncomplying equipment prohibited; remedy for violation.
(1) All instruments or mechanical devices that are used by polygraph examiners to test or question an individual for the purpose of detecting deception or...
703.320 [1975 c.608 §25; repealed by 2007 c.47 §1]
703.325 Short title.
ORS 703.010 to 703.310 shall be known and may be cited as the Polygraph Examiners Act. [Formerly 703.020] TRUTH VERIFICATION AND DECEPTION DETECTION BY POLICE
703.335 Equipment police officer may use to detect deception or verify truth.
A police officer, as defined in ORS 243.005, may use an instrument or mechanical device that does not comply with the minimum requirements under ORS...
703.400 [1989 c.1055 §1; 1995 c.386 §8; renumbered 8.415 in 1995]
703.401 Definitions.
As used in ORS 703.401 to 703.490, 703.993 and 703.995, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) �Client� means a person who engages an investigator, firm,...
703.402 [1989 c.1055 §4; 1995 c.386 §9; renumbered 8.420 in 1995]
703.404 [1989 c.1055 §8; 1995 c.386 §10; renumbered 8.430 in 1995]
703.405 License requirement.
A person may not act as an investigator or represent that the person is an investigator unless that person is licensed under ORS 703.430. [1997...
703.406 [1989 c.1055 §§2,3,7(2); 1995 c.386 §11; renumbered 8.435 in 1995]
703.407 Expert witness exception.
The licensing requirement of ORS 703.405 does not apply to a person while the person is: (1) Providing testimony in a court as an expert...
703.408 [1989 c.1055 §5; 1995 c.386 §12; renumbered 8.440 in 1995]
703.410 [1989 c.1055 §14; 1991 c.703 §39; 1991 c.794 §1; 1995 c.386 §13; renumbered 8.445 in 1995]
703.411 Exceptions.
ORS 703.401 to 703.490, 703.993 and 703.995 do not apply to: (1) A person employed exclusively by one employer in connection with the affairs of...
703.412 [1989 c.1055 §6; 1995 c.386 §14; renumbered 8.450 in 1995]
703.414 [1989 c.1055 §§9,11; 1995 c.386 §15; renumbered 8.455 in 1995]
703.415 Investigator�s license qualifications.
In order to obtain a private investigator�s license, a person: (1) Must be at least 18 years of age; (2) Must be eligible to work...
703.420 [1997 c.870 §5; 1999 c.59 §211; repealed by 2001 c.838 §27]
703.425 Application requirements; fee; rules; investigation of applicant.
(1) An application for a private investigator�s license or a provisional investigator�s license must be in writing on a form prescribed by the Department of...
703.427 [1999 c.125 §2; 2001 c.838 §5; 2005 c.613 §13; repealed by 2005 c.730 §§77,90]
703.430 Issuance of license; expiration; rules; fees.
(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall issue: (a) A private investigator�s license if the applicant has satisfied the requirements of ORS...
703.435 Identification card; rules; obligation to carry; replacement; fees.
(1) When issuing a license under ORS 703.430, the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall also issue an identification card of a size,...
703.440 Licensing reciprocity.
The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the appropriate official of any other state to allow an...
703.445 Renewal procedure; fee; penalty; inactive status.
(1) An investigator who desires to continue to practice in this state must apply for renewal and pay the renewal fee as prescribed by rule...
703.447 Continuing education.
(1)(a) An investigator issued a private investigator�s license must complete at least 32 hours of continuing education every two years. (b) An investigator issued a...
703.450 Requirements of conduct.
A licensed investigator: (1) May not knowingly make any false report to an employer or client. (2) May not commit fraud or deceit toward a...
703.455 [1997 c.870 §11; 2001 c.838 §24; repealed by 2005 c.613 §29]
703.460 Information required; designation of agent for service of process.
(1) A licensed investigator shall provide the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training with: (a) The investigator�s legal name, home address and home telephone...
703.465 Discipline or issuance refusal.
(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may refuse to grant or renew a license, may suspend or revoke a license or may...
703.470 Opportunity for hearing; judicial review.
(1) If the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training proposes to refuse to issue or renew a license or proposes to suspend or revoke...
703.473 Confidentiality of investigator�s personal identifying information and client files.
(1) An investigator�s home address, home telephone number, personal electronic mail address, Social Security number, photograph and other personal identifying information are confidential and not...
703.475 [1997 c.870 §13; 2001 c.838 §12; repealed by 2005 c.613 §29]
703.480 Board and department duties; rules; fees.
(1) The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall, in collaboration with the Private Security Policy Committee: (a) Establish reasonable minimum standards of physical,...
703.485 [1997 c.870 §15; 2001 c.838 §15; repealed by 2005 c.613 §29]
703.490 Moneys credited to Police Standards and Training Account.
All moneys received by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training under ORS 703.401 to 703.490, 703.993 and 703.995 shall be paid into the...
703.850 [1989 c.1055 §12; 1991 c.734 §92; repealed by 1995 c.386 §1]
703.990 Criminal penalties for polygraph examiners.
Violation of any provision of ORS 703.010 to 703.310 or of any rule adopted thereunder is a Class A misdemeanor. [1975 c.608 §28]
703.993 Criminal penalties for investigators.
(1) A person commits a Class A misdemeanor if the person knowingly falsifies the fingerprints, photographs or other data pertinent to an application for a...
703.995 Civil penalties for investigators.
(1) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person who violates any provision of ORS 703.401 to 703.490 or any rule adopted...

Last modified: August 7, 2008