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SECTION 733
Definitions
Labor (LAB) CHAPTER 31, ARTICLE 20-B
§ 733. Definitions. As used in this article:

1. "Employer" means any individual, person, corporation, department,
board, bureau, agency, commission, division, office, council or
committee of the state government, public benefit corporation, public
authority or political subdivision of the state, or other business
entity, which employs or seeks to employ an individual or individuals.
All provisions of this article pertaining to employers shall apply in
equal force and effect to their agents and representatives.

2. "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer.

3. "Prospective employee" means an individual seeking or being sought
for employment with an employer.

4. "Psychological stress evaluator" means any mechanical device or
instrument which purports to determine the truth or falsity of
statements made by an employee or prospective employee on the basis of
vocal fluctuations or vocal stress.

5. "Psychological stress evaluator examination" means:

(a) the questioning or interviewing of an employee or prospective
employee for the purpose of subjecting the statements of such employee
or prospective employee to analysis by a psychological stress evaluator;

(b) the recording of statements made by an employee or prospective
employee for the purpose of subjecting such statements to analysis by a
psychological stress evaluator; or

(c) analyzing, with a psychological stress evaluator, statements made
by an employee or prospective employee for the purpose of determining
the truth or falsity of such statements.