MS Code § 73-29-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 29 - Polygraph Examiners|§ 73-29-31. Grounds for refusal to issue or renew license, or for revocation or suspension

  The board may refuse to issue or may suspend or revoke a license on any one or more of the following grounds:   For failing to inform a subject to be examined as to the nature of the examination;   For failing to inform a subject to be examined that his participation in the examination is voluntary;   Material misstatement in the application for original license or in the application for any renewal license under this chapter;   Willful disregard or violation of this chapter or of any regulation or rule issued pursuant thereto, including, but not limited to, willfully making a false report concerning an examination for polygraph examination purposes;   If the holder of any license has been adjudged guilty of the commission of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;   Making any willful misrepresentation or false promises or causing to be printed any false or misleading advertisement for the purpose of directly or indirectly obtaining business or trainees;   Having demonstrated unworthiness or incompetency to act as a polygraph examiner as defined by this chapter;   Allowing one's license under this chapter to be used by any unlicensed person in violation of the provisions of this chapter;   Willfully aiding or abetting another in the violation of this chapter or any regulation or rule issued pursuant thereto;   Where the license holder has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction as habitual drunkard, mentally incompetent, or in need of a conservator;   Failing, within a reasonable time, to provide information requested by the secretary as the result of a formal complaint to the board which would indicate a violation of this chapter;   Failing to inform the subject of the results of the examination if so requested; or   With regard to any polygraph examiner employed for a fee and not employed by a governmental law enforcement agency or the Mississippi Department of Corrections:   Requiring a subject, prior to taking the examination or as a condition of receiving the results of the examination, to waive any rights or causes of action he may have or which may accrue in favor of the subject arising out of or resulting from the administration of the examination; except the examiner may require, prior to the examination or as a condition of receiving the results of the examination, a subject to waive any rights or causes of action that may accrue against the examiner as a result of any use made of the results of the examination by the person who employed the examiner;   Requiring a subject to acknowledge that his examination is not done for purposes of employment when, in fact, the results of the examination are to be submitted to an employer or an agent of an employer; or   Reporting the results of an examination to any person not authorized to receive the results of the examination except for the person who employed the examiner, unless authorized in writing by the subject.       In addition to the grounds specified in subsection (1) of this section, the board shall be authorized to suspend the license of any licensee for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153. The procedure for suspension of a license for being out of compliance with an order for support, and the procedure for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license suspended for that purpose, and the payment of any fees for the reissuance or reinstatement of a license suspended for that purpose, shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be. If there is any conflict between any provision of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 and any provision of this chapter, the provisions of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be, shall control.