A. “Board” shall mean the Arkansas Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board/Arkansas Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board;

B. “Director” shall mean the Executive Director of the Board;

C. “Company” shall mean a professional bail bond company;

D. “Bail bondsman” shall mean a professional bail bondsman as defined by Ark. Code Ann. Section 17-19-101(6);

E. “Premium” shall mean the money paid to a bail bondsman or professional bail bond company for release of an arrestee;

F. “Arrestee” shall mean any person actually detained or subject to detention in custody whose release may lawfully be effected by bail;

G. “Licensee” shall mean a professional bail bond company or a professional bail bondsman;

H. “Bail bond” shall mean a bond for a specified monetary amount executed by the defendant or principal and a qualified licensee which is issued to a court, magistrate, or authorized officer as security for the subsequent appearance of the defendant upon his release from actual custody pending the appearance;

I. “Jail” shall mean any police station, sheriff's office or other place where persons in the custody of the law are detained;

J. “Principal” shall mean the person(s) paying the bail bond premium and/or giving the collateral;

K. “Surety” shall mean the person/company responsible for the appearance of the defendant in court;

L. “Private Investigator” shall mean an Arkansas licensed private investigator as defined by Ark. Code. Ann. § 17-40-102(27);

M. “Bail Enforcement Agent/Bounty Hunter” shall mean a person who is offered or given any compensation by a bail bond company/bail bondsman or surety in exchange for assisting the bail bondsman or surety in apprehending or surrendering any defendant. This does not preclude the right of bail bondsman or sureties to hire counsel or to ask assistance of law enforcement officers.

N. “Stacking” shall mean executing more than one bond to avoid exceeding a bail bondsman's current Qualifying Power of Attorney.

O. “Direct Supervision” means the person is in the physical presence of, and acting pursuant to instructions from, an Arkansas licensed bail bondsman.