It is the purpose of this chapter to regulate all persons who purport to be able to detect deception or to verify truth of statements through the use of instrumentation such as lie detectors, polygraphs, deceptographs, and similar or related devices and instruments without regard to the nomenclature applied thereto. This chapter shall be liberally construed to apply to all such persons and instruments.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-53-20
Declaration of purpose; construction
Known as the Polygraph Examiners Act
The act spans §§ 40–40 (24 sections).
1962 Code SECTION 56-1543.52; 1972 (57) 2724.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.