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Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-27-106

License requirement

Known as the Polygraph Examiners Act

The act spans §§ 62-27-101 to 62-27-129 (29 sections).

Acts 1978, ch. 900, § 7; 1981, ch. 489, §§ 5, 7; T.C.A., § 62-2706; Acts 1982, ch. 720, § 9; 1989, ch. 591, § 112; 1999, ch. 252, § 4; 2000, ch. 821, § 2.

(1) It is unlawful for any person, including a city, county or state employee, to administer polygraph examinations or to represent to be a polygraph examiner without holding a valid polygraph examiner's license issued by the commission.

(2) It is unlawful for any person, other than a law enforcement officer acting in accordance with § 62-27-103(c), to operate any instrument or device to detect deception or verify the truth of statements that does not meet the minimum instrumentation requirements set forth in § 62-27-103(a) or to use any title or make any representation tending to indicate that the person is qualified to detect deception or verify truth of statements through the use of the instrument or device.

(3) A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.