Polygraph Examiners Act
Alabama · Professions and Businesses · §§ 34-25-1 to 34-25-8 · 24 sections
Overview
The Polygraph Examiners Act regulates the practice of polygraph examination as a licensed occupation, barring unlicensed persons from conducting examinations and setting the qualifications, application procedures, fees, renewal terms, and continuing education needed to obtain and keep a license. It provides an internship path into the field, recognizes examiners licensed elsewhere through reciprocity, sets minimum standards for the instruments used, and empowers the administering authority to issue implementing rules and to refuse, suspend, or revoke a license, subject to administrative and appellate review. The act also governs how examinations are conducted — recordkeeping and confidentiality duties, protections for the rights of the person examined, requirements on recording examinations, limits on how often an examiner may test a subject, and restrictions on employer action taken on the basis of results — and enforces its terms through penalties and injunctive relief.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 1 court decision.
Most-cited authority: 423 So. 2d 294 - Wynn v. State
Sections covered
- Ala. Code § 34-25-1Short Title.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-2Definitions.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-20Required; Unauthorized Practice.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-21Qualifications of Examiner; Bond.1 cite
- Ala. Code § 34-25-22Applications for Original License; Background Checks; Disclosure of Information.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-23Nonresident Applicants.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-24Applicant with Out-of-State License.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-25Internship License.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-26Examination and License Fees.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-27Display of License; Signature Thereon.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-28Change of Business Address.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-29Termination and Renewal of Examiner’s License.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-3Instrumentation.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-30License Required to Maintain Action.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-32Refusal, Suspension, Reprimand, Probation, or Revocation - Grounds.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-33Refusal, Suspension, Reprimand, Probation, or Revocation - Violation by One Examiner or Trainee Not to Affect Employer.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-34Refusal, Suspension, Reprimand, Probation, or Revocation - Hearing.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-35Refusal, Suspension, Reprimand, Probation, or Revocation - Judicial Review.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-36Refusal, Suspension, Reprimand, Probation, or Revocation - Surrender of License.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-4Polygraph Examiners Board Generally.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-5Administration and Enforcement of Chapter; Deposits and Expenditures; Per Diem and Travel Expenses for Board Members; Purchasing; Board Exempt from Sales Tax.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-6Admissibility of Results as Evidence.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-7Injunctions; Contempt of Court.
- Ala. Code § 34-25-8Penalties.
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