Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 25 - Polygraph Examiners

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 34-25-1 Short title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Polygraph Examiners Act.
• Section 34-25-2 Definitions
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) BOARD. The Polygraph Examiners Board....
• Section 34-25-3 Instrumentation
  (a) Every polygraph examiner shall use an instrument which, as a minimum, records visually, permanently, and simultaneously: (1) A subject's cardiovascular pattern; (2) A subject's...
• Section 34-25-4 Polygraph Examiners Board generally
  (a) There is established a Polygraph Examiners Board consisting of five voting members who are citizens of the United States and residents of the state...
• Section 34-25-5 Administration and enforcement of chapter; deposits and expenditures; per diem and travel expenses for board members; purchasing; board exempt from sales tax
  (a) The board shall issue regulations and forms consistent with this chapter for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. (b) An order or a...
• Section 34-25-6 Admissibility of results as evidence
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as permitting the results of truth examinations or polygraph examinations to be introduced or admitted as evidence in...
• Section 34-25-7 Injunctions; contempt of court
  If any person violates any provisions of this chapter, the board shall, upon direction of a majority of the board, in the name of the...
• Section 34-25-8 Penalties
  Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any person who falsely states or represents that he or she has been or is...
• Article 2 Licenses.
• Section 34-25-20 Required; unauthorized practice
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, including a city, county, or state employee, to administer polygraph examinations or attempt to hold himself or...
• Section 34-25-21 Qualifications of examiner; bond
  (a) A person is qualified to receive a license as an examiner: (1) Who is at least 21 years of age; (2) Who is a...
• Section 34-25-22 Applications for original license; background checks; disclosure of information
  (a) Applications for original license shall be made to the board in writing under oath on forms prescribed by the board and shall be accompanied...
• Section 34-25-23 Nonresident applicants
  (a) Each nonresident applicant for an original license or a renewal license shall file with the board an irrevocable consent that actions against the applicant...
• Section 34-25-24 Applicant with out-of-state license
  An applicant who is a polygraph examiner licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States may be issued a license...
• Section 34-25-25 Internship license
  (a) Upon approval by the board, the board shall issue an internship license to a trainee provided he or she applies for such license and...
• Section 34-25-26 Examination and license fees
  The fee requirements of this chapter shall apply to all polygraph examiners, including those employed by governmental agencies, and to those who engage in polygraph...
• Section 34-25-27 Display of license; signature thereon
  A license or duplicate license must be prominently displayed at the place of business of the polygraph examiner or at the place of internship. Each...
• Section 34-25-28 Change of business address
  Notice in writing shall be given to the board by the licensed examiner of any change of principal business location within 30 days of the...
• Section 34-25-29 Termination and renewal of examiner's license
  (a)(1) Each polygraph examiner's license shall be issued for the term of one year and shall, unless suspended or revoked, be renewed annually as prescribed...
• Section 34-25-30 License required to maintain action
  No action or counterclaim shall be maintained by any person in any court in this state with respect to any agreement or service for which...
• Section 34-25-32 Refusal, suspension, reprimand, probation, or revocation - Grounds
  The board may refuse to issue a license, may issue oral or written reprimands to an examiner, may place an examiner on probation, or may...
• Section 34-25-33 Refusal, suspension, reprimand, probation, or revocation - Violation by one examiner or trainee not to affect employer
  Any unlawful act or violation of any of the provisions of this chapter on the part of any polygraph examiner or trainee shall not be...
• Section 34-25-34 Refusal, suspension, reprimand, probation, or revocation - Hearing
  (a) Where there is cause to refuse an application or to suspend or revoke the license of any polygraph examiner, the board shall, not less...
• Section 34-25-35 Refusal, suspension, reprimand, probation, or revocation - Judicial review
  Any person dissatisfied with the action of the board in refusing his application or suspending or revoking his license, or any other action of the...
• Section 34-25-36 Refusal, suspension, reprimand, probation, or revocation - Surrender of license
  Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the licensee shall forthwith surrender the license or licenses to the board; failure of a licensee to...

Last modified: May 3, 2021