Tennessee § 62-27-103 Minimum requirements for polygraph machines

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§ 62-27-103 — Minimum requirements for polygraph machines

Tennessee § 62-27-103

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-27-103 (2026).

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(a)Any polygraph machine used to test or question individuals for the purpose of detecting deception or verifying truth of statements shall record visually, permanently and simultaneously:

(1)A person's cardiovascular pattern;

(2)A person's respiratory or breathing pattern; and (3) Electrodermal or galvanic skin response pattern as minimum standards of instrumentation.

(b)Patterns of other physiological changes in addition to subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) may also be recorded.

(c)The use of any other instrument or device to detect deception or to verify truth of statements that does not meet these minimum instrumentation requirements is prohibited except that another instrument or device may be used by law enforcement officers in the course of their full-time employment with a federal,

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(a) Any polygraph machine used to test or question individuals for the purpose of detecting deception or verifying truth of statements shall record visually, permanently and simultaneously: (1) A person's cardiovascular pattern; (2) A person's respiratory or breathing pattern; and (3) Electrodermal or galvanic skin response pattern as minimum standards of instrumentation. (b) Patterns of other physiological changes in addition to subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) may also be recorded. (c) The use of any other instrument or device to detect deception or to verify truth of statements that does not meet these minimum instrumentation requirements is prohibited except that another instrument or device may be used by law enforcement officers in the course of their full-time employment with a federal, state or local law enforcement agency who are certified to operate the instrument or device.