Tennessee § 62-27-103 - Minimum requirements for polygraph machines.
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§ 62-27-103. Minimum requirements for polygraph machines.
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: A person's cardiovascular pattern; A person's respiratory or breathing pattern; and Electrodermal or galvanic skin response pattern as minimum standards of instrumentation. Patterns of other physiological changes in addition to subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) may also be recorded. 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. Acts 1978, ch. 900, § 4; T.C.A., § 62-2703; Acts 2000, ch. 821, § 1.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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