§ 494a.
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§ 494a. Polygraph testing as condition of employment
(a)Except as provided in section 494b of this title, an employer or an employment agency shall not as a condition of employment, promotion, or change in status of employment, or as an express or implied condition of a benefit or privilege of employment, do any of the following:
(1)request or require that an employee or applicant for employment take or submit to a polygraph examination; or
(2)administer, cause to be administered, threaten to administer, or attempt to administer a polygraph examination to an employee or applicant for employment; or
(3)request or require that an employee or applicant for employment give an express or implied waiver of a practice prohibited under this subchapter.
(b)An employer shall not refuse to hire, promote, or change the status of employment of an applicant for employment because the applicant refuses or declines a polygraph examination. (Added 1985, No. 89.)