CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITION OF USE OF CERTAIN QUESTIONS ON POLYGRAPH TESTS FOR EMPLOYMENT (§
40.1-51.4:3)

No employer shall, as a condition of employment, require a prospective employee
to answer questions in a polygraph test concerning the prospective
employee’s sexual activities unless such sexual activity of the
prospective employee has resulted in a conviction of a violation of the criminal
laws of this Commonwealth. Any written record of the results of a polygraph
examination given to a prospective employee by an employer shall be destroyed or
maintained on a confidential basis by the employer giving the examination and
shall be open to inspection only upon agreement of the employee tested.
		Violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 521; 1990, c. 368.