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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54456</law_id><section_number>40.1-51.4:3</section_number><catch_line>Prohibition of use of certain questions on polygraph tests for employment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Protection of Employees</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Safety Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">employer</span> shall, as a condition of employment, require a prospective <span class="dictionary">employee</span> to answer questions in a polygraph test concerning the prospective <span class="dictionary">employee</span>&#x2019;s sexual activities unless such sexual activity of the prospective <span class="dictionary">employee</span> has resulted in a <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> of a violation of the criminal <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth. Any written record of the results of a polygraph examination given to a prospective <span class="dictionary">employee</span> by an <span class="dictionary">employer</span> shall be destroyed or maintained on a confidential basis by the <span class="dictionary">employer</span> giving the examination and shall be open to inspection only upon agreement of the <span class="dictionary">employee</span> tested.
		Violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1977, c. 521; 1990, c. 368.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
