(a) Every polygraph examiner shall use an instrument which, as a minimum, records visually, permanently, and simultaneously:
(1) A subject's cardiovascular pattern;
(2) A subject's respiratory pattern; and
(3) A subject's galvanic skin response.
(b) Patterns of other physiological changes in addition to subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) may also be recorded.
(c) The use of any instrument or device to detect or to verify truth of statements which does not meet these minimum instrumentation requirements is hereby prohibited.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 25 - Polygraph Examiners.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 34-25-1 - Short Title.
Section 34-25-2 - Definitions.
Section 34-25-3 - Instrumentation.
Section 34-25-4 - Polygraph Examiners Board Generally.
Section 34-25-6 - Admissibility of Results as Evidence.