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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 120. Department of Professional And Occupational Regulation
Chapter 30. Regulations Governing Polygraph Examiners
11/24/2025

18VAC120-30-40. Basic qualifications for licensure and registration.

A. Every applicant to the department for a license must provide information on the application establishing that the applicant meets the following qualifications:

1. The applicant is at least 18 years of age.

2. The applicant must disclose if the applicant has had a license as a polygraph examiner that was suspended, revoked, or surrendered in connection with a disciplinary action or that has been the subject of discipline in any jurisdiction prior to applying for licensure in Virginia. At the time of application for licensure, the applicant must also disclose any disciplinary action taken in another jurisdiction in connection with the applicant's practice as a polygraph examiner.

3. The applicant must disclose if the applicant has been convicted in any jurisdiction of a felony or misdemeanor involving lying, cheating, stealing, sexual offense, non-marijuana drug distribution, physical injury, or relating to the practice of the profession. The department, in its discretion, may deny licensure to any applicant in accordance with § 54.1-204 of the Code of Virginia.

4. The applicant has disclosed the applicant's physical address and email address. A post office box is not acceptable as a physical address.

5. The applicant has signed, as part of the application, a statement certifying that the applicant has read and understands the Virginia polygraph examiner license law and regulations.

6. The applicant has submitted an application, provided by the department, that must include criminal history record information from the Central Criminal Records Exchange, with a report date within 30 days of the date the application is received by the department.

B. The department may (i) make further inquiries and investigations with respect to the qualifications of the applicant or (ii) require a personal interview with the applicant.

C. The applicant must pass all parts of the polygraph examiner licensing examination approved by the department within one year from examination approval in order to be eligible for a polygraph examiner license.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-1802.1 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR190-03-1 § 2.1; Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 19, eff. July 12, 1995; amended, Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 21, eff. August 1, 2007; Volume 30, Issue 6, eff. January 1, 2014; Volume 38, Issue 5, eff. December 1, 2021; Volume 42, Issue 4, eff. November 5, 2025.

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