2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 53 - POLYGRAPH EXAMINERS ACT
Section 40-53-180. Grounds for refusal to issue, suspension, or revocation of license.

The Division may refuse to issue or may suspend or revoke a license on any one or more of the following grounds:

(a) Failing to inform a subject to be examined as to the nature of the examination;

(b) Failing to inform a subject to be examined that his participation in the examination is voluntary;

(c) Material misstatement in the application for original license or in the application for any renewal license under this chapter;

(d) Wilful disregard or violation of this chapter or of any regulation or rule issued pursuant thereto, including, but not limited to, wilfully making a false report concerning an examination for polygraph examination purposes;

(e) If the holder of any license has been adjudged guilty of the commission of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;

(f) Making any wilful misrepresentation or false promises or causing to be printed any false or misleading advertisement for the purpose of directly or indirectly obtaining business or trainees;

(g) Having demonstrated unworthiness or incompetency to act as a polygraph examiner as defined by this chapter;

(h) Allowing one's license under this chapter to be used by any unlicensed person in violation of the provisions of this chapter;

(i) Wilfully aiding or abetting another in the violation of this chapter or any regulation or rule issued pursuant thereto;

(j) Where the license holder has been adjudged as a habitual drunkard or mentally incompetent as provided for in the 1976 Code;

(k) Failing, within a reasonable time, to provide information requested by the Division as the result of a formal complaint to the Division which would indicate a violation of this chapter; or

(l) Failing to inform the subject of the results of the examination if so requested.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-1543.68; 1972 (57) 2724.