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Occupations Code
Title 10 - Occupations Related to Law Enforcement and Security
Chapter 1703 - Polygraph Examiners
Subchapter E. License Requirements
Section 1703.201. License Required
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TX Occ Code § 1703.201 (2019)
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Sec. 1703.201. LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) A person may not use or offer to use, for compensation or for a law enforcement purpose, an instrument, including a polygraph, to detect deception or verify the truth of a statement unless the person is licensed under this chapter.
(b) A person may not represent that the person is a polygraph examiner or refer to the person by another title that indicates or is intended to indicate that the person is qualified to use an instrument to detect deception or verify the truth of a statement unless the person is licensed under this chapter.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 544 (S.B. 562), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.
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