Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:580 Primary Sponsor:Drummond Committee Number:11 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Polygraph Examiners Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Companion Bill Number:3411 Computer Document Number:580 Introduced Date:Feb 05, 1991 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Feb 05, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Drummond Type of Legislation:General Bill
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580 Senate Feb 05, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 11
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 40-53-70, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS OF POLYGRAPH EXAMINERS, SO AS TO REQUIRE A CURRENT SURETY BOND OR INSURANCE POLICY TO RETAIN LICENSURE; TO AMEND SECTION 40-53-160, RELATING TO LICENSE RENEWAL, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR EVIDENCE OF A CURRENT BOND OR POLICY OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; TO REPEAL SECTION 40-53-200 RELATING TO REGISTRATION WITH THE CLERK OF COURT; AND TO REAUTHORIZE THE EXISTENCE OF THE POLYGRAPH EXAMINERS FOR SIX YEARS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 40-53-70 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 40-53-70. A person is qualified to receive a license as an examiner if he:
(a)(1) Who is at least twenty-one years of age;
(b)(2) Who is a citizen of the United States;
(c)(3) Who establishes that he is a person of honesty, truthfulness, integrity, and moral fitness;
(d)(4) Who has not been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
(e)(5) Who holds a baccalaureate degree from a college or university accredited by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, or in lieu thereof, is a graduate of an accredited high school and has five consecutive years of active investigative experience immediately preceding his application;
(f) Who is a graduate of a polygraph examiners' course approved by the division and has satisfactorily completed not less than six months of internship training;
(g)(6) Who is a graduate of a polygraph examiners' course approved by the division and has satisfactorily has completed not less than six months of internship training, provided. However, that if the applicant is not a graduate of an approved polygraph examiners course, satisfactory completion of not less than twelve months of internship training may satisfy this subdivision item;
(h)(7) Who has passed an examination conducted by the division, or under its supervision, to determine his competency to obtain a license to practice as an examiner; and
(i)(8) Prior to before the issuance of a license, the applicant must furnish furnishes to the division evidence of a surety bond or insurance policy. The surety bond or insurance policy shall must be in the sum of five thousand dollars and shall be conditioned that the obligor therein will pay to the extent of the face amount of such the surety bond or insurance policy all judgments which may be recovered against the licensee by reason of any wrongful or illegal acts committed by him in the course of his examinations. To retain licensure a surety bond or insurance policy must be maintained, and a change in coverage must be reported to the division within thirty days."
SECTION 2. Section 40-53-160 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 40-53-160. Each A polygraph examiner's license shall must be issued for the term of one year and shall, unless suspended or revoked, must be renewed annually as prescribed by the division upon evidence of a current surety bond or insurance policy of five thousand dollars. A polygraph examiner whose license has expired may at any time within two years after the its expiration thereof may obtain a renewal license without examination by making a renewal application therefor and satisfying Section 40-53-70(b)(2), (c)(3), and (d)(4). However, any a polygraph examiner whose license expired while he was in the federal service on active duty with the armed forces of the United States, or the National Guard called into service or training, or in training or education under the supervision of the United States preliminary to induction into the military service, may have his license renewed without examination if within two years after termination of such service, training, or education, except under a condition other than honorable, he furnishes the division with an affidavit to the effect that he has been so engaged, and that his service, training, or education has been so terminated. He also shall comply with Section 40-53-70(b)(2), (c)(3) and (d)(3) shall also be complied with(4)."
SECTION 3. Section 40-53-200 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 4. In accordance with Section 1-20-60 of the 1976 Code the existence of the Polygraph Examiners is reauthorized for six years.
SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.