{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-6.1-2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-6.1-2","heading":"Penalty — Exception.","body":"Any employer who subjects any person employed by him or her, or any person applying for employment, to a lie detector test, or causes, directly or indirectly, any employee or applicant to take a lie detector test, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). This section does not apply to lie detector tests administered by law enforcement agencies in the performance of their official duties.","path":["Title 28 Labor and Labor Relations","Chapter 6.1 Lie Detector Tests as Conditions of Employment"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE28/28-6.1/28-6.1-2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:57:48Z","sha256":"10c54d3592e96112ed87b031348c047ce2d5a3eda282d823055e39bb9f27a79b","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-6.1-1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-28-6.1-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}