{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-53-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 40-53-20","heading":"Declaration of purpose; construction.","body":"It is the purpose of this chapter to regulate all persons who purport to be able to detect deception or to verify truth of statements through the use of instrumentation such as lie detectors, polygraphs, deceptographs, and similar or related devices and instruments without regard to the nomenclature applied thereto. This chapter shall be liberally construed to apply to all such persons and instruments.","path":["Title 40 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 53 Polygraph Examiners Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c053.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:23:09Z","sha256":"30708caae56dd6b64efe761abc23fdc6517faf0b3fe6d41e8517ab3a9e676693","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-53-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-53-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}