{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-53-30","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 40-53-30","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n(1) \"Internship\" means the study of polygraph examinations and of the administration of polygraph examinations by a trainee under the personal supervision and control of a polygraph examiner in accordance with a course of study prescribed by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division at the commencement of internship;\n(2) \"Person\" means any natural person, firm, association, copartnership, or corporation;\n(3) \"Polygraph examiner\" means any person who purports to be able to detect deception or verify truth of statements through instrumentation or the use of a mechanical device;\n(4) \"The Division\" means the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division;\n(5) \"Active Investigative Experience\" means experience as a detective or an investigator where the act of interrogation or debriefing is practiced on a case-by-case basis.","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":"28bc77590dec5390bc3864eaf2e86a23778356ca47125cfc58be38459f2f2182","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-53-20","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-53-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}