A criminal or juvenile justice agency shall not require a person claiming to be a victim of sexual abuse or claiming to be a witness regarding the sexual abuse of another person to submit to a polygraph or similar examination as a precondition to the agency conducting an investigation into the matter. An agency wishing to perform a polygraph examination of a person claiming to be a victim or witness shall inform the person of the following:
1. That taking the polygraph examination is voluntary.
2. That the results of the examination are not admissible in court.
3. That the person's decision to submit or refuse a polygraph examination will not be the sole basis for a decision by the agency not to investigate the matter.
An agency which declines to investigate an alleged case of sexual abuse following a decision by a person claiming to be a victim not to submit to a polygraph examination shall provide to that person, in writing, the reasons why the agency did not pursue the investigation at the request of the person.
95 Acts, ch 86, §1
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