16.062 Prohibition against requesting or requiring victim of alleged sexual offense to submit to polygraph or other examination -- Other prohibitions

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16.062 Prohibition against requesting or requiring victim of alleged sexual offense

to submit to polygraph or other examination -- Other prohibitions.

No officer of the Kentucky State Police shall:

(1) As a condition of proceeding with an investigation or prosecution of a case, request

or require a victim of an alleged sexual offense to submit to a polygraph

examination or any other device designed for the purpose of determining whether a

person is telling the truth; or

(2) Charge or threaten to charge the victim of an alleged sexual offense with

prosecution for a criminal offense for refusing to submit to a polygraph examination

or other device designed for the purpose of determining whether a person is telling

the truth.

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