Vermont Code § 21 V.S.A. § 494b

Employers permitted to require polygraph examinations
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§ 494b. Employers permitted to require polygraph examinations
The following employers may require that an applicant for employment take or submit
to a polygraph examination, or administer or cause to be administered a polygraph
examination to an applicant for employment:
(1) the Department of Public Safety; the Department of Motor Vehicles, for applicants
for law enforcement positions; the Department of Fish and Wildlife, for applicants
for law enforcement positions; the Department of Liquor and Lottery and the Board
of Liquor and Lottery, for applicants for investigator positions; municipal police
departments and county sheriffs, as to sworn police officers and deputy sheriffs;
(2) any employer whose primary business is the wholesale or retail sale of precious metals
or gems and jewelry or items made from precious metals or gems;
(3) any employer whose business includes the manufacture or the wholesale or retail sale
of regulated drugs as defined in 18 V.S.A. § 4201; provided, however, that only employees who come in contact with such regulated drugs
may be required to take a polygraph examination;
(4) any employer authorized or required under federal law or regulations to administer
polygraph examinations.

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