69.008 Commonwealth's and county attorneys prohibited from requesting or requiring victim of alleged sexual offense to submit to polygraph or other examination -- Other prohibitions. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 69.008 Commonwealth's and county attorneys prohibited from requesting or requiring victim of alleged sexual offense to submit to polygraph or other
examination -- Other prohibitions. No Commonwealth's or county attorney 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. Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2008.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 112, sec. 2, provided that this statute be created as a new section of KRS Chapter 65. However,
in codification the Reviser of Statutes has created it as a new section of KRS Chapter
69, relating to Commonwealth's and county attorneys, under the authority of KRS
7.136(a).