Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) - District of Columbia

Summary of differences between federal and state regulations

Polygraph protection

Polygraph protection provisions apply to employees and prospective employees in the private-sector and in District of Columbia government positions. The protections do not apply to criminal or internal disciplinary investigations or to pre-employment investigations conducted by the Metropolitan Police, the Fire Department, and the Department of Corrections. Information received from a lie detector test which renders an applicant ineligible for employment must be verified through other information and no person may be denied employment based solely on the results of a pre-employment lie detector test.

Employers and prospective employers may not administer, accept, or use the results of any lie detector test in connection with the employment, application, or consideration of an individual who would be working in the District of Columbia.

Polygraph examiners

The District of Columbia does not have state-level polygraph examiner requirements. Examiners must meet the federal requirements at 29 CFR 801.26.

State

Contact

D.C. Department of Employment Services, Office of Wage-Hour

Regulations

Division V, Title 32, Chapter 9, Section 902 of the District of Columbia Code

Federal

Contacts

U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division

Regulations

29 CFR Part 801 §§801.1 – 801.75