Policies and Acts
Download APA Policies and Acts
From this page, you can download some of the APA's important documents for your review. Just click on the links below to download. Most documents are in either Microsoft Word® format or Adobe PDF.
Model Policy for Screening Polygraph Examinations in Public Safety Employment
Model Policy for Polygraph Examinee Suitability Evaluation
Model Policy for Post-Conviction Sex Offender Testing
PCSOT Committee Adjusted Odds Spreadsheet
Model Policy for Domestic Polygraph Testing (updated and approved 08/24/24)
Model Policy for Paired-Testing
Model Policy for Release and Management of Polygraph Reports and Data
Model Policy for Quality Assurance
Operational Policy for Online Professional Development Content on the APA Website
Model Policy for Algorithm Use in Evidentiary Exams
APA Standard for Polygraph Instrumentation
In August 2023 the American Polygraph Association (APA) adopted minimum
requirements for the recording and displaying of electrodermal activity
(EDA). They are consensus standards developed by polygraph manufacturers
who volunteered to participate. Please click here to see the
standard.
Below are the manufacturers who currently meet APA's EDA standards:
Converus
Lafayette
Stoelting