ASTM E2065-11

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Designation: E2065 − 11
Standard Guide for
Requirements for Psychophysiological Detection of
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Deception (PDD) Examiners
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2065; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 4.1.5.1 A PDD examiner shall not omit any pertinent
detail(s) from any written report or record.
1.1 The purpose of this guide is to establish requirements
4.1.6 A PDD examiner shall not alter or cause to be altered
for all individuals engaged in forensic psychophysiological
any tracing(s) during a PDD examination in order to improp-
detection of deception (PDD).
erly influence the outcome of that examination.
1.2 All individuals engaged in the practice of conducting
4.1.7 A PDD examiner shall not administer a PDD exami-
PDD examinations shall adhere to this guide.
nation if he or she reasonably believes the examinee is not
physically or mentally suitable for the examination.
2. Referenced Documents
4.1.8 A PDD examiner shall not solicit or accept fees,
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
gratuities, or gifts which are intended or could reasonably be
E2035 Terminology Relating to Forensic Psychophysiology
perceived to be intended to influence the examiner’s opinion.
4.1.8.1 Fees shall not be contingent on the results of the
3. Terminology
examination.
3.1 For definitions of terms, see Terminology E2035.
4.1.9 A PDD examiner shall not form an opinion that is
influenced by anything other than the PDD examination.
4. Summary of Practice
4.1.9.1 No other credibility assessment method shall be
included in the PDD report.
4.1 A PDD examiner shall not circumvent or attempt to
circumvent, violate, or attempt to violate any of the following: 4.1.10 A PDD examiner shall not include (in any examina-
4.1.1 Any legislative act which regulates or governs the use tion) questions that are intended to inquire into or develop
information on activities, affiliations, or beliefs in religion,
of PDD.
4.1.2 PDD examiners shall avoid conducting an examina- politics, or race, except when relevant.
tion in a situation in which there is a real or apparent conflict
4.1.11 A PDD examiner who is also a mental health
of interest.
counselor, marriage counselor, sex offender treatment provider,
4.1.3 A PDD examiner shall not release any confidential and any similarly recognized professional, or any combination
information except when legally required to do so.
thereof, shall not conduct a PDD examination on any person
4.1.4 A PDD examiner or his or her employee or associate, whom he or she is also actively counseling or treating.
with the PDD examiner’s knowledge, shall not engage in any
4.1.12 A PDD examiner who is also employed in a court
typeofadvertisingwhichwouldbeconsideredfalse,deceptive,
supervision capacity, such as that of a probation or parole
or misleading.
officer, shall not conduct a PDD examination on any person
4.1.5 A PDD examiner shall not provide any false or
who is under his or her direct supervision. Because the role of
misrepresented information in any of his or her written
the PDD examiner is that of an independent arbiter in search of
report(s) or record(s)
the truth, the integrity of that role is compromised when an
examiner has had contemporaneous supervision responsibili-
ties of an examinee.
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E52 on Forensic
4.1.13 A polygraph examiner shall not represent that he or
PsychophysiologyandisthedirectresponsibilityofSubcommitteeE52.07onEthics
she has a particular academic degree unless one of the two
in Administration of PDD Tests.
following criteria was met: (1) The degree was awarded from
Current edition approved May 1, 2011. Published June 2011. Originally
an institution that is accredited to grant that degree by a
approved in 2002. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as E2065 – 05. DOI:
10.1520/E2065-11.
national, regional or professional accrediting agency recog-
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Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). (2) The
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. degree was awarded from a school, institute, college, or
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