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QUESTION: Would it be lawful for the Florida Division of Corrections to dismiss or otherwise discipline an employee for insubordination if he should refuse to answer questions or undergo a polygraph examination concerning his activities as a law enforcement officer?

SUMMARY: No existing statute or valid implementing rule purports to authorize an administrative body or official to dismiss a career service employee who refuses to cooperate in or answer questions or submit to a lie detector examination during the course of an administrative investigation or proceeding. A career service employee…