Video Assistant Referees will be introduced in the middle of next season.
All 42 Scottish Professional Football League clubs voted on the proposal via e-mail on Tuesday, with 41 in favor.
The cost of the technology will be on a sliding scale after the World Cup in December.
VAR will be used in the League Cup semi-finals and final in January and February of next year, with further discussions planned regarding its use during earlier rounds in the future.
A selection of video assistant referees who are all current or recently retired Category 1 officials will be aided by the minimum of six manned cameras at each game.
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Neil Doncaster, chief executive of the SPFL, said that the SPFL chose not to be an early adopter of VAR technology to allow time for teething issues to be smoothed out by those leagues who adopted VAR early.
I believe this was the right decision and that VAR will help referees to ensure tight decisions are more often the right ones and will support a higher standard and more consistent level of decision-making.
Scottish referees are fully on-board with this innovation and have been overwhelmingly supportive about the introduction of VAR during our consultation process with our partners at the Scottish FA.
The principle of VAR was supported by clubs, players, coaches and match officials during the consultation process.
The benefits of VAR are clear and with the commitment of the Scottish FA, SPFL and now the approval of the league's 42 member clubs, we can now look forward to continuing the implementation process with a view to VAR being a key part of Scottish football.
Crawford Allan, the head of refereeing operations for the Scottish FA, has previously said his officials are ahead of schedule in their preparations, while a number of VAR trials have already taken place at youth matches in recent weeks.
He told Sky Sports News that whenever the VAR comes in, they will be ready.
Since December, we are slightly ahead of where we thought we would be.
In terms of key decision-making, referees get on average 92 or 93 per cent of the decisions correct and it has been proven that VAR takes that up to 99 per cent.
Football will always be about opinions, but 99 is better than 92 or 93 per cent at the moment.
All 42 SPFL clubs were asked to vote at the general meeting, despite VAR only being used in the top flight.
The motion was passed on Tuesday after all but one Championship side voted in favor of it.
Three-quarters of League One and Two sides combined were required for the minimum threshold to be met.
We have seen VAR implemented all over the world, so you might know what to expect.
With extra referees reviewing clear and obvious errors, it is there to give officials more support and make sure any clear and obvious errors are corrected.
The SFA system will be the same as the one used by the world governing body of football, FIFA.
Penalties, red cards, goal situations, and any case of mistaken identity are only some of the things that can be reviewed when a review may take place.
The cost of VAR is expected to be around 1.2 million dollars per season, with each club paying for the technology based on their final league position.
The 12th club will pay around 67k for the privilege of being the winner of the league.
Allan said that when it comes to allocating funds for VAR, it should be looked upon as an investment rather than a cost.
Cost is an interesting topic. I would like to think of moving Scottish football forward as an investment in Scottish football rather than a cost, he said.
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