Md. Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 7-206
This is the official text of Md. Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 7-206, part of Maryland’s Code, State Personnel and Pensions — governs state employees and public pensions.
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§7–206.
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(a) (1) An appointing authority may use any appropriate selection process to rate qualified applicants.
(2) A unit must be able to establish the job relatedness, reliability, and validity of the selection tests that it uses.
(b) (1) A selection test must be:
(i) free of charge; and
(ii) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, open to all qualified applicants.
(2) An appointing authority:
(i) may disqualify and refuse to examine an otherwise qualified applicant who intentionally falsifies information in the application; and
(ii) shall give the applicant a written notice of the reason for the proposed disqualification.
(3) An applicant who is disqualified under this subsection may submit a written response to the notice.
(2) A unit must be able to establish the job relatedness, reliability, and validity of the selection tests that it uses.
(b) (1) A selection test must be:
(i) free of charge; and
(ii) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, open to all qualified applicants.
(2) An appointing authority:
(i) may disqualify and refuse to examine an otherwise qualified applicant who intentionally falsifies information in the application; and
(ii) shall give the applicant a written notice of the reason for the proposed disqualification.
(3) An applicant who is disqualified under this subsection may submit a written response to the notice.
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