Maryland State Personnel and Pensions Section 13-203

      (a)      The Secretary shall adopt guidelines for the recruitment and selection of contractual employees.

      (b)      These guidelines shall require a contracting unit:

            (1)      to make a reasonable effort to publicly solicit applicants for contractual employment;

            (2)      to make a reasonable effort to screen and select contractual employees by using methods and criteria that are uniformly applied to all applicants for a particular instance of contractual employment; and

            (3)      to use criteria to select contractual employees that:

                  (i)      are based on the qualifications of the applicant; and

                  (ii)      conform to subsection (c) of this section.

      (c)      (1)      All personnel actions concerning a contractual employee shall be made in accordance with § 2-302 of this article.

            (2)      An action may be taken with regard to age, sex, or disability to the extent that age, sex, or disability involves a bona fide occupational qualification.

      (d)      To the extent feasible, a unit shall conduct the recruitment and selection of contractual employees according to the guidelines adopted under this section.