2013 Maryland Code
STATE PERSONNEL AND PENSIONS
§ 13-203 - Recruitment and selection

§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.