§ 7-206

Maryland § 7-206

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Article gsp: State Personnel and Pensions
• Title: 7

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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.