Section 5-305 - Disclosure of information - Reprisal prohibited. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-305. Disclosure of information - Reprisal prohibited.
 

Subject to the limitations of § 5-306 of this subtitle, a supervisor, appointing authority, or the head of a principal unit may not take or refuse to take any personnel action as a reprisal against an employee who: 

(1) discloses information that the employee reasonably believes evidences: 

(i) an abuse of authority, gross mismanagement, or gross waste of money; 

(ii) a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety; or 

(iii) a violation of law; or 

(2) following a disclosure under item (1) of this section seeks a remedy provided under this subtitle or any other law or policy governing the employee's unit. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 64A, § 12G; 1993, ch. 10, § 2; 1996, ch. 347, § 1; 2002, ch. 118.]