Section 7-206 - Rating qualified applicants. - Maryland Statutes

§ 7-206. Rating qualified applicants.
 

(a)  In general.-  

(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)  Selection tests.-  

(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. 
 

[1996, ch. 347, § 1; 1997, ch. 20, § 2.]