§ 7-206. Rating qualified applicants

MD State Pers & Pens Code § 7-206 (2019) (N/A)
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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.