Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2 - Appointment in Skilled Service and Professional Service
Section 7-206 - Rating Qualified Applicants

(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.

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