200.1 OAG employs dedicated people who are selected from the best qualified talent, considering the government's immediate and long-term needs.

200.2 Employees are organized into one of six services: Career, Educational, Excepted, Executive, Legal, or Management Supervisory Service.

200.3 The provisions of this chapter apply only to applicants, candidates, and employees for or in the Career Service. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the Executive, Management Supervisory, or Legal Service, or the Excepted Service.

200.4 Section 239 applies to all individuals seeking or selected to provide regularly scheduled volunteer services to OAG for an established volunteer program.

200.5 With the exception of § 239.10(d), Section 239 shall not apply:

(a) To volunteers who donate their time to support occasional events including festivals, trainings, and clinics where instructors or community members donate their time for tasks that are not safety sensitive as provided in Chapter 4 (Suitability) of Subtitle B; or

(b) To volunteers who perform functions that are not established as part of OAG's volunteer program pursuant to § 239.2.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 004169 (April 29, 2022); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 72 DCR 011549 (October 17, 2025).