1. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, this title applies to all employees in the State Personnel Management System within the Executive Branch and independent personnel systems.

2. (b) This title does not apply to:

   1. (1) an employee who is appointed by the Governor whose appointment requires the Governor's approval;
   2. (2) an employee in the executive service of the State Personnel Management System;
   3. (3) a temporary employee;
   4. (4) an attorney in the Office of the Attorney General;
   5. (5) a State Police officer;
   6. (6) an employee under § 7-601 of the Transportation Article who is subject to a collective bargaining agreement that contains another grievance procedure;
   7. (7) an employee, including a member of a faculty, who is subject to a contract or regulation governing teacher tenure;
   8. (8) a member of the faculty, an officer, or an administrative employee of Baltimore City Community College;
   9. (9) a student employee;
   10. (10) an individual who, as an incarcerated individual or patient in an institution, is employed by the State; or
   11. (11) an administrative law judge in the Office of Administrative Hearings.

Added by Acts 1993, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1994, c. 165, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1994, c. 166, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1994, c. 485, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1995, c. 3, § 2, eff. March 7, 1995. Renumbered from State Personnel and Pensions § 10-102 and amended by Acts 1996, c. 347, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996. Amended by Acts 1997, c. 549, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2020, c. 6, § 1, eff. Feb. 29, 2020; Acts 2022, c. 46, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022; Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.

Formerly Art. 64A, § 53.