1. (a) The Secretary shall adopt guidelines for the recruitment and selection of contractual employees.

2. (b) These guidelines shall require a contracting unit:

   1. (1) to make a reasonable effort to publicly solicit applicants for contractual employment;
   2. (2) to make a reasonable effort to screen and select contractual employees by using methods and criteria that are uniformly applied to all applicants for a particular instance of contractual employment; and

   3. (3) to use criteria to select contractual employees that:

      1. (i) are based on the qualifications of the applicant; and
      2. (ii) conform to subsection (c) of this section.

3. (c)

   1. (1) All personnel actions concerning a contractual employee shall be made in accordance with § 2-302 of this article.
   2. (2) An action may be taken with regard to age, sex, or disability to the extent that age, sex, or disability involves a bona fide occupational qualification.
4. (d) To the extent feasible, a unit shall conduct the recruitment and selection of contractual employees according to the guidelines adopted under this section.

Added by Acts 1993, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1993. Renumbered from State Personnel and Pensions § 12-203 and amended by Acts 1996, c. 347, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996.

Formerly Art. 64A, § 15A.