1. (a)

   1. (1) An appointing authority may use any appropriate selection process to rate qualified applicants.
   2. (2) A unit must be able to establish the job relatedness, reliability, and validity of the selection tests that it uses.

2. (b)

   1. (1) A selection test must be:

      1. (i) free of charge; and
      2. (ii) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, open to all qualified applicants.

   2. (2) An appointing authority:

      1. (i) may disqualify and refuse to examine an otherwise qualified applicant who intentionally falsifies information in the application; and
      2. (ii) shall give the applicant a written notice of the reason for the proposed disqualification.
   3. (3) An applicant who is disqualified under this subsection may submit a written response to the notice.

Added by Acts 1996, c. 347, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996. Amended by Acts 1997, c. 20, § 2, eff. April 8, 1997.