Mandatory provision for all contracts: “No official or employee of the State of Maryland, as defined under General Provisions Article, §5-101, Annotated Code of Maryland, whose duties as such official or employee include matters relating to or affecting the subject matter of this contract, shall during the pendancy and term of this contract and while serving as an official or employee of the State become or be an employee of the contractor or any entity that is a subcontractor on this contract.”

Authority: Election Law Article, §§14-101—14-108; General Provisions Article, §§5-101 and 5-503; State Finance and Procurement Article, §§12-101, 13-211, 13-217—13-219, 13-221—13-223, 13-317, 15-226 ,16-202, 17-401, 17-402, and 19-114; Annotated Code of Maryland; Chs. 588, 589, and 630, Acts of 2017; Ch. 403, Acts of 2019

Effective date: July 1, 1981 (8:13 Md. R. II-5)

Regulation .09A amended effective May 6, 1985 (12:9 Md. R. 816)

Chapter revised effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)

Regulation .03 amended effective August 2, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1221)

Regulation .05 amended effective October 2, 2000 (27:19 Md. R. 1730); July 9, 2001 (28:13 Md. R. 1216)

Regulation .06B amended effective May 2, 2022 (49:9 Md. R. 531)

Regulation .08 amended effective December 25, 2000 (27:25 Md. R. 2284); January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449); March 3, 2025 (52:4 Md. R. 221)

Regulation .11 amended effective June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 643)

Regulation .11A amended effective November 22, 1993 (20:23 Md. R. 1086)

Regulation .12A amended effective November 22, 1993 (20:23 Md. R. 1086); May 2, 2022 (49:9 Md. R. 531)

Regulation .14 amended effective May 13, 2013 (40:9 Md. R. 789); July 15, 2019 (46:14 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .16 amended effective May 2, 2022 (49:9 Md. R. 531)

Regulation .18 amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .19 amended effective March 11, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 310)

Regulation .20 amended effective January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 79); December 25, 2000 (27:25 Md. R. 2284); January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .25 amended effective October 1, 1990 (17:19 Md. R. 2322); August 2, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1221); August 8, 2011 (38:16 Md. R. 946); May 13, 2013 (40:9 Md. R. 789)

Regulation .25C amended effective March 11, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 310)

Regulation .25D amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .26 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 8, 1997 (24:18 Md. R. 1294); emergency status rescinded effective October 16, 1997 (24:23 Md. R. 1608)

Regulation .26 adopted effective March 12, 2007 (34:5 Md. R. 562)

Regulation .26A amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449); March 3, 2025 (52:4 Md. R. 221)

Regulation .26B amended effective March 5, 2012 (39:4 Md. R. 338)

Regulation .27 adopted effective July 15, 2019 (46:14 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .28 adopted effective July 15, 2019 (46:14 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .29 adopted effective June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 643)

Regulation .30 adopted effective June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 643)

Regulation .31 adopted effective September 18, 2023 (50:18 Md. R. 800)

Regulation .31 amended effective March 3, 2025 (52:4 Md. R. 221)