# Division 7. Eligibility Registers Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted. ## Division 7. Eligibility Registers ### Sec. 16-162. Establishment and maintenance of eligibility registers Prince George's County, Md., Code § 16-162 (2026) (a) Responsibilities. The Director of Human Resources Management shall be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of eligibility registers for the purpose of certifying eligibles therefrom for competitive promotion or appointment, as appropriate, to a vacant position or positions in a given class of work within the classified service. No certification list shall be established by the Director of Human Resources Management for the purpose of competitive promotion or appointment to a vacant position or positions in a given class of work within the classified service unless said list is derived from the eligibility register established to fill vacant positions within a particular class of work. (b) Continuous Registers. (1) An eligibility register shall be established and maintained by the Director of Human Resources Management in order to fill vacant positions in a particular class of work by competitive promotion or appointment, as appropriate, where the number of positions allocated to said class, in combination with the annual attrition rate of incumbents of positions within said class, upon the determination of the Director of Human Resources Management, require a reasonably continuous supply of eligibles. (2) The Director of Human Resources Management may temporarily close any continuous register, as described in subparagraph (b)(1), above, during any period of time when the number of eligibles thereon exceeds the number of existing or projected vacant positions within the class of work for which the register had been established by the Director of Human Resources Management. However, whenever a continuous register has been temporarily closed by the Director of Human Resources Management for a period of twelve (12) months, the Director of Human Resources Management shall, in such event, reopen the register and announce a competitive promotional or recruitment examination, as appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of Section 16-152. On the basis of such promotional or recruitment examination announcement, the Director of Human Resources Management shall conduct the appropriate competitive examination of applicants and shall rate the eligible candidates and notify said eligibles of their ratings and their standing on the register, as provided in Section 16-160. (3) After any continuous eligibility register has been initially established by the Director of Human Resources Management, the merger of the names of additional eligibles on said register thereafter shall be governed by the dates for merger as are stated in the applicable promotional or recruitment examination announcement. (c) Temporary Registers. (1) Where the number of positions allocated to a particular class of work and/or the annual attrition rate of incumbents of positions within said class does not, upon the determination of the Director of Human Resources Management, necessitate the establishment and maintenance of a continuous eligibility register, as described in Subsection (b), above, the Director of Human Resources Management shall establish a temporary eligibility register for the purpose of filling a position or positions within such class of work at the time such position or positions become vacant. (2) Upon the competitive promotion or appointment, as appropriate, of an eligible or eligibles to the vacant position or positions within a given class of work for which the temporary eligibility register was established by the Director of Human Resources Management, then, and in such event, the Director of Human Resources Management shall void such eligibility register. (d) Order of Names on Promotional Register. (1) The Director of Human Resources Management shall arrange the names of all eligibles on any promotion eligibility register, whether continuous or temporary, in descending order with the name or names of the eligible or eligibles assigned the highest rating placed at the top of any such register. (2) Where the names of eligibles are arranged on any such promotion eligibility register in accordance with the provisions above, on the basis of nominal ratings, the Director of Human Resources Management shall order the names of all eligibles within the same nominal rating group alphabetically. (e) Order of Names on Recruitment Registers. The Director of Human Resources Management shall first arrange the names of all eligibles on any recruitment eligibility register, whether continuous or temporary, in descending order with the name or names of the eligible or eligibles assigned the highest rating placed at the top of any such register. Then, the final order of the names of all eligibles on such register shall be determined in accordance with the following procedures: (1) Numerical or Ordinal Ratings. Where the eligibles on any such register have been assigned numerical or ordinal ratings, the range of the ratings on such register shall be divided into three (3) separate subranges, as appropriate, based on the nature of the range of ratings. (2) Nominal Ratings. Where the eligibles on any register have been assigned nominal ratings, the Director of Human Resources Management shall arrange the names of all eligibles within each nominal group alphabetically. (f) Preference order. The Director of Human Resources Management shall then arrange the names of all eligibles within each such subrange into the following priority categories: (1) All disabled veteran eligibles, if any, shall be ordered, by rating, first on the list; (2) All nondisabled veteran eligibles, if any, shall be ordered, by rating, second on the list; (3) All eligibles, if any, who are "displaced homemakers" shall be ordered, by rating, third on the list; (4) All other eligibles, if any, who have certified on their examination applications that they are currently residing within Prince George's County shall be ordered, by rating, fourth on the list; and (5) All other eligibles, if any, who have certified on their examination applications that they are not currently residing within Prince George's County shall be ordered, by rating, in the last priority category. ### Sec. 16-163. Conditions for granting of preferences Prince George's County, Md., Code § 16-163 (2026) (a) Veteran's Preference. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 48 of Article 96 1/2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, any person whose name appears as an eligible on any established recruitment eligibility register shall be entitled to the veteran's preference considerations granted under Section 16-162, above, with respect to priority ordering on any such eligibility register if said person satisfies the following conditions: (1) The person presents evidence of separation from any branch of the United States Armed Forces under honorable conditions after at least one hundred and eighty (180) days of active military duty, in such manner and form as described in duly developed, approved and issued personnel procedures; (2) The person has been a legal resident of the State of Maryland for at least five (5) full calendar years at the time of making formal application for a competitive examination in order to be considered for initial appointment to a vacant position in the classified service; and (3) If the person is a disabled veteran, the person presents evidence of a permanent, service-related disability of thirty percent (30%) or more for which said person is receiving disability compensation payments from the United States Veteran's Administration and/or any branch of the United States Armed Forces in such manner and form as prescribed in duly developed, approved and issued personnel procedures. (b) Veteran's Surviving Spouse. The veteran's preference considerations granted under Section 16-162, above, shall be extended to any unmarried surviving spouse of a deceased veteran upon the presentation of evidence by such spouse in such manner and form as prescribed in duly developed, approved, and issued personnel procedures that: (1) The person has been a legal resident of the State of Maryland for at least five (5) full calendar years at the time of making formal application for competitive examination in order to be considered for initial appointment to a vacant position in the classified service; (2) The person is unmarried and is the legally recognized spouse of a deceased veteran; (3) The deceased veteran had been honorably discharged from any branch of the United States Armed Forces; and (4) If the deceased veteran was disabled, the disability was a permanent, service-related disability of thirty percent (30%) or more for which the veteran was receiving, at the time of death, disability compensation payments from the United States Veteran's Administration and/or any branch of the United States Armed Forces. (c) "Displaced Homemakers" Preference. The preference considerations granted to "displaced homemakers" shall be extended to any individual upon the presentation of evidence by such individual in such manner and form as prescribed by duly developed, approved, and issued personnel procedures that: (1) The person has been a legal resident of the State of Maryland for at least five (5) full calendar years at the time of making formal application for competitive examination in order to be considered for initial appointment to a vacant position in the classified service and is currently residing within Prince George's County; (2) The person is over thirty-five (35) years of age; (3) The person has not been gainfully employed on a substantially full-time basis for the past five (5) calendar years because the person has worked for the person's family in the family home; and (4) The person has had or would have difficulty in finding employment; and (5) (A) The person has depended on the income of a family member and has lost that income as a result of separation, divorce, or the death or disability of that family member; or (B) The person has depended on government assistance as the parent of dependent children and is no longer eligible for such assistance. ### Sec. 16-164. Duration of eligibility Prince George's County, Md., Code § 16-164 (2026) (a) Continuous Registers. The duration of a person's eligibility on a continuous eligibility register shall be determined in accordance with procedures promulgated by the Director of Human Resources Management. The Director of Human Resources Management shall notify any eligible applicant, in writing, of the removal of the eligible's name from any eligibility register for just cause. Criteria for removal may include, but not be limited to, the applicant knowingly making a false statement, the unreasonable refusal of offers of promotion or appointment or failure to respond to requests for interviews, or failing to report to work after accepting an offer of employment. Any such written notice shall state the eligible applicant's right to initiate a grievance with respect to such removal in accordance with the provisions of Section 16-200 if the eligible is seeking competitive promotion. (b) Temporary Registers. (1) The duration of a person's eligibility on a temporary eligibility register shall be determined in accordance with procedures promulgated by the Director of Human Resources Management. ### Sec. 16-165. Responsibility of eligibles Prince George's County, Md., Code § 16-165 (2026) It shall be the responsibility of any person whose name appears as an eligible on any eligibility register to notify the Director of Human Resources Management, in writing, of any material change in the information originally recorded on the examination application or any other related form or document by said eligible.