# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 9. Employment Agencies

### Subtitle 3. Employment Agencies

#### Section 9-302

An employment agency may not:

(1) knowingly refer a client to a job if any condition of the job violates any law;

(2) refer a client to an establishment where a labor dispute exists;

(3) as a condition of providing service to a client, require the client before acceptance of a job to execute:

  (i) a promissory note; or

  (ii) an instrument with warrant of attorney that authorizes confession of judgment;

(4) advertise a job for which there is no order by an employer on file;

(5) send a client to an employer for a job with no order on file for the job unless:

  (i) the employer previously requested regular interviews with qualified clients, the client is qualified, and the employment agency confirms the request before sending the client to the employer; or

  (ii) the employment agency tells the client that the employment agency has no order for the job;

(6) split a fee with an employer or representative of an employer, except that the employment agency may accept from an employer all or part of a service fee for a client if the employment agency tells the client of the payment;

(7) charge a client a registration fee or collect in advance from a client a payment for service to be performed for the client to obtain employment;

(8) publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading information or promise;

(9) solicit for other employment an individual who is employed by an employer with whom the employment agency placed the individual, unless the individual reactivates the application;

(10) engage in fraud or dishonest dealing; or

(11) violate this title.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)