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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="10-901" title_number="10" title_name="State Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Appointing authority” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Correctional officer” means an employee of the Department working in a State correctional facility who serves in the classification of correctional officer II, sergeant, lieutenant, captain, or major, and includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a correctional dietary officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a correctional maintenance officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a correctional laundry officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a correctional recreation officer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a correctional supply officer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Hearing” means a proceeding during an investigation conducted by a hearing board to take testimony or receive other evidence, or a contested case proceeding before the Office of Administrative Hearings, elected by the correctional officer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Hearing” does not include an interrogation at which no testimony is taken under oath.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Hearing board” means a hearing board that is authorized under § 10–908 of this subtitle to hold a hearing on a complaint against a correctional officer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Intelligence and Investigative Division” means the Intelligence and Investigative Division established under § 10–701 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Misconduct” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>engaging in intentional behavior, without justification, that injures another person, causes damage to property, or threatens the safety of the workplace;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>engaging in unjustifiably offensive conduct toward fellow employees, incarcerated individuals, or the public;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>using excessive force in the treatment or care of an incarcerated individual;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>possessing or trafficking in contraband at a Department facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>being on duty while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance, or while engaged in the illegal use of a prescription drug;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>engaging in a social, personal, intimate, or sexual relationship with an incarcerated individual;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>stealing State property with a value of $300 or less;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or illegality;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>willfully making a false official statement or report;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>violating a lawful order or failing to obey a lawful order given by a superior;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>engaging in any of the actions that are cause for automatic termination of employment under § 11–105 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>committing any violation of the Department’s Standards of Conduct.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
