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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="3-215" title_number="3" title_name="Division of Correction" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Powers and Personnel">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In accordance with the State budget, the Division may appoint officers and other employees as necessary to operate the Division and its units efficiently and effectively.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, all officers and other employees of the Division shall be appointed and removed in accordance with the provisions of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The following positions are in the executive service, the management service, or are special appointments of the skilled service or the professional service in the State Personnel Management System:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Commissioner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Deputy Commissioner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Assistant Commissioner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>industries general manager;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>warden;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>facility administrator; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>assistant warden.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The warden of a correctional facility is the appointing officer for the officers and other employees of that facility.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Commissioner is the appointing officer for the other officers and employees in the Division.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Division may provide a dwelling for a warden.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A warden may not receive any compensation or perquisite other than:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the compensation and reimbursement provided under subsection (e) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if provided under subsection (c) of this section, a dwelling.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Officers and other employees are entitled to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>compensation as provided in the State budget; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>reimbursement for expenses in accordance with the Standard State Travel Regulations.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Officers and other employees working 40 hours or more per week in a correctional facility are entitled to one free meal per shift as provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary shall require an individual to pass a polygraph examination before being appointed to serve as a correctional officer in a correctional facility.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations governing the administration of the polygraph examination required under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
