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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="16-307" title_number="16" title_name="Suspension and Debarment of Contractors" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A business is debarred from entering into a contract with a public body if the Board debars:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an officer, director, controlling shareholder, or partner; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an employee directly involved in the process of obtaining contracts with public bodies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The business is debarred under subsection (a) of this section to the same extent as the person debarred by the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A business shall remain debarred under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>as long as the debarred person remains with the business in any capacity described in subsection (a) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>until the debarment is removed under § 16-310 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board shall notify in writing any business that it is debarred under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
