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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="11-105" title_number="11" title_name="Disciplinary Actions, Layoffs, and Employment Terminations in State Personnel Management System" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Disciplinary Actions">
  <text>The following actions are causes for automatic termination of employment:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>intentional conduct, without justification, that:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>seriously injures another person;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>causes substantial damage to property; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>seriously threatens the safety of the workplace;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>theft of State property of a value greater than $300;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>illegal sale, use, or possession of drugs on the job;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>conviction of a controlled dangerous substance offense by an employee in a designated sensitive classification;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>conviction of a felony;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>accepting for personal use any fee, gift, or other valuable thing in connection with or during the course of State employment if given to the employee by any person with the hope or expectation of receiving a favor or better treatment than that accorded to other persons;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <level label="i">
      <text>violation of the Fair Election Practices Act; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>using, threatening, or attempting to use political influence or the influence of any State employee or officer in securing promotion, transfer, leave of absence, or increased pay;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>wantonly careless conduct or unwarrantable excessive force in the treatment or care of an individual who is a client, patient, prisoner, or any other individual who is in the care or custody of this State; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>violation of § 3–314 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
