# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 13. Contractual Employment and Service Contracts in Executive Branch

### Subtitle 2. Contractual Employees Generally

#### Section 13-203

(a) The Secretary shall adopt guidelines for the recruitment and selection of contractual employees.

(b) These guidelines shall require a contracting unit:

  (1) to make a reasonable effort to publicly solicit applicants for contractual employment;

  (2) to make a reasonable effort to screen and select contractual employees by using methods and criteria that are uniformly applied to all applicants for a particular instance of contractual employment; and

  (3) to use criteria to select contractual employees that:

    (i) are based on the qualifications of the applicant; and

    (ii) conform to subsection (c) of this section.

(c)

  (1) All personnel actions concerning a contractual employee shall be made in accordance with Sec. 2-302 of this article.

  (2) An action may be taken with regard to age, sex, or disability to the extent that age, sex, or disability involves a bona fide occupational qualification.

(d) To the extent feasible, a unit shall conduct the recruitment and selection of contractual employees according to the guidelines adopted under this section.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)