# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 7. Employment in the State Personnel Management System

### Subtitle 2. Appointment in Skilled Service and Professional Service

#### Section 7-206

(a)

  (1) An appointing authority may use any appropriate selection process to rate qualified applicants.

  (2) A unit must be able to establish the job relatedness, reliability, and validity of the selection tests that it uses.

(b)

  (1) A selection test must be:

    (i) free of charge; and

    (ii) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, open to all qualified applicants.

  (2) An appointing authority:

    (i) may disqualify and refuse to examine an otherwise qualified applicant who intentionally falsifies information in the application; and

    (ii) shall give the applicant a written notice of the reason for the proposed disqualification.

  (3) An applicant who is disqualified under this subsection may submit a written response to the notice.

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