Section 13-201 – Scope of Subtitle
(a) This subtitle applies to all units in the Executive Branch of State government, except a unit with an independent personnel system. (b) The Secretary may exempt specific types of contractual employees from the certification and other requirements of this subtitle.
Section 13-202 – Certification
(a) Except as otherwise authorized under § 13-201(b) of this subtitle, a unit may not execute or renew a contract for the employment of a contractual employee unless the Secretary issues to the unit a certification that: (1) the employment of the contractual employee is for services that cannot be performed by assignment or hiring of any […]
Section 13-203 – Recruitment and Selection
(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 […]
Section 13-204 – Continuing Certification
Except as authorized under § 13-303 of this title, the Secretary may not continue certification for any contractual employee if the Secretary determines that the services performed under the contract: (1) encompass permanent functions; (2) have no specific expiration date; and (3) regularly are performed on a basis that is at least equal to 50% of the work […]
Section 13-205 – Audits
(a) The Secretary periodically shall audit a sample of instances of contractual employment in the various units to determine whether: (1) justification exists in each instance to continue certification for the contractual employee; and (2) the guidelines adopted under § 13-203 of this subtitle have been followed. (b) (1) If, as a result of an audit, the Secretary determines that […]