§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 § 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.