§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.