1226                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 292

Approved May 13, 1986.

AN ACT concerning

CHAPTER 292
(Senate Bill 80)

Lie Detector Test

FOR the purpose of providing that an employee may make a written
complaint to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry
regarding an alleged violation of a provision of law that
prohibits the use of a lie detector test as a condition of
employment or continued employment; providing that the
Commissioner of Labor and Industry may institute court
action on behalf of the employee if the Commissioner
determines a violation exists; and generally relating to the
use of lie detector tests as a condition of employment or
continued employment.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

Section 95

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

95.

(a) (1) The following words have the meanings indicated.

(2)  The term "employer" as used in this subtitle
means every employer engaged in any business or enterprise in
this State, including the government of the State of Maryland, or
any county, incorporated city or town, or other municipal
corporation.

(3)  The term "applicant for employment or prospective
employment or any employee" as used in this subtitle does not

include:

(i) A law enforcement officer as defined in §
727 of Article 27;