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VETOES

Examination Advisory Board within the Department of

Personnel requiring the Secretary or a designee of the
Secretary to document, in writing, certain considerations

that were examined prior to denying a person State

employment for medical reasons and certain reasons the
accommodations were determined to be unreasonable; and
providing that certain guidelines State law and regulations
be used as a reference in deciding whether an accommodation
is reasonable; establishing certain procedures to be
followed in the case of denial of State employment for
medical reasons; and generally relating to denial of State
employment for medical reasons.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 64A - Merit System

Section 12

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

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

Article 64A - Merit System

12.

[Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
except as herein provided, the Secretary shall not hereafter
prohibit, prevent, disqualify or discriminate against any person
who is physically and mentally qualified from competing,
registering for or participating in a competitive or promotional
examination held under the provisions of this article or from
qualifying for a position in the classified service by reason of
his or her age and/or on account of any physical defect or
impairment, providing such physically impaired person shall
produce a certificate from a competent medical doctor certifying
that the said physically impaired person is not suffering from
any physical defect or impairment which is of such a character
that would interfere with the physically impaired person
performing the duties of the position which the said physically
impaired person is seeking.

Whenever the Secretary shall have certified to the
appointing authority a list of eligibles in conformity with the
provisions of § 17 of this article and such list shall contain
the name of a physically impaired person, such physically
impaired person shall not be rejected by the said appointing
authority because of said physical impairment alone, provided
said physically handicapped person is qualified to perform the
duties of the position involved.]

(A) IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.