Ch. 427                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 427

(House Bill 551)

AN ACT concerning

Calvert County Jail - Polygraph Test

FOR the purpose of excluding communications officers of the
Calvert County Emergency Communication Center and certain

employees of the Calvert County Detection Center

correctional officers and certain employees of the Calvert
County Jail from the prohibition against mandatory
submission to polygraph tests for employment applicants as a
prerequisite for employment or application for employment or
prospective employment.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

Section 95

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

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;

(ii) Any employee of any law enforcement agency
of the State of Maryland, or any county, incorporated city or
town, or other municipal corporation; [or]

(iii) A correctional officer of the Baltimore
County Detention Center, the Baltimore City Jail, the Charles

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