Ch. 82                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(3)     This section does not apply to an individual who applies for
employment or is employed:

(i) as a law enforcement officer, as defined in § 3-101 of the Public
Safety Article;

(ii) as an employee of a law enforcement agency of the State, a
county, or a municipal corporation;

(iii) as a communications officer of the Calvert County Control
Center;

(iv) as a correctional officer of the Calvert County Detention Center
or in any other capacity that involves direct personal contact with an inmate in the
Detention Center;

(v) as a correctional officer of the Washington County Detention
Center or in any other capacity that involves direct personal contact with an inmate
in the Center; or

(vi) as a correctional officer of:

1.       the Baltimore City Jail;

2.       the Baltimore County Detention Center;

3.       the Cecil County Detention Center;

4.       the Charles County Detention Center;

5.       the Frederick County Adult Detention Center;

6.       the Harford County Detention Center; or

7.       the St. Mary's County Detention Center.

(4)     This section does not apply to an applicant for employment as a
correctional officer with the Department of Corrections for Prince George's County.

(c)     An employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment,
prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or
take a lie detector or similar test.

(d)     (1) Each application for employment shall set out, in bold-faced upper
case type, the following notice:

"Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of
employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual
submit to or take a lie detector or similar test. An employer who violates this law is
guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100."

(2) Each application shall provide a space for an applicant to sign an
acknowledgment of the notice required under this subsection.

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