Maryland § 9-302

§ 9-302.

    An employment agency may not:

        (1)    knowingly refer a client to a job if any condition of the job violates any law;

        (2)    refer a client to an establishment where a labor dispute exists;

        (3)    as a condition of providing service to a client, require the client before acceptance of a job to execute:

            (i)    a promissory note; or

            (ii)    an instrument with warrant of attorney that authorizes confession of judgment;

        (4)    advertise a job for which there is no order by an employer on file;

        (5)    send a client to an employer for a job with no order on file for the job unless:

            (i)    the employer previously requested regular interviews with qualified clients, the client is qualified, and the employment agency confirms the request before sending the client to the employer; or

            (ii)    the employment agency tells the client that the employment agency has no order for the job;

        (6)    split a fee with an employer or representative of an employer, except that the employment agency may accept from an employer all or part of a service fee for a client if the employment agency tells the client of the payment;

        (7)    charge a client a registration fee or collect in advance from a client a payment for service to be performed for the client to obtain employment;

        (8)    publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading information or promise;

        (9)    solicit for other employment an individual who is employed by an employer with whom the employment agency placed the individual, unless the individual reactivates the application;

        (10)    engage in fraud or dishonest dealing; or

        (11)    violate this title.