Maryland Statutes
Labor and Employment
Title 9 - Workers' Compensation

Section 9-233 - Volunteer -- Deputy Sheriff in Cecil County; Police Officer in Frederick County; Auxiliary Volunteer in Charles County Sheriff's Office - (a) Each volunteer deputy sheriff of Cecil County is a...

Section 9-234 - Volunteer Fire or Rescue Company - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-235 - Worker for Aid or Sustenance - An individual is not a covered employee while performing a...

Section 9-236 - Service in Course of Business, Occupation, Profession, or Trade of Employer - An individual is a covered employee while performing a service...

Subtitle 3 - State Workers' Compensation Commission

Section 9-301 - Established - There is a State Workers’ Compensation Commission established as an...

Section 9-302 - Membership - (a) The Commission consists of 10 members, appointed by the...

Section 9-303 - Chairman - (a) From among the members of the Commission, the Governor...

Section 9-304 - Full-Time Duties; Compensation - (a) (1) Each member of the Commission shall devote full...

Section 9-305 - Staff - (a) (1) The Chairman of the Commission may employ a...

Section 9-306 - Offices - The Commission: (1) shall have its principal office in Baltimore...

Section 9-307 - Hours - (a) Except for legal holidays, the Commission shall be in...

Section 9-308 - Hearings; Decisions; Orders; Transmission of Orders - (a) Any member of the Commission may conduct a hearing...

Section 9-309 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties - (a) The Commission may adopt regulations to carry out this...

Section 9-310 - Determination of Amount of Penalty or Fine - In determining the amount of a financial penalty or fine...

Section 9-310.1 - Benefits Wrongfully Obtained; Reimbursement; Interest - (a) In any administrative action before the Commission, if it...

Section 9-310.2 - Referral of Certain Fraud Cases to Insurance Fraud Division; Reports - (a) In any administrative action before the Commission, if it...

Section 9-311 - Subpoenas - (a) To carry out this title, a member of the...

Section 9-312 - Reports of Commission - (a) As soon as practicable after the end of the...

Section 9-313 - Reports and Analyses of Insurance Provider - (a) The Commission may require an insurer or a self–insurer...

Section 9-314 - Forms - (a) The Commission shall provide employers, without charge, blank forms...

Section 9-315 - Funding of Occupational Safety and Health Program - The Commission shall pay the costs of the administration of...

Section 9-315.1 - Administrative Costs for Workforce Fraud Program - The Commission shall pay the costs of the administration of...

Section 9-316 - Payment of Expenses; Tax - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-317 - Advisory Committee - (a) There is an Advisory Committee on the budget of...

Section 9-318 - Operating Budget - (a) By September 1 of each year, the Commission shall...

Section 9-319 - Workers' Compensation Fund - (a) There is a Workers’ Compensation Fund that consists of:...

Subtitle 4 - Insurance Coverage

Section 9-401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-402 - Coverage Required - (a) Subject to subsections (b) through (f) of this section,...

Section 9-402.1 - Failure to Properly Classify Employee - (a) In this section, “knowingly” means having actual knowledge, deliberate...

Section 9-403 - Approval of Self-Insurance Plan - (a) An employer who wishes to self–insure under § 9–402(a)(4)...

Section 9-404 - Governmental Self-Insurance Group - (a) (1) The Commission shall adopt regulations: (i) setting procedures...

Section 9-405 - Self-Insurance by Individual Employer - (a) Each employer who wants to self–insure under this section...

Section 9-406 - Commission -- Exercise of Discretion - In exercising the discretion granted to the Commission by this...

Section 9-407 - Failure to Insure - (a) If an employer fails to secure compensation for all...

Section 9-408 - Restrictions on Agreements - (a) Any agreement of an employer that indemnifies the employer...

Section 9-409 - Judicial Review - An employer may appeal any decision of the Commission under...

Section 9-410 - Workers' Compensation Insurer Office and Personnel Requirements - (a) An insurer that provides workers’ compensation insurance in the...

Subtitle 5 - Entitlement to and Liability for Compensation

Section 9-501 - Accidental Personal Injury - (a) Except as otherwise provided, each employer of a covered...

Section 9-502 - Occupational Disease -- Compensation - (a) In this section, “disablement” means the event of a...

Section 9-503 - Occupational Disease -- Presumption -- Firefighters, Fire Fighting Instructors, Rescue Squad Members, Advanced Life Support Unitmembers, and Police Officers - (a) A paid firefighter, paid fire fighting instructor, paid rescue...

Section 9-504 - Hernia - (a) Except as otherwise provided, an employer shall provide compensation...

Section 9-505 - Occupational Deafness - (a) Except as otherwise provided, an employer shall provide compensation...

Section 9-506 - Compensation Prohibited - (a) A covered employee or a dependent of a covered...

Section 9-507 - Degree of Risk - Compensation may not be denied to a covered employee because...

Section 9-508 - Liability of Principal Contractor for Compensation - (a) A principal contractor is liable to pay to a...

Section 9-509 - Exclusivity of Compensation - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the liability...

Section 9-510 - Action After Repeal or Invalidation of Provisions - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Subtitle 6 - Benefits

Part I - General Provisions

Section 9-601 - Construction of Subtitle - A provision of this subtitle may not be construed to...

Section 9-602 - Average Weekly Wage - (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 9-603 - State Average Weekly Wage - On or before December 15 of each year, the Maryland...

Section 9-604 - Computation of Compensation - (a) The Commission shall compute all compensation awarded under this...

Section 9-605 - Payment of Compensation by Employer or Insurer - If an employer or its insurer wholly or partly pays...

Section 9-606 - Illegally Employed Minor -- Double Compensation - (a) In a claim involving a minor who is employed...

Section 9-607 - Prisoner - (a) The Commission may not award compensation to a prisoner...

Section 9-608 - Occupational Disease -- Partial Cause of Death or Disability - (a) The Commission shall determine the percentage that an occupational...

Section 9-609 - Receipt of Compensation or Damages Under Law of Another State - If a covered employee or the dependents of a covered...

Section 9-610 - Offset Against Other Benefits - (a) (1) Except for benefits subject to an offset under...

Section 9-610.1 - Offsets or Credits Against Permanent Partial Disability Awards - The Workers’ Compensation Commission may order an offset or credit...

Section 9-611 - Occupational Disease -- Abated Award Subject to Assessment - An abated award of compensation for disability or death due...

Part II - Temporary Partial Disability

Section 9-614 - Scope of Part - A covered employee who is temporarily partially disabled due to...

Section 9-615 - Payment of Compensation - (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, if...

Part III - Temporary Total Disability

Section 9-618 - Scope of Part - A covered employee who is temporarily totally disabled due to...

Section 9-619 - Effect on Other Laws - This Part III of this subtitle does not affect or...

Section 9-620 - Waiting Period for Compensation - (a) If a temporary total disability lasts for 14 days...

Section 9-621 - Payment of Compensation - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...

Section 9-622 - Payment of Compensation -- Reopening - (a) If, under an initial claim filed on or after...

Part IV - Permanent Partial Disability

Section 9-625 - Scope of Part - A covered employee who is permanently partially disabled due to...

Section 9-626 - Minimum Compensation - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-627 - Duration of Compensation - (a) If a covered employee is entitled to compensation for...

Section 9-628 - Compensation for Less Than 75 Weeks - (a) In this section, “public safety employee” means: (1) a...

Section 9-629 - Compensation for Period Equal to or Greater Than 75 Weeks but Less Than 250 Weeks - If a covered employee is awarded compensation for a period...

Section 9-630 - Serious Disability -- Compensation for 250 Weeks or More - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...

Section 9-631 - Benefits Additional - Compensation for a permanent partial disability under this Part IV...

Section 9-632 - Survival of Compensation - (a) This section does not apply to compensation paid under...

Section 9-633 - Reversal or Change in Compensation - If an award of permanent partial disability compensation is reversed...

Part V - Permanent Total Disability

Section 9-635 - Scope of Part - A covered employee who is permanently totally disabled due to...

Section 9-636 - Determination of Disability; Presumption - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-637 - Payment of Compensation - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...

Section 9-638 - Cost of Living Adjustment - (a) (1) A covered employee under this section includes an...

Section 9-638.1 - Cost of Living Adjustment -- Employees of Nongovernmental Units, Counties, or Municipal Corporations - (a) This section applies to: (1) a nongovernmental unit that...

Section 9-639 - Benefits Additional - Compensation for a permanent total disability under this Part V...

Section 9-640 - Survival of Compensation - (a) This section does not apply to compensation paid under...

Part VI - Hernias

Section 9-643 - Scope of Part - A covered employee who has a hernia resulting from an...

Section 9-644 - Surgery; Compensation - (a) Whenever practicable, a femoral, inguinal, or other hernia proven...

Section 9-645 - Refusal to Undergo Surgery - (a) If a covered employee who suffers from a compensable...

Section 9-646 - Survival of Compensation - (a) This section does not apply to compensation paid under...

Part VII - Occupational Deafness

Section 9-649 - Scope of Part - A covered employee who suffers from occupational deafness shall be...

Section 9-650 - Calculation of Percentage of Hearing Loss - (a) (1) Hearing loss shall be measured by audiometric instrumentation...

Section 9-651 - Extent of Liability - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 9-652 - Impleader - (a) In a proceeding for compensation on the claim of...

Part VIII - Permanent Disability Due in Part to Preexisting Disease or Infirmity

Section 9-655 - Scope of Part - This Part VIII of this subtitle does not apply to:...

Section 9-656 - Apportionment - (a) If it appears that a permanent disability of a...

Section 9-657 - Waiver - (a) When entering into a contract of employment, an individual...

Part IX - Medical Benefits

Section 9-660 - Provision of Medical Services and Treatment - (a) In addition to the compensation provided under this subtitle,...

Section 9-661 - Repair or Replacement of Eyeglasses and Prosthetic Appliances - (a) The employer or its insurer shall repair or replace...

Section 9-662 - Providing Excessive Treatment - If the Chairman of the Commission finds or has reasonable...

Section 9-663 - Regulatory Power of Commission - (a) (1) The Commission shall adopt regulations setting standards for...

Section 9-664 - Fine and Interest - (a) (1) If the Commission finds that the employer or...

Part X - Wage Reimbursement

Section 9-667 - Wage Reimbursement - In addition to any other compensation paid to a covered...

Part XI - Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits

Section 9-670 - Definitions - (a) In this Part XI of this subtitle the following...

Section 9-671 - Provider of Vocational Rehabilitation Services -- Registration Required - (a) If required by the Commission, an individual who provides...

Section 9-672 - Vocational Rehabilitation Entitlement - A disabled covered employee is entitled to vocational rehabilitation services.

Section 9-673 - Vocational Rehabilitation Plan - (a) The Commission shall: (1) refer a covered employee who...

Section 9-674 - Payment of Expenses, Compensation, Maintenance, and Transportation Costs; Duration of Training - (a) The employer or its insurer shall pay the expenses...

Section 9-675 - Vocational Rehabilitation Reports - (a) When a covered employee has received temporary total disability...

Part XII - Death Benefits

Section 9-678 - Application of Part - A dependent of a covered employee who is entitled to...

Section 9-679 - Determination of Dependency - (a) This section applies only to a covered employee of...

Section 9-680 - Compensation Prohibited - (a) This section applies only to a covered employee of...

Section 9-681 - Wholly Dependent Individuals - (a) This section applies only to a covered employee of...

Section 9-682 - Partly Dependent Individuals - (a) This section applies only to a covered employee of...

Section 9-683 - Apportionment and Payment of Death Benefits - (a) This section applies only to a covered employee of...

Section 9-683.1 - Determination of Dependency - (a) This section does not apply to a covered employee...

Section 9-683.2 - Compensation Prohibited - (a) This section does not apply to a covered employee...

Section 9-683.3 - Dependent Individuals - (a) This section does not apply to a covered employee...

Section 9-683.4 - Continuing Jurisdiction - (a) This section does not apply to a covered employee...

Section 9-683.5 - Apportionment and Payment of Death Benefits - (a) This section does not apply to a covered employee...

Section 9-683.6 - Election by Municipal Corporation or County - (a) A municipal corporation or county may make a one–time...

Section 9-684 - Liability When No Dependents - If there are no dependents, the liability of an employer...

Section 9-685 - Survival of Death Benefits - If a dependent of a covered employee dies, the right...

Section 9-686 - Nonresident Alien Dependent - (a) A dependent of a covered employee who is a...

Part XIII - Funeral Benefits

Section 9-689 - Funeral Benefits - (a) The employer or its insurer shall pay reasonable funeral...

Subtitle 6A - Rehabilitation Practitioners

Section 9-6A-01 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-6A-02 - Purpose of Subtitle - The purpose of this subtitle is to establish educational and...

Section 9-6A-03 - Registration Generally - (a) The State Department of Education, Division of Rehabilitation Services,...

Section 9-6A-04 - Enforcement of Subtitle - (a) This subtitle does not limit the right of any...

Section 9-6A-05 - Advisory Committee on Registration of Rehabilitation Practitioners - (a) There is an Advisory Committee on the Registration of...

Section 9-6A-06 - Payment for Services - (a) A rehabilitation practitioner shall be registered with the Commission...

Section 9-6A-07 - Commission Powers; Fees - (a) In addition to any powers set forth elsewhere, the...

Section 9-6A-08 - Individual Registration Requirements - (a) To qualify for registration, an applicant shall be an...

Section 9-6A-09 - Education, Experience, and Supervision Requirements - (a) To qualify for registration, a nurse case manager shall...

Section 9-6A-10 - Application and Fee - An applicant for registration shall submit an application to the...

Section 9-6A-11 - Waiver of Requirements - (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commission...

Section 9-6A-12 - Registration of Applicants Required - The Commission shall register any applicant who meets the requirements...

Section 9-6A-13 - Effect of Registration - A registration, while in effect, authorizes an individual, as a...

Section 9-6A-14 - Expiration and Renewal of Registration - (a) A registration expires on the date set by the...

Section 9-6A-15 - Fraudulent Practices in Connection With Registration - (a) The Commission may deny registration to any applicant, reprimand...

Section 9-6A-16 - Hearings - (a) Before the Commission takes any final action under §...

Section 9-6A-17 - Appeal - Any individual aggrieved by a decision of the Commission under...

Section 9-6A-18 - Registration Required -- Providing Vocational Rehabilitative Services - Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, an individual may...

Section 9-6A-19 - Registration Required -- Reimbursement; Advertising - Unless authorized under this subtitle to engage in the practice...

Section 9-6A-20 - Short Title - This subtitle may be cited as the “Maryland Rehabilitation Practitioner...

Subtitle 7 - Claims Procedure, Hearings, and Appeals

Section 9-701 - Regulation of Claims Procedure - Subject to this title, the Commission shall: (1) adopt reasonable...

Section 9-702 - Presumptions - Absent substantial evidence to the contrary, in a proceeding for...

Section 9-703 - Forms - Each employer shall have at all times a sufficient supply...

Section 9-704 - Notice to Employer -- Accidental Personal Injury - (a) This section does not apply to a compensable hernia....

Section 9-705 - Notice to Employer -- Occupational Disease - (a) If a covered employee is disabled or dies due...

Section 9-706 - Failure to Notify Employer -- Excuse and Waiver - (a) The Commission shall excuse a failure to comply with...

Section 9-707 - Report by Employer to Commission - (a) If an accidental personal injury causes disability for more...

Section 9-708 - Failure to Submit Report of Accidental Personal Injury -- Claim Limitation Period Tolled - (a) This section does not apply to: (1) a partner...

Section 9-709 - Claim Application -- Accidental Personal Injury - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this...

Section 9-710 - Claim Application -- Death From Accidental Personal Injury - (a) This section does not apply to a claim for...

Section 9-711 - Claim Application -- Disablement or Death From Occupational Disease - (a) (1) If a covered employee suffers a disablement or...

Section 9-712 - Submission of Claim Application Form to Insurer - (a) If the employer or its insurer directs or requests...

Section 9-713 - Payment of Benefits or Filing of Issues - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

Section 9-714 - Claim Processing - (a) When the Commission receives a claim, the Commission: (1)...

Section 9-715 - Conduct of Investigations - (a) The Commission may conduct an investigation in the manner...

Section 9-716 - Self-Incrimination -- Not Excused - (a) In any investigation or hearing by the Commission, a...

Section 9-717 - Noncompliance by Witness - (a) If, without reasonable cause, a witness refuses to produce...

Section 9-718 - Transcript of Investigation - (a) The Commission may receive into evidence all or any...

Section 9-719 - Depositions - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a party...

Section 9-720 - Medical Examinations - (a) If requested by the Commission, a covered employee who...

Section 9-721 - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...

Section 9-722 - Claim Settlement - (a) Subject to approval by the Commission under subsection (c)...

Section 9-723 - Defenses Not Available to Insurer - In a proceeding to enforce a claim of an employee,...

Section 9-724 - Location of Hearing - (a) In this section, “governmental agency” includes: (1) a county;...

Section 9-725 - Unreasonable Delay Prohibited - The Commission shall schedule hearings to ensure that each claim...

Section 9-726 - Rehearing - (a) Within 15 days after the date of a decision...

Section 9-727 - Payment of Award - The employer or its insurer shall begin paying compensation to...

Section 9-728 - Failure to Pay Award -- Penalties - (a) If the Commission finds that an employer or its...

Section 9-729 - Lump-Sum Payments -- on Order of Commission - (a) This section does not apply to a claim involving...

Section 9-730 - Lump-Sum Payments -- Conversion by Insurer or Self-Insurer - (a) This section does not apply to compensation: (1) for...

Section 9-731 - Fees for Legal Services, Funeral Expenses, and Medical Services, Supplies, or Treatment - (a) (1) Unless approved by the Commission, a person may...

Section 9-732 - Prohibition Against Assignment, Charge, Attachment, or Execution - Except as provided in Title 10 of the Family Law...

Section 9-733 - Termination of Temporary Total Disability Benefits -- Notice - (a) (1) This section does not apply to a termination...

Section 9-734 - Frivolous Proceedings - If the Commission finds that a person has brought a...

Section 9-735 - Prisoners - (a) This section applies only to a prisoner who is...

Section 9-736 - Readjustment; Continuing Powers and Jurisdiction; Modification - (a) If aggravation, diminution, or termination of disability takes place...

Section 9-737 - Judicial Review -- Authorized - An employer, covered employee, dependent of a covered employee, or...

Section 9-738 - Venue - (a) This section is not subject to the provisions set...

Section 9-739 - Record, Statement in Place of Record, or Stipulation - (a) A certified copy of the record of the proceedings...

Section 9-740 - Scheduling of Appeal - An appeal from the Commission has precedence over all other...

Section 9-741 - Appeal Not a Stay - An appeal is not a stay of: (1) an order...

Section 9-742 - Jurisdiction of Commission Pending Appeal - (a) The Commission retains jurisdiction pending an appeal to consider:...

Section 9-743 - Award Against Subsequent Injury Fund - Unless the Subsequent Injury Fund is a party to an...

Section 9-744 - Attorney General -- Representation of Commission - (a) The Attorney General is the legal adviser of the...

Section 9-745 - Conduct of Appeal Proceedings - (a) The proceedings in an appeal shall: (1) be informal...

Section 9-746 - Court Costs and Allowances for Witnesses - Court costs and allowances for witnesses shall be paid as...

Section 9-747 - Copy of Docket Entries and Judgment for Commission - The clerk of the court to which an appeal from...

Section 9-748 - Interest on Compensation - When, on appeal, compensation is awarded by an affirmance, modification,...

Section 9-749 - Frivolous Appeal Proceedings - If a court determines that the ground for an appeal...

Section 9-750 - Appeal to Court of Special Appeals - A party may appeal from a decision of the circuit...

Subtitle 8 - Subsequent Injuries

Section 9-801 - Statement of Intent - When a covered employee has a permanent impairment, suffers a...

Section 9-802 - Compensation From Subsequent Injury Fund -- Permanent Disability - (a) If a covered employee has a permanent impairment and...

Section 9-803 - Compensation From Subsequent Injury Fund -- Death - (a) If a covered employee who has a permanent impairment...

Section 9-804 - Awards - (a) In an award against the Subsequent Injury Fund, the...

Section 9-805 - Waiver Not a Bar - A waiver executed under § 9-657 of this title by...

Section 9-806 - Assessments - (a) (1) The Commission shall impose an assessment of 6.5%,...

Section 9-807 - Impleader - (a) In any case involving payment from the Subsequent Injury...

Section 9-808 - Judicial Review - When an award is made against the Subsequent Injury Fund,...

Subtitle 9 - Liability of Third Parties

Section 9-901 - Choice of Proceeding Against Third Party or Employer - When a person other than an employer is liable for...

Section 9-902 - Action Against Third Party After Award or Payment of Compensation - (a) If a claim is filed and compensation is awarded...

Section 9-903 - Effect of Receipt of Amount in Action - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Subtitle 10 - Uninsured Employers

Section 9-1001 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-1002 - Payment From Uninsured Employers' Fund - (a) An award is payable out of the Fund in...

Section 9-1003 - Subrogation to Rights of Claimant - (a) If the Fund makes payment to a covered employee...

Section 9-1004 - Subrogation to Rights of Uninsured Employer - (a) If the Fund pays compensation to a covered employee...

Section 9-1005 - Assessment Against Uninsured Employer - (a) (1) When the Commission makes a decision on a...

Section 9-1006 - Assessment Against Insurer - (a) The Commission may assess an insurer $300 if: (1)...

Section 9-1007 - Assessment on Awards and Settlements - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this...

Section 9-1008 - Assessment -- Compensation Abated or Not Awarded; Death Without Dependent - (a) This section does not apply to an award against...

Section 9-1009 - Notice and Payment of Assessments; Disposition of Money Collected - (a) When the Commission imposes an assessment on an employer...

Section 9-1010 - Assessment a Lien - (a) An assessment that is payable under this subtitle is...

Section 9-1011 - Suspension and Resumption of Assessments - (a) (1) When the amount of the Fund equals at...

Section 9-1012 - Suspension of License or Permit - (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the...

Section 9-1013 - Compromise of Judgment - (a) (1) If the Director considers compromise to be in...

Section 9-1014 - Settlement by Covered Employee or Dependents - Unless the Director gives written consent, a covered employee or...

Subtitle 11 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties

Section 9-1101 - Deduction From Wage - (a) An employer may not deduct any part of the...

Section 9-1102 - Failure to Report Accident - An employer who knowingly fails to report an accidental personal...

Section 9-1103 - Attempt to Influence Choice of Lawyer - (a) An employer, superior, union official, member of a union,...

Section 9-1104 - Disclosure of Information - (a) An employee of the Commission may not disclose to...

Section 9-1105 - Discharge of Employee for Filing Claim - (a) An employer may not discharge a covered employee from...

Section 9-1106 - False Claims - (a) A person may not knowingly affect or knowingly attempt...

Section 9-1107 - Failure to Apply for Approval of Self-Insurance Plan; Failure to Pay or Secure Payment of Compensation - (a) An employer who self insures under § 9–405 of...

Section 9-1108 - Failure to Secure Payment of Compensation - (a) An employer who fails to secure payment of compensation...

Subtitle 12 - Short Title

Section 9-1201 - Short Title - This title may be cited as the Maryland Workers’ Compensation...

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