Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 7 - Claims Procedure, Hearings, and Appeals
Section 9-704 - Notice to Employer -- Accidental Personal Injury

(a)    This section does not apply to a compensable hernia.
    (b)    If a covered employee is injured or dies due to an accidental personal injury, oral or written notice shall be given to the employer:
        (1)    for injury, within 10 days after the accidental personal injury; or
        (2)    for death, within 30 days after the death.
    (c)    If the notice given under subsection (b) of this section is in writing, the notice shall:
        (1)    state the name and address of the covered employee;
        (2)    state, in plain language, the time, place, nature, and cause of the accidental personal injury; and
        (3)    be signed:
            (i)    for injury, by the covered employee or by an individual on behalf of the covered employee; or
            (ii)    for death, by at least 1 dependent of the covered employee or by an individual on behalf of the dependents of the covered employee.
    (d)    Unless excused by the Commission under § 9-706 of this subtitle, failure to give notice bars a claim under this title.

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