(a) When the Commission receives a claim, the Commission:
(1) may investigate the claim; and
(2) on application of any party to the claim, shall order a hearing.
(b) (1) The Commission shall make or deny an award within 30 days:
(i) after the mailing of the notice of the filing of a claim; or
(ii) if a hearing is held, after the hearing is concluded.
(2) The decision shall be recorded in the principal office of the Commission, and a copy of the decision shall be sent to each party’s attorney of record or, if the party is unrepresented, to the party:
(i) by first–class mail; or
(ii) by electronic means, if the party’s attorney of record consents or, if the party is unrepresented, the party consents.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 9 - Workers' Compensation
Subtitle 7 - Claims Procedure, Hearings, and Appeals
Section 9-701 - Regulation of Claims Procedure
Section 9-704 - Notice to Employer -- Accidental Personal Injury
Section 9-705 - Notice to Employer -- Occupational Disease
Section 9-706 - Failure to Notify Employer -- Excuse and Waiver
Section 9-707 - Report by Employer to Commission
Section 9-709 - Claim Application -- Accidental Personal Injury
Section 9-710 - Claim Application -- Death From Accidental Personal Injury
Section 9-711 - Claim Application -- Disablement or Death From Occupational Disease
Section 9-712 - Submission of Claim Application Form to Insurer
Section 9-713 - Payment of Benefits or Filing of Issues
Section 9-714 - Claim Processing
Section 9-715 - Conduct of Investigations
Section 9-716 - Self-Incrimination -- Not Excused
Section 9-717 - Noncompliance by Witness
Section 9-718 - Transcript of Investigation
Section 9-720 - Medical Examinations
Section 9-721 - Evaluation of Permanent Impairments
Section 9-722 - Claim Settlement
Section 9-723 - Defenses Not Available to Insurer
Section 9-724 - Location of Hearing
Section 9-725 - Unreasonable Delay Prohibited
Section 9-727 - Payment of Award
Section 9-728 - Failure to Pay Award -- Penalties
Section 9-729 - Lump-Sum Payments -- on Order of Commission
Section 9-730 - Lump-Sum Payments -- Conversion by Insurer or Self-Insurer
Section 9-732 - Prohibition Against Assignment, Charge, Attachment, or Execution
Section 9-733 - Termination of Temporary Total Disability Benefits -- Notice
Section 9-734 - Frivolous Proceedings
Section 9-736 - Readjustment; Continuing Powers and Jurisdiction; Modification
Section 9-737 - Judicial Review -- Authorized
Section 9-739 - Record, Statement in Place of Record, or Stipulation
Section 9-740 - Scheduling of Appeal
Section 9-741 - Appeal Not a Stay
Section 9-742 - Jurisdiction of Commission Pending Appeal
Section 9-743 - Award Against Subsequent Injury Fund
Section 9-744 - Attorney General -- Representation of Commission
Section 9-745 - Conduct of Appeal Proceedings
Section 9-746 - Court Costs and Allowances for Witnesses
Section 9-747 - Copy of Docket Entries and Judgment for Commission
Section 9-748 - Interest on Compensation