(a) In any investigation or hearing by the Commission, a person may not be excused from testifying or producing a document in accordance with an order of the Commission or its secretary on the ground that the testimony or document may:
(1) tend to incriminate the person; or
(2) subject the person to a forfeiture or penalty.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person may not be prosecuted, punished, or subjected to any forfeiture or penalty because of any act, transaction, matter, or thing about which the person testifies under oath or produces a document, on order of the Commission or an examiner or inspector of the Commission.
(c) A person who commits perjury is subject to prosecution or punishment.
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