Maryland Statutes
Title 9 - Workers' Compensation
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...