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§ 9-679. Determination of dependency

West's Annotated Code of MarylandLabor and EmploymentEffective: October 1, 2011

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Labor and Employment
Title 9. Workers' Compensation (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 6. Benefits (Refs & Annos)
Part XII. Death Benefits (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2011
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 9-679
§ 9-679. Determination of dependency
Currentness
Application of section
(a) This section applies only to a covered employee of a municipal corporation or a county who is subject to § 9-503 of this title and the dependents of those covered employees, unless the municipal corporation or county has made an election under § 9-683.6 of this subtitle.
Relevant time and date of facts in existence
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the Commission shall determine all questions of partial or total dependency in accordance with the facts of each case that existed:
(1) at the time of the occurrence of the accidental personal injury that caused the death of the covered employee; or
(2) on the date of disablement from the occupational disease that caused the death of the covered employee.

Credits

Added by Acts 1991, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1991, c. 21, § 5; Acts 2011, c. 435, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Acts 2011, c. 436, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011.
Formerly Art. 101, §§ 22, 36.
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 9-679, MD LABOR & EMPLY § 9-679
Current through legislation effective through June 1, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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