Section 8-402 - Workers' compensation for child with a disability. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-402. Workers' compensation for child with a disability.
 

(a)  Employee of employer.-  

(1) A child with a disability who has been placed by a local school system or private noncollegiate institution with an employer in an unpaid work assignment as part of an individualized education program is a covered employee, as defined in Title 9 of the Labor and Employment Article, of the employer for the purposes of workers' compensation. 

(2) A resident in a facility as defined under § 10-101(e) of the Health - General Article is not a covered employee, as defined in Title 9 of the Labor and Employment Article, of the employer for the purposes of workers' compensation. 

(b)  Basis for compensation.- Compensation for injury or death to a child with a disability under this section shall be based on the federal minimum wage in effect at the time of the child's injury. 

(c)  County board to secure coverage.- A local school system or private noncollegiate institution that places a child with a disability with an employer in an unpaid work assignment pursuant to the child's individualized education program may secure workers' compensation coverage for that child. 
 

[1989, ch. 739; 1991, ch. 21, § 3; 1996, ch. 10, § 16; 1998, ch. 726; 2007, ch. 229.]