Section 8-216 - Rehabilitation facilities. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-216. Rehabilitation facilities.
 

(a)  In general.- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, employment is not covered employment if performed: 

(1) in a facility that: 

(i) carries out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental disability, or injury; or 

(ii) provides compensated work for individuals who, because of their physical or mental disability, cannot be employed readily in the competitive labor market; and 

(2) by an individual who receives that rehabilitation or compensated work. 

(b)  Exception.- Employment is covered employment if performed by a blind or other severely handicapped employee of Blind Industries and Services of Maryland. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 95A, § 20; 1991, ch. 8, § 2.]