Section 9-221 - Prisoner. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-221. Prisoner.
 

(a)  In general.- A prisoner is a covered employee while the prisoner is: 

(1) working for a board of county commissioners, a county council, or a county roads board if: 

(i) the county pays the prisoner a wage or stipulated sum; and 

(ii) the prisoner sustains permanent partial or permanent total disability or dies, as a result of an accidental personal injury; or 

(2) engaged in work while under the supervision of Maryland Correctional Enterprises in the Federal Prison Industry Enhancement Program as provided in § 10-308(d) of the Correctional Services Article. 

(b)  Payment for work.- In Allegany, Anne Arundel, Charles, Montgomery, Washington, and Wicomico counties, payment of a stipend or other money into an account that a correctional institution administers for a prisoner does not constitute payment of a wage or stipulated sum under subsection (a)(1)(i) of this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 101, § 35; 1991, ch. 8, § 2; ch. 21, § 5; 1994, ch. 296; 1997, ch. 388; 1999, ch. 64; 2005, ch. 124.]