§ 5–101
Statutes in effect as of October 1, 2026.
Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. § 5-101 (2026)
Title 5. Occupational Safety and Health
Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions
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(a)
In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.
(c)
(1)
“Employee” means, except as provided in § 5–401 of this title, an individual whom an employer employs, for a wage or other compensation, in the business of the employer.
(2)
“Employee” includes:
(i)
an individual whom a public body employs;
(ii)
an individual who is licensed as a taxicab driver and leases or rents a taxicab from a person who operates or owns a taxicab business in Baltimore City;
(iii)
an individual who is employed for part–time or temporary help by a public body or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part–time or temporary help to another public body or person; and
(iv)
an individual who performs work for a public body or person to whom the individual is provided by another public body or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part–time or temporary help.
(d)
(1)
“Employer” means:
(i)
except as provided in § 5–401 of this title, a person who is engaged in commerce, industry, trade, or other business in the State and employs at least one employee in that business; or
(ii)
a public body.
(2)
“Employer” includes:
(i)
a person who operates or owns a taxicab business in Baltimore City and leases or rents a taxicab to a licensed taxicab driver, to provide services to the public;
(ii)
a public body or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part–time or temporary help to another public body or person; and
(iii)
a public body or person who contracts directly with another public body or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part–time or temporary help to another public body or person.
(e)
“Occupational safety and health standard” means a regulation that requires:
(1)
a condition that is reasonably appropriate or necessary to make employment and places of employment safe and healthful; or
(2)
the adoption or use of a means, method, operation, practice, or process that is reasonably appropriate or necessary to make employment and places of employment safe and healthful.
(f)
“Person” includes a successor.
(g)
“Place of employment” means a place in or about which an employee is allowed to work.
(h)
“Public body” means:
(1)
a governmental unit;
(2)
a public or quasi–public corporation of the State;
(3)
a school district in the State or any unit of the district; or
(4)
a special district in the State or any unit of the district.
(i)
(1)
“Workplace violence” means an act of violence or a threat of violence that occurs at a place of employment and that is not a lawful act of self–defense or defense of another person.
(2)
“Workplace violence” includes, regardless of whether the employee is physically or psychologically injured:
(i)
using or threatening to use physical force against an employee; or
(ii)
an incident involving the use of or threatening the use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon.