# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 5. Occupational Safety and Health

### Subtitle 4. Access to Information About Hazardous and Toxic Substances

#### Section 5-401

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)

  (1) "Employee" means an employee (as defined in Sec. 5-101 of this title) or former employee when the individual may be exposed under normal operating conditions or foreseeable emergencies.

  (2) "Employee" includes:

    (i) a line supervisor;

    (ii) a maintenance worker;

    (iii) a member or former member of a volunteer fire, ambulance, or rescue company;

    (iv) operating personnel; and

    (v) a production worker.

(c)

  (1) "Employer" means an employer (as defined in Sec. 5-101 of this title) and includes a volunteer fire, ambulance, or rescue company.

  (2) "Employer" does not include a farmer who:

    (i) uses a hazardous chemical in farming; and

    (ii) complies with the applicable requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)