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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-105" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before a governmental unit may issue a license or permit to an employer to engage in an activity in which the employer might employ a covered employee, the employer shall submit to the governmental unit:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a certificate of compliance with this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the number of a workers’ compensation insurance policy or binder.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall provide blank application forms to each governmental unit that issues a license or permit under State law for applicants for the license or permit to use to get a certificate of compliance.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The application form shall require information that will allow the Commission to determine whether the employer is in compliance with this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To get a certificate of compliance with this title, an employer shall submit to the Commission an application on the form that the Commission provides.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Within 10 days after the Commission receives an application form under this section, the Commission shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>determine whether the applicant is in compliance with this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>mail to the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a certificate of compliance; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a notice of rejection, which shall include a statement of the reasons for the rejection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An applicant who receives a notice of rejection may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>reapply for a certificate of compliance; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>appeal the rejection in accordance with §§ 10-222 and 10-223 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Commission shall adopt reasonable regulations to administer this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Money for the administration of this section shall be included in the annual State budget.</text>
  </level>
</section>
