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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-212" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Covered Employees and Employers">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies to each jockey licensed by the State Racing Commission to ride a thoroughbred horse.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section applies only at a thoroughbred racing association or training facility under the jurisdiction of the State Racing Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A jockey is a covered employee while performing a service in connection with:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>live thoroughbred racing; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>training a thoroughbred race horse, if the principal earnings of the jockey are based on money earned as a jockey during live racing and not as an exercise rider.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For the purposes of this title, the employer of a jockey who is a covered employee under this section is the Maryland Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This subsection does not affect any other provision of law or practice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section may not be construed to bar an action by a jockey against a third party.</text>
  </level>
</section>
