# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 9. Workers' Compensation

### Subtitle 2. Covered Employees and Employers

#### Section 9-220

(a)

  (1) Each auxiliary police officer for Baltimore County is a covered employee while on duty as defined in the Baltimore County Police Manual of Rules, Regulations, and Procedures.

  (2) Each auxiliary police officer for Howard County is a covered employee while on duty as defined in the Howard County Police Department's General Orders.

(b)

  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each member of a volunteer police department is a covered employee.

  (2) A member of a volunteer police department in Allegany, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Garrett, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Washington, or Worcester County is not a covered employee.

  (3) For the purposes of this title, the political subdivision of the State where the department is organized is the employer of the covered employee in the department.

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