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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-309" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Workers' Compensation Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission may adopt regulations to carry out this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To carry out this title, a member of the Commission, the Secretary of the Commission, a special examiner, or an inspector may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>administer an oath; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>certify to an official act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To carry out this title, a member of the Commission, the Secretary of the Commission, a special examiner, or any inspector may take a deposition as provided by law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In an investigation, the Commission may cause the deposition of a witness to be taken as provided by law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall have a seal inscribed with the words “Workers’ Compensation Commission, State of Maryland -- Official Seal”.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission shall use the seal for the authentication of its awards, orders, and proceedings.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Commission may approve the form of a workers’ compensation insurance policy under § 19-402 of the Insurance Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
