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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-311" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Workers' Compensation Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To carry out this title, a member of the Commission, the Secretary of the Commission, a special examiner, or an inspector may issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness to testify or the production of a relevant document or record.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On request of a party to a proceeding before the Commission, the Commission shall issue a subpoena for a hearing before the Commission for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>personal appearance of a witness; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a deposition by the party, as authorized under § 9–719 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On a request of a party to a claim on which issues are currently pending, the Commission shall issue a subpoena for relevant documentation to be produced at the office of the requesting party and distributed to all parties to the claim in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the Commission, after an evidentiary hearing, determines that a subpoena was requested in bad faith, the Commission may assess against the requesting party the whole cost of the proceeding, including reasonable attorney’s fees.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An officer who serves a subpoena issued under this section is entitled to the same fee as the sheriff in the county where the witness is subpoenaed would be entitled.</text>
  </level>
</section>
