# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 9. Workers' Compensation

### Subtitle 5. Entitlement to and Liability for Compensation

#### Section 9-501

(a) Except as otherwise provided, each employer of a covered employee shall provide compensation in accordance with this title to:

  (1) the covered employee for an accidental personal injury sustained by the covered employee; or

  (2) the dependents of the covered employee for death of the covered employee:

    (i) resulting from an accidental personal injury sustained by the covered employee; and

    (ii) occurring within 7 years after the date of the accidental personal injury.

(b) An employer is liable to provide compensation in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, regardless of fault as to a cause of the accidental personal injury.

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