# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 9. Workers' Compensation

### Subtitle 6. Benefits

#### Section 9-657

(a) When entering into a contract of employment, an individual who has suffered the loss or loss of use of a hand, arm, foot, leg, or eye may waive any right to compensation to which the covered employee would be entitled because of the existing permanent partial disability in the event of a subsequent accidental personal injury or occupational disease.

(b) For a waiver under subsection (a) of this section to be effective, the waiver shall:

  (1) be made in writing, as part of the contract of employment or as a separate instrument;

  (2) plainly describe the existing permanent partial disability; and

  (3) be executed by the employee:

    (i) with knowledge of its contents; and

    (ii) before the occurrence of an accidental personal injury or occupational disease on which a claim is based.

(c) If a covered employee who has executed a waiver in accordance with this section suffers an additional accidental personal injury or occupational disease, the covered employee is entitled to compensation for a disability resulting solely from the additional injury or occupational disease.

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