# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 9. Workers' Compensation

### Subtitle 7. Claims Procedure, Hearings, and Appeals

#### Section 9-704

(a) This section does not apply to a compensable hernia.

(b) If a covered employee is injured or dies due to an accidental personal injury, oral or written notice shall be given to the employer:

  (1) for injury, within 10 days after the accidental personal injury; or

  (2) for death, within 30 days after the death.

(c) If the notice given under subsection (b) of this section is in writing, the notice shall:

  (1) state the name and address of the covered employee;

  (2) state, in plain language, the time, place, nature, and cause of the accidental personal injury; and

  (3) be signed:

    (i) for injury, by the covered employee or by an individual on behalf of the covered employee; or

    (ii) for death, by at least 1 dependent of the covered employee or by an individual on behalf of the dependents of the covered employee.

(d) Unless excused by the Commission under Sec. 9-706 of this subtitle, failure to give notice bars a claim under this title.

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