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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-738" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Claims Procedure, Hearings, and Appeals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section is not subject to the provisions set forth in § 6–201 of the Courts Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To take an appeal, a person shall file an order of appeal with the circuit court for the county where:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the covered employee resides;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the employer has its principal place of business; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the accidental personal injury, compensable hernia, or last injurious exposure to the hazards of the occupational disease occurred.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If an appeal is taken to a circuit court that does not have jurisdiction, the court shall transfer the appeal to the proper circuit court on the motion of a party.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If a party to an appeal suggests in writing and under oath that the party cannot obtain a fair trial in the circuit court in which the appeal is pending, the circuit court shall transfer the appeal to another circuit court.</text>
  </level>
</section>
