# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 9. Leave Time and Holidays

### Subtitle 5. Sick Leave

#### Section 9-501

(a) Each employee in the State Personnel Management System, except a temporary employee, is entitled to sick leave with pay as provided in this subtitle.

(b) Sick leave may be used:

  (1) for illness or disability of the employee;

  (2) for death, illness, or disability of a member of the employee's immediate family;

  (3) following the birth of the employee's child;

  (4) when a child is placed with the employee for adoption; or

  (5) for a medical appointment of the employee or a member of the employee's immediate family.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)