# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 9. Leave Time and Holidays

### Subtitle 7. Work-Related Accident Leave

#### Section 9-701

(a) Each employee in the State Personnel Management System, except a temporary employee, is entitled to work-related accident leave with sick pay if:

  (1) the employee sustains a disabling personal injury that would be compensable under the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act; and

  (2) a physician examines the employee and certifies that the employee is disabled because of the injury.

(b) The appointing authority of an employee entitled to work-related accident leave shall notify the employee of the employee's right to file a claim with the Workers' Compensation Commission.

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