# COMAR Title 07 — Department of Human Services

## Subtitle 03 — Family Investment Administration

### Chapter 17 — Food Supplement Program

#### Regulation .21 Work Requirements.

*COMAR 07.03.17.21*

A. An individual who is not exempt for a reason described in §B of this regulation is not eligible to participate if the individual:

  (1) Refuses, at the time of application and every 12 months after that, to be registered for work;

  (2) Refuses without good cause to:

    (a) Participate in an employment and training program to which the individual is assigned,

    (b) Accept an offer of suitable employment at a site or plant not subject to a strike or lockout at the time of the refusal,

    (c) Provide the local department or employment training program with sufficient information about employment status or availability for work; or

  (3) Voluntarily and without good cause:

    (a) Quits a job, as described in Regulation .24A(1) of this chapter, or

    (b) Reduces work hours as described in Regulation .24A(2) of this chapter.

B. A household member is exempt from the requirement to register for work if the member is:

  (1) Younger than 16 years old;

  (2) 16 or 17 years old and neither the head of household as described in Regulation .13 of this chapter nor attending school or enrolled in an employment training program on at least a half-time basis;

  (3) 60 years old or older;

  (4) Verified to be physically or mentally unfit for employment;

  (5) Complying with any work requirement under the Social Security Act, including Work Opportunities, and employment and training;

  (6) Responsible for the care of a child younger than 6 years old or an incapacitated individual;

  (7) Receiving or has applied for unemployment compensation and required to register for work;

  (8) A regular participant in a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment program;

  (9) Employed at least 30 hours per week or receiving earnings equal to the federal minimum hourly wage multiplied by 30; or

  (10) Enrolled in any school, training program, or institution of higher education on at least a half-time basis.

C. An individual shall register for work if, during the certification period, the individual loses exempt status because of a change in circumstances that the individual is required to report to the local department.