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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 14.09.02.07" title_num="14" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="02" heading="Notice of Claim to Employer and Insurer.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>After a claim is filed, the Commission shall send a notice of claim to all parties listed on the claim form and identified through the Commission’s database of insurers and employers.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Insurer Identified.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If an insurer has been identified, the Commission shall send a response to employee’s claim form to the insurer for completion.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The insurer shall file a completed response to employee’s claim form with the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>No Insurer Identified.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If no insurer has been identified, the Commission shall send a response to employee’s claim form to the employer.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The employer shall file a completed response to employee’s claim form with the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If an employer is not insured, the Commission shall send a response to notification to employer for insurance information form to the employer and a questionnaire to the claimant.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The employer shall file the completed form with the Commission and send copies of the completed form to the Uninsured Employers' Fund.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The claimant shall file the completed questionnaire with the Commission and concurrently send a copy to the Uninsured Employers’ Fund.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>No hearings on issues filed by the claimant shall be scheduled until the claimant has completed and filed the claimant's questionnaire.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If no response to employee’s claim form is filed by the consideration date an automatic award order will be issued finding the claim compensable.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>