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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 14.09.05.01" title_num="14" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="05" heading="Notification and Response of Uninsured Employer and Claimant.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If a workers’ compensation claim is received by the Commission and the Commission’s records indicate that the employer is uninsured, the Commission shall notify the employer of the claim by sending the employer:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A notice of the claim form;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An uninsured employer's questionnaire; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A request for verification of the employer's workers' compensation insurance policy.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Commission shall send a copy of the notice of the claim form to all parties of record.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Within 21 days of the date the notice of the claim form was sent by the Commission:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The uninsured employer shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Begin paying temporary total benefits; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>File a response to employee’s claim form, if the employer contests the claim; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>File one of the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The signed and completed uninsured employer's questionnaire; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The verification of the employer's workers' compensation insurance policy, if applicable.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Within 21 days of the date the Commission sends the notice of the claim form to the parties of record, the claimant shall complete and file the claimant’s questionnaire in accordance with COMAR 14.09.02.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>