Md. Code, Lab. & Empl. § 9-221

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session from Chs. 2 through 1049, effective on or before 6/1/2024
Section 9-221 - Prisoner
(a) A prisoner is a covered employee while the prisoner is:
(1) working for a board of county commissioners, a county council, or a county roads board if:
(i) the county pays the prisoner a wage or stipulated sum; and
(ii) the prisoner sustains permanent partial or permanent total disability or dies, as a result of an accidental personal injury; or
(2) engaged in work while under the supervision of Maryland Correctional Enterprises in the Federal Prison Industry Enhancement Program as provided in § 10-308(d) of the Correctional Services Article.
(b) In Allegany, Anne Arundel, Charles, Montgomery, Washington, and Wicomico counties, payment of a stipend or other money into an account that a correctional institution administers for a prisoner does not constitute payment of a wage or stipulated sum under subsection (a)(1)(i) of this section.

Md. Code, LE § 9-221