§ 9-101
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§9–101.
(a)In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)“Accidental personal injury” means:
(1)an accidental injury that arises out of and in the course of employment;
(2)an injury caused by a willful or negligent act of a third person directed against a covered employee in the course of the employment of the covered employee; or
(3)a disease or infection that naturally results from an accidental injury that arises out of and in the course of employment, including:
(i)an occupational disease; and
(ii)frostbite or sunstroke caused by a weather condition.
(c)“Child” includes:
(1)an adopted child;
(2)an illegitimate child;
(3)a posthumous child; and
(4)a stepchild.
(d)“Commission” means the State Workers’ Compensation Commission.
(1)“Compensation” means the money payable under this title to a covered employee or the dependents of a covered employee.
(2)“Compensation” includes funeral benefits payable under this title.
(f)“Covered employee” means an individual listed in Subtitle 2 of this title for whom a person, a governmental unit, or a quasi-public corporation is required by law to provide coverage under this title.
(g)“Occupational disease” means a disease contracted by a covered employee:
(1)as the result of and in the course of employment; and
(2)that causes the covered employee to become temporarily or permanently, partially or totally incapacitated.