Maryland Labor and Employment Section 9-717
§ 9-717.
  (a)   If, without reasonable cause, a witness refuses to produce a document or to testify in accordance with an order of the Commission, the Commission may and, on request of a party to the proceeding, shall apply to a circuit court for an order to show cause.
  (b)   On proof by affidavit that a witness has refused to produce a document or testify in accordance with an order of the Commission, the circuit court shall pass an order, returnable within 2 to 5 days, that directs the witness to show cause why the witness should not be imprisoned.
  (c)   (1)   On return of the order, the circuit court shall conduct a hearing to determine if the witness, without reasonable cause or legal excuse, refused to testify or provide a document in accordance with an order of the Commission.
    (2)   The circuit court shall:
      (i)   examine the witness under oath; and
      (ii)   give the witness an opportunity to be heard.
    (3)   If the circuit court finds that the witness, without reasonable cause or legal excuse, refused to produce a document or testify in accordance with an order of the Commission, the circuit court may have the witness immediately imprisoned until the witness:
      (i)   produces the document or testifies; or
      (ii)   is discharged in accordance with law.