Maryland Insurance Section 10-503
§ 10-503.
  (a)   An adjuster, appraiser, or insurance producer or employee of an insurer may not:
    (1)   recommend the use of a specific repair service or source for the repair or replacement of property damage to a motor vehicle without informing the claimant or insured that the claimant or insured does not have to use the recommended repair service or source;
    (2)   require that an appraisal or repair be made in a specific repair shop;
    (3)   require that a claimant or insured use a specific contractor or repair shop for a repair service or repair product; or
    (4)   intimidate, coerce, or threaten a claimant or insured to use a specific contractor or repair shop for a repair service or repair product.
  (b)   An adjuster or appraiser may not accept a gratuity or other form of remuneration from a repair service for recommending that repair service to a claimant or insured.