Maryland Labor and Employment Section 8-214

      Employment that an individual performs that is not in the course of the business or trade of the individual's employer is not covered employment unless:

            (1)      during a calendar quarter, the employer pays cash compensation of at least $50 for the employment; and

            (2)      the employment is performed by an individual whom the employer regularly employs to perform the employment during a part of each of at least 24 days during the calendar quarter or the preceding calendar quarter.