Maryland Labor and Employment Section 9-101
§ 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.
  (e)   (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.