Maryland Labor and Employment Section 9-655

      This Part VIII of this subtitle does not apply to:

            (1)      a temporary partial disability;

            (2)      a temporary total disability; or

            (3)      a disability where the combined effects resulting from a previous impairment that meets the requirements of § 9-802(b)(1) of this title and a subsequent accidental personal injury or occupational disease result in a permanent disability exceeding 50% of the body as a whole.