2010 Maryland Code
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
TITLE 9 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Subtitle 4 - Insurance Coverage
Section 9-407 - Failure to insure.

§ 9-407. Failure to insure.
 

(a)  Order to insure.- If an employer fails to secure compensation for the covered employees of the employer as required by § 9-402 of this subtitle, the Commission shall order the employer to maintain insurance with the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund by paying to the State Treasurer, for the benefit and use of the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund, the premiums required for the employer to become insured with the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund. 

(b)  Penalty.- If an employer fails to comply with an order to insure with the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund passed under subsection (a) of this section or under § 9-404(j) or § 9-405(f) of this subtitle within 10 days after the Commission passes the order, the employer is liable to the State for a penalty equal to the premiums for 6 months of insurance with the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund. 

(c)  Collection.- The Commission may collect any unpaid amount under subsections (a) and (b) of this section in the same manner and with the same effect as provided for collections by the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund under § 10-133(c) of this article. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 101, § 16A; 1991, ch. 8, § 2; 1992, ch. 22, § 1; 1995, ch. 3, § 22.]