1. (1) the employer must have a work permit for each minor employee as required by Title 3, Subtitle 2 of the Labor and Employment Article; and

2. (2) if the employer does not have a work permit for a minor employee:

   1. (i) the State Workers' Compensation Commission may award twice the compensation and death benefits otherwise allowed under Title 9, Subtitle 6 of the Labor and Employment Article in a claim by that employee or that employee's dependent; and
   2. (ii) the employer is solely liable for any increase in compensation or death benefits in a claim by that employee or that employee's dependent.

When a workers' compensation insurance policy is renewed, the insurer shall give the employer a conspicuous written notice that:

Added by Acts 1996, c. 11, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997.

Formerly Art. 48A, § 482G.