1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, employment is not covered employment if performed:

   1. (1) in a facility that:

      1. (i) carries out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental disability, or injury; or
      2. (ii) provides compensated work for individuals who, because of their physical or mental disability, cannot be employed readily in the competitive labor market; and
   2. (2) by an individual who receives that rehabilitation or compensated work.
2. (b) Employment is covered employment if performed by a blind or other severely handicapped employee of Blind Industries and Services of Maryland.

Added by Acts 1991, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.

Formerly Art. 95A, § 20.