1. (a) This section does not apply to a compensable hernia.

2. (b) If a covered employee is injured or dies due to an accidental personal injury, oral or written notice shall be given to the employer:

   1. (1) for injury, within 10 days after the accidental personal injury; or
   2. (2) for death, within 30 days after the death.

3. (c) If the notice given under subsection (b) of this section is in writing, the notice shall:

   1. (1) state the name and address of the covered employee;
   2. (2) state, in plain language, the time, place, nature, and cause of the accidental personal injury; and

   3. (3) be signed:

      1. (i) for injury, by the covered employee or by an individual on behalf of the covered employee; or
      2. (ii) for death, by at least 1 dependent of the covered employee or by an individual on behalf of the dependents of the covered employee.
4. (d) Unless excused by the Commission under § 9-706 of this subtitle, failure to give notice bars a claim under this title.

Added by Acts 1991, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1991, c. 21, § 5.

Formerly Art. 101, § 38.