If an uninsured employer does not contest the claim by filing the response to employee’s claim form within 21 days after the Commission served the notice of the claim form to the employer, the Commission may:

1. A. Review the claim for legal sufficiency; and

2. B. Either:

   1. (1) Dismiss the claim; or
   2. (2) Issue an automatic award finding the claim compensable.

Authority: Labor and Employment Article, §§9-309, 9-6A-04, 9-6A-07, and 9-1002, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: June 11, 2001 (28:11 Md. R. 1053)

Chapter revised and recodified from COMAR 14.09.07, Uninsured Employer's Fund Claims, to COMAR 14.09.05, Uninsured Employer's Fund Claims, effective March 3, 2014 (41:4 Md. R. 305)

Regulation .01 amended effective October 18, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 890)

Regulation .03 amended effective October 18, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 890)

Regulation .07A amended effective October 18, 2021 (48:21 Md. R. 890)