Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1205

CHAPTER 559
(House Bill 720)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 21 (b) of
Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensation,"
subtitle "Application of Article; Extra-Hazardous Employment,"

as added by Chapter........ (House Bill 105) of the 1971 Laws of

Maryland, to add "rescue squads" to those occupations whose em-
ployees are covered under the provisions of the Workmen's Com-
pensation Law, subject to a certain contingency.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 21(b) of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1964 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Workmen's
Compensation," subtitle "Application of Article; Extra-Hazardous

Employment," as added by Chapter........(House Bill 105) of the 1971

Laws of Maryland, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

21.

(b) The following shall constitute employees subject to the pro-
visions of this Act, except as exempted under subsection (c) of this
section :

(1)    Every person, including a minor, whether lawfully or unlaw-
fully employed, in the service of an employer under any contract of
hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, and all helpers and assist-
ants of employees whether paid by the employer or employee, if
employed with the knowledge, actual or constructive, of the employer.

(2)    Every officer of the corporation rendering services for said
corporation for monetary remuneration.

(3)    Any employer, partner or sole proprietor electing coverage
under the provisions of Section 67(4) of this Article.

(4)    Every person in the service of any political subdivision or
agency thereof, under any contract of hire, express or implied, and
every official or officer thereof, whether elected or appointed, while
performing his official duties. Every person who is a member of a
volunteer fire or rescue squad or police department shall be
deemed for the purpose of this Act, to be in the employment of the
political subdivision of the State where the department is organized.
Every person who is a regularly enrolled volunteer member or trainee
of the civil defense corps of this State as established under the
Maryland Civil Defense Act shall be deemed, for the purpose of this
Act, to be in the employment of the State.

(5)    Every person performing services for remuneration in the
course of the trade, business, profession or occupation of an employer
at the time of the injury, provided such person in relation to this
service does not maintain a separate business, does not hold himself
out to and render service to the public and is not himself an employer
subject to this Act.