Ch. 591

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(III) AN AWARD OF COMPENSATION, FROM ONE
ACCIDENT, FOR A PERIOD EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 250 WEEKS UNDER
AS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS (C) THROUGH (L), INCLUSIVE, OF THIS
SUBSECTION, OR ANY COMBINATION OF AWARDS THEREUNDER, EXCEPT THAT
AN AWARD FOR DISFIGUREMENT OR MUTILATION UNDER PARAGRAPH (H) OF
THIS SUBSECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED A DETERMINATION OF
SERIOUS DISABILITY, SHALL BE INCREASED BY ONE-THIRD THE NUMBER OF
WEEKS (COMPUTED TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER) AND THE TOTAL SHALL
BE PAID AT A RATE OF SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PER CENTUM OF THE
AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES, IN NO CASE TO EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE PER
CENTUM OF THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND AS
DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING. THIS
SUBPARAGRAPH, TO THE EXTENT OF ANY INCONSISTENCY, PREVAILS OVER
PARAGRAPHS (C) THROUGH (L) OF THIS SUBSECTION; BUT OTHERWISE
PARAGRAPHS (C) THROUGH (L) OF THIS SUBSECTION APPLY TO PERSONS
COVERED BY THIS SUBPARAGRAPH. HOWEVER, ANY ADDITIONAL
COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY ON A PETITION TO
REOPEN SHALL NOT INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PREVIOUSLY
AWARDED AND ACTUALLY PAID.

(B)  THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SHALL
REPORT THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND AS OF
EACH JULY 1 TO THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION, NOT LATER
THAN DECEMBER 15 OF EACH YEAR.

(C)  In no case OF PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY shall
the employee receive less than a minimum of fifty dollars per
week unless the employee's established weekly wages are less than
fifty dollars per week at the time of injury, in which event [he]
THE EMPLOYEE shall receive compensation equal to [his] THE
EMPLOYEE'S weekly wages. Such payments shall be paid to the
employee for the period named in the schedule as follows:

Thumb-—For the loss of a thumb, one hundred weeks.

First finger-—For the loss of a first finger, commonly
called the index finger, forty weeks.

Second finger-—For the loss of a second finger, thirty-five
weeks.

Third finger—-For the loss of a third finger, thirty weeks.

Fourth finger-—For the loss of a fourth finger, commonly
called the little finger, twenty-five weeks.

GREAT TOE—FOR THE LOSS OF A GREAT TOE, FORTY WEEKS.

[(b)] (D) Compensation for the loss of more than one

phalanx of a digit of a hand or foot shall be the same as the

loss of the entire digit. Compensation for the loss of the first

phalanx shall be one half of compensation for the loss of the

entire digit. Compensation for the loss or loss of use of two or

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