PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 347

Subtitle 11. Other Leaves.

[7-1101.

This subtitle applies to all classified service and unclassified service employees in
the State Personnel Management System.]

9-1101.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE, THIS SUBTITLE APPLIES
TO ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE STATE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, EXCEPT
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.

[7-901.] 9-1102.

(A) This [subtitle] SECTION applies to all employees, [including classified,
unclassified, full-time, part-time, permanent, and temporary employees,] INCLUDING
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES, of all units in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches
of State government, including any unit with an independent personnel system.

[ 7-902.] (B) On request, an employee subject to this [subtitle] SECTION may be entitled
to disaster service leave with pay if:

(1)     the employee is certified by the American Red Cross as a disaster
service volunteer; and

(2)     the American Red Cross requests the services of the employee during a
disaster that:

(i) occurs in [ this] THE State or a state that is contiguous to [this]
THE State; and

(ii) is designated at Level II or above in the regulations and
procedures of the National Office of the American Red Cross.

[7-903.] (C) An employee may use up to 15 days of disaster service leave in any
12-month period only after obtaining approval from the employee's appointing authority.

[ 7-904.] (D) For purposes of workers' compensation and the Maryland Tort Claims Act,
while an employee is using disaster service leave, the employee is deemed not to be a
State employee.

[7-1102.] 9-1103.

(a) [ An employee subject to this subtitle, who has a positive tuberculin skin test
result on a test taken by the employee at the direction of the employee's appointing
authority, is entitled to appropriate medical care to be provided by the appointing
authority and to leave with pay in accordance with subsection (b) of this section when the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene has determined that, for public health reasons,
the employee should not work for a given period of time.] AN EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE TO BE PROVIDED BY THE APPOINTING
AUTHORITY AND LEAVE WITH PAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION, IF:

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