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Ch. 417 2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 2000.
Approved May 11, 2000.
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CHAPTER 417
(House Bill 827)
AN ACT concerning
Workers' Compensation - Calculation of Hearing Loss
FOR the purpose of requiring the calculation of hearing loss for workers'
compensation to be measured by certain criteria; requiring the measurements to
be conducted in a sound room that meets certain criteria; increasing the
threshold of hearing for certain frequencies; requiring the Maryland Academy of
Audiology to develop certain materials for certain businesses to promote their
awareness of legislative changes; altering the levels of hearing loss for which
certain employers must provide certain compensation; and generally relating to
the calculation of hearing loss in workers' compensation.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-505 and 9-650
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Labor and Employment
9-505.
(a) Except as otherwise provided, an employer shall provide compensation in
accordance with this title to a covered employee for loss of hearing by the covered
employee due to industrial noise in the frequencies of 500, 1,000, [and] 2,000, AND
3,000 HERTZ [cycles per second].
(b) An employer is not liable for compensation for occupational deafness under
subsection (a) of this section unless the covered employee claiming benefits worked
for the employer in employment that exposed the covered employee to harmful noise
for at least 90 days.
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