Maryland § 9-228

§ 9-228.

    (a)    (1)    A student with a disability as defined in § 8–401(a)(2) of the Education Article is a covered employee while working for an employer without wages in a work assignment in accordance with § 8–402 of the Education Article.

        (2)    For the purposes of this title, the employer for whom the student with a disability works is the employer of that student.

    (b)    (1)    An individual is a covered employee while working as a student intern or student teacher under § 6–107 of the Education Article.

        (2)    For the purposes of this title, the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City or the board of education for any other county is the employer of an individual who is a covered employee under this subsection in that county.

    (c)    (1)    A student is a covered employee when the student has been placed with an employer in an unpaid work–based learning experience coordinated by a county board or private noncollegiate institution under § 7–114 of the Education Article.

        (2)    For purposes of this title, the employer for whom the student works in the unpaid work–based learning experience is the employer of that student.

    (d)    (1)    (i)    In this subsection the following words have the meanings indicated.

            (ii)    “DORS” means the Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State Department of Education.

            (iii)    “DORS consumer” has the meaning stated in § 21–310 of the Education Article.

        (2)    A DORS consumer is a covered employee when the individual has been placed by DORS with an employer in an unpaid work–based learning experience.

        (3)    For purposes of this title, the employer for whom the DORS consumer works in the unpaid work–based learning experience is the employer of the DORS consumer.