§ 8-216. Rehabilitation facilities

   (a) In general. -- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, employment is not covered employment if performed:

   (1) in a facility that:

      (i) carries out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental disability, or injury; or

      (ii) provides compensated work for individuals who, because of their physical or mental disability, cannot be employed readily in the competitive labor market; and

   (2) by an individual who receives that rehabilitation or compensated work.

(b) Exception. -- Employment is covered employment if performed by a blind or other severely handicapped employee of Blind Industries and Services of Maryland.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 95A, § 20; 1991, ch. 8, § 2.