§ 9-101. Definitions

   (a) In general. -- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) Accidental personal injury. -- "Accidental personal injury" means:

   (1) an accidental injury that arises out of and in the course of employment;

   (2) an injury caused by a willful or negligent act of a third person directed against a covered employee in the course of the employment of the covered employee; or

   (3) a disease or infection that naturally results from an accidental injury that arises out of and in the course of employment, including:

      (i) an occupational disease; and

      (ii) frostbite or sunstroke caused by a weather condition.

(c) Child. -- "Child" includes:

   (1) an adopted child;

   (2) an illegitimate child;

   (3) a posthumous child; and

   (4) a stepchild.

(d) Commission. -- "Commission" means the State Workers' Compensation Commission.

(e) Compensation. --

   (1) "Compensation" means the money payable under this title to a covered employee or the dependents of a covered employee.

   (2) "Compensation" includes funeral benefits payable under this title.

(f) Covered employee. -- "Covered employee" means an individual listed in Subtitle 2 of this title for whom a person, a governmental unit, or a quasi-public corporation is required by law to provide coverage under this title.

(g) Occupational disease. -- "Occupational disease" means a disease contracted by a covered employee:

   (1) as the result of and in the course of employment; and

   (2) that causes the covered employee to become temporarily or permanently, partially or totally incapacitated.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 101, § 1, 67; 1991, ch. 8, § 2; ch. 21, § 5; 2009, chs. 616, 617.