Rule 7-206.1 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Record-Judicial Review of Decision of the Workers Compensation Commission(a) Applicability. This Rule applies only in an action for judicial review of a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission.(b) If Review Is on the Record. Subject to section (d) of this Rule, Rule 7-206 governs the preparation and filing of the record if judicial review of an issue is on the record of the Commission.(c) If No Issue Is to Be Reviewed on the Record. If no issue is to be reviewed on the record of the Commission:(1) a transcript of the proceedings before the Commission shall be prepared in accordance with Rule 7-206(b), included in the Commission's record of the proceeding, and made available to all parties electronically in the same manner as other Commission documents;(2) the transcript and all other portions of the record of the proceedings before the Commission shall not be transmitted to the circuit court unless the court, on motion of a party for good cause shown or on the court's own initiative, enters an order requiring the preparation and filing of all or part of the record in accordance with the provisions of Rule 7-206 and section (d) of this Rule; and(3) regardless of whether the record or any part of the record is filed with the court, payment for and the timing of the preparation of the transcript shall be in accordance with Rule 7-206(b), (d), and (e). Committee note: Section (c) of this Rule does not preclude a party from obtaining from the Commission a transcript of testimony or copies of other parts of the record upon payment by the party of the cost of the transcript or record excerpt.
(d) Electronic Transmission. If the Commission is required by section (b) of this Rule or by order of court to transmit all or part of the record to the court, the Commission may file electronically.Md. R. Jud. Rev. Cir. Ct. 7-206.1
Adopted March 2, 2015, eff. 7/1/2015; 6/20/2017, eff. 8/1/2017; amended June 29, 2020, eff. 8/1/2020; amended February 9, 2022, eff. 4/1/2022; amended Nov. 13, 2024, eff. 1/1/2025.HISTORICAL NOTES
2017 Orders
The June 20, 2017 order, revised an internal reference and changed the word "shall to "may in section (d).
See Code, Labor and Employment Article, § 9-739.