<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 62-1-3 - Employee defined. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078129Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078129SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078129CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078129Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078129DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078129Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2078129Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078129000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078129SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078129SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078129Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-1-3"><span class="s2078129SENU">62-1-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078129SENU">. </span><span class="s2078129CL">Employee defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078129Normal-000000"><span class="s2078129DefaultParagraphFont">As used in this title, the term,employee, means any person, including a minor, in the services of another under any contract of employment, express or implied, (and including as to a deceased employee, the employee's personal representative, dependents, and other persons to whom compensation may be payable), except:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078129Normal-000001"><span class="s2078129DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Any person whose employment is not in the usual course of the trade, business, occupation, or profession of the employer;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078129Normal-000001"><span class="s2078129DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Any official of the state or of any subdivision of government elected or appointed for a regular term of office or to complete the unexpired portion of any such term. However, the governing body of any subdivision may elect to treat officials of the subdivision as employees for the purposes of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078129Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078129DefaultParagraphFont">Any employer performing labor incidental to the employer's occupation who has elected to proceed under the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-20-3"><span class="s2078129DefaultParagraphFont">58-20-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078129DefaultParagraphFont"> by purchasing workers' compensation insurance to cover himself or herself, may be deemed to be an employee under this section. However, nothing in this section may be construed as to affect that person's rights as an employer for purposes of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-3-1"><span class="s2078129DefaultParagraphFont">62-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078129DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-3-2"><span class="s2078129DefaultParagraphFont">62-3-2</span></a><span class="s2078129DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078129Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078129000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078129Normal"><span class="s2078129SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078129SCL-000004"> SL 1917, ch 376, §§ 8, 55; RC 1919, §§ 9443, 9490; SL 1929, ch 253; SDC 1939, § 64.0102 (2); SL 1943, ch 313; SL 1949, ch 441; SL 1951, ch 467; SL 1957, ch 493; SL 1959, ch 454; SL 1966, ch 262; SL 1975, ch 322, § 2; SL 2008, ch 278, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>