<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH 62-4 COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 62-4 COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 62-4"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 62-4 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-1">62-4-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Medical and hospital expense. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-1.1">62-4-1.1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Employer's duties upon receipt of medical bill. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-1.2">62-4-1.2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Fine for noncompliance. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-1.3">62-4-1.3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Release of medical records. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-2">62-4-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Waiting period for temporary disability benefits. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-3">62-4-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Amount of temporary total disability compensation. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-3.1">62-4-3.1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Annual computation of average weekly wage in state--Period for which applied. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-4">62-4-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-5">62-4-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Compensation for partial disability. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-5.1">62-4-5.1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Compensation during period of rehabilitation--Procedure. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-6">62-4-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Additional compensation for specific bodily injuries. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-7">62-4-7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Compensation for permanent total disability--Annual increase. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-7.1">62-4-7.1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Prospective application of benefit increase in &#167;&nbsp;62-4-7. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-8">62-4-8</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Death resulting from injury--Payments to personal representative or beneficiaries of deceased. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-8.1">62-4-8.1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Scholarships provided to certain persons receiving workers' compensation benefits--Eligibility. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP 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End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-11">62-4-11</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Specific bodily injuries--Death before full payment of installments--Payments to dependents. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-12">62-4-12</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Injury resulting in death--Compensation to spouse or children--Remarriage--Full-time students. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-12.1">62-4-12.1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Injury resulting in death--Compensation to spouse or children--Children not in custody of surviving spouse. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-13">62-4-13</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Injury resulting in death--Additional compensation for child under eighteen. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-14">62-4-14</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Injury resulting in death--No surviving spouse or children--Payment to dependent parent, grandparent, or minor sibling. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-15">62-4-15</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Injury resulting in death--Payments to dependent collateral heirs. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-16">62-4-16</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Burial and transportation expenses paid when death results from injury. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-17">62-4-17</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Installment payment of death benefits. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-18">62-4-18</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Death benefits--Payment to personal representative or beneficiaries--Distribution to heirs. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-19">62-4-19</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Payment of death benefits to personal representative--Release of employer from obligation. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-20">62-4-20</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Payment of death benefits to surviving spouse for minor children--Conservatorship not required. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-21">62-4-21</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Spouse of deceased employee--Qualification for benefits. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-22">62-4-22</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Transfer of surviving spouse's right to compensation to surviving child. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-23">62-4-23</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-24">62-4-24</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Employment for year preceding injury--Determination of average weekly wage. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-25">62-4-25</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Employment for less than year preceding injury--Determination of average weekly wage. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-26">62-4-26</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Computation of average weekly wage when other methods not feasible. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-27">62-4-27</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Seasonal employment--Determination of average weekly wage. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-28">62-4-28</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Employee earning no wages or less than day laborers--Computation of average weekly wage. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-29">62-4-29</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Apportionment of compensation for subsequent injury. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-29.1">62-4-29.1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> &quot;Claimant&quot; defined for subsequent injury fund claims. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-30">62-4-30</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Determination of amount for each installment period. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-31">62-4-31</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Working week defined. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-32">62-4-32</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-33">62-4-33</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-34">62-4-34</A> to 62-4-34.2. Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-34.3">62-4-34.3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-34.4">62-4-34.4</A> to 62-4-34.6. Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-34.7">62-4-34.7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Administration of fund to continue until all valid claims approved, denied or settled--Claim for injury occurring after July 1, 2001, barred--Disposition of fund balance. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-35">62-4-35</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-36">62-4-36</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-36.1">62-4-36.1</A> to 62-4-36.3. Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-37">62-4-37</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Injury or death due to willful misconduct of employee not compensable. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-38">62-4-38</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Right of action when third person is liable--Election by employee--Offset of recovered damages. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-39">62-4-39</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Compensation paid by employer--Reimbursement from damages recovered from third party. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-40">62-4-40</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Recovery by employer from third party--Excess held for employee. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-41">62-4-41</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Priority of rights to compensation. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-42">62-4-42</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Assignment of payments prohibited--Certain compensation exempt from claims of creditors. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-43">62-4-43</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Selection of medical practitioner or surgeon by employee. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-44">62-4-44</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Report to be submitted to employer and department by treating practitioner or surgeon--Time limit.. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-45">62-4-45</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Information about injury to be made available--Penalty for withholding information. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-46">62-4-46</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Benefits precluded by intentional misrepresentation of employee's physical condition--Burden of proof. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-47">62-4-47</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Written request to stop payments--Fraud--Injury outside of employment. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-48">62-4-48</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Investigation of written request to stop payments. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-49">62-4-49</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Confidentiality of investigative records--Release--Misdemeanor. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=62-4-50">62-4-50</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Immunity for good faith written request of investigation--False written request as misdemeanor. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B 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font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078196SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078196Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-1"><span class="s2078196SENU">62-4-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078196SENU">. </span><span class="s2078196CL">Medical and hospital expense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078196Normal-000000"><span class="s2078196DefaultParagraphFont">The employer shall provide necessary first aid, medical, surgical, and hospital services, or other suitable and proper care including medical and surgical supplies, apparatus, artificial members, and body aids during the disability or treatment of an employee within the provisions of this title. Repair or replacement of damaged prosthetic devices is compensable and is considered a medical service under this section if the devices were damaged or destroyed in a work related accident. Repair or replacement of damaged hearing aids, dentures, prescription eyeglasses, eyeglass frames, or contact lenses is considered a medical service under this section if the hearing aids, dentures, prescription eyeglasses, eyeglass frames, or contact lenses were damaged or destroyed in an accident which also causes another injury which is compensable under this law. The employee shall have the initial selection to secure the employee's own physician, surgeon, or hospital services at the employer's expense. If the employee selects a health care provider located in a community not the home or workplace of the employee, and a health care provider is available to provide the services needed by the employee in the local community or in a closer community, no travel expenses need be paid by the employer or the employer's insurer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078196Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078196000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078196Normal"><span class="s2078196SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078196SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 64.0401; SL 1939, ch 297, § 1; SL 1943, ch 314; SL 1949, ch 442; SL 1951, ch 468; SL 1959, ch 455; SL 1963, ch 458; SL 1965, ch 305; SL 1969, ch 285; SL 1970, ch 277; SL 1971, ch 280; SL 1973, ch 310, § 1; SL 1989, ch 451, § 1; SL 1990, ch 416, § 1; SL 1993, ch 375, § 39A; SL 1993, ch 381, § 1; SL 1999, ch 261, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078197Normal { 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.s2078197SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078197CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078197Normal-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.s2078197DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078197Normal-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; } span.s2078197000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078197SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078197SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078197Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-1.1"><span class="s2078197SENU">62-4-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078197SENU">. </span><span class="s2078197CL">Employer's duties upon receipt of medical bill.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078197Normal-000000"><span class="s2078197DefaultParagraphFont">Within thirty days after receiving a properly submitted bill for medical payments, the employer shall:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078197Normal-000001"><span class="s2078197DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Pay the charge or any portion of the bill that is not denied;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078197Normal-000001"><span class="s2078197DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Deny all or a portion of the bill on the basis that the injury is not compensable, or the service or charge is excessive or not medically necessary; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078197Normal-000001"><span class="s2078197DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Request additional information to determine whether the charge or service is excessive or not medically necessary or whether the injury is compensable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078197Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078197000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078197Normal"><span class="s2078197SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078197SCL-000003"> SL 2008, ch 279, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078198Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078198SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078198CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078198Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078198DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078198000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078198SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078198SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078198Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-1.2"><span class="s2078198SENU">62-4-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078198SENU">. </span><span class="s2078198CL">Fine for noncompliance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078198Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078198DefaultParagraphFont">An employer that fails, refuses, or neglects to comply with the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-1.1"><span class="s2078198DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078198DefaultParagraphFont"> is subject to a administrative fine of five hundred dollars payable to the Department of Labor and Regulation for each act of noncompliance, unless the employer had good cause for noncompliance. The department may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2078198DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078198DefaultParagraphFont"> to establish standards for medical bill submissions pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-1.1"><span class="s2078198DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-1.1</span></a><span class="s2078198DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078198Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078198000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078198Normal"><span class="s2078198SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078198SCL-000002"> SL 2008, ch 279, § 2; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2078198SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078198SCL-000002">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078199Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078199SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078199CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078199Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078199DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078199000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078199SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078199SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078199Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-1.3"><span class="s2078199SENU">62-4-1.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078199SENU">. </span><span class="s2078199CL">Release of medical records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078199Normal-000000"><span class="s2078199DefaultParagraphFont">Upon the request of an employer, an employee subject to this title shall supply a signed medical release to allow copying of any medical record and report relevant to the employee's claim for workers' compensation. If the employee objects to the relevance of any medical record or report, an administrative law judge within the department shall, upon a showing of good cause for the release of such record or report, approve the release of the medical record or report relevant to the employee's claim, to the employer. The employer shall, upon request, provide a copy of all medical records and reports received, to the employee, without cost to the employee.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078199Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078199000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078199Normal"><span class="s2078199SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078199SCL-000002"> SL 2008, ch 279, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078200Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078200SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078200CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078200Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078200DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078200000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078200SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078200SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078200Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-2"><span class="s2078200SENU">62-4-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078200SENU">. </span><span class="s2078200CL">Waiting period for temporary disability benefits.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078200Normal-000000"><span class="s2078200DefaultParagraphFont">No temporary disability benefits may be paid for an injury which does not incapacitate the employee for a period of seven consecutive days. If the seven day waiting period is met, benefits shall be computed from the date of the injury.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078200Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078200000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078200Normal"><span class="s2078200SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078200SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 64.0403(1); SL 1939, ch 297, § 2; SL 1947, ch 424, § 2; SL 1949, ch 443; SL 1953, ch 486, § 1; SL 1957, ch 494, § 1; SL 1959, ch 457, § 1; SL 1963, ch 460, § 1; SL 1966, ch 264, § 1; SL 1968, ch 268; SL 1972, ch 270; SL 1974, ch 334; SL 1984, ch 340; SL 1994, ch 396, § 16.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078201Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078201SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078201CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078201Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078201DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078201DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078201000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078201SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078201SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078201Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078201SENU">62-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078201SENU">. </span><span class="s2078201CL">Amount of temporary total disability compensation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078201Normal-000000"><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont">The amount of temporary total disability compensation paid to an employee for an injury is equal to sixty</span><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont">six and two</span><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont">thirds percent of the employee's earnings, but not more than one hundred percent computed to the next higher multiple of one dollar of the average weekly wage in the state as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3.1"><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont"> per week and not less than one</span><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078201DefaultParagraphFont">half of the foregoing percentages of the average weekly wage of the state per week. However, if an employee earned less than fifty percent of the maximum allowable amount per week, the amount of compensation may not exceed one hundred percent of the employee's earnings calculated after the earnings have been reduced by any deduction for federal or state taxes, or both, and for the Federal Insurance Contributions Act made from such employee's total wages received during the period of calculation of the employee's earnings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078201Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078201000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078201Normal"><span class="s2078201SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078201SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 64.0403(1); SL 1939, ch 297, § 2; SL 1947, ch 424, § 2; SL 1949, ch 443; SL 1953, ch 486, § 1; SL 1957, ch 494, § 1; SL 1959, ch 457, § 1; SL 1963, ch 460, § 1; SL 1966, ch 264, § 1; SL 1968, ch 268; SL 1970, ch 278; SL 1971, ch 281; SL 1972, ch 271; SL 1973, ch 309, § 1; SL 1976, ch 322, § 1; SL 1978, ch 370, § 5; SL 1984, ch 341; SL 1996, ch 307, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078202Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078202SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078202CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078202Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078202DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078202000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078202SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078202SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078202Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3.1"><span class="s2078202SENU">62-4-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078202SENU">. </span><span class="s2078202CL">Annual computation of average weekly wage in state--Period for which applied.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078202Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078202DefaultParagraphFont">For the purpose of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078202DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078202DefaultParagraphFont"> the average weekly wage in the state shall be determined by the Department of Labor and Regulation as follows: On or before June first of each year, the total wages reported on contribution reports to the agency administering the Employment Security Act for the preceding calendar year shall be divided by the average monthly number of insured workers (determined by dividing the total insured workers reported for the preceding year by twelve). The average annual wage thus obtained shall be divided by fifty-two and the average weekly wage thus determined rounded to the nearest cent. The average weekly wage so determined shall apply to injuries and disablements in the case of disease which occur within the fiscal year commencing July first following the June first determination and shall be applicable for the full period during which weekly benefits are payable, except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-7-33"><span class="s2078202DefaultParagraphFont">62-7-33</span></a><span class="s2078202DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078202Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078202000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078202Normal"><span class="s2078202SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078202SCL-000002"> SL 1973, ch 309, § 2; SL 1981, ch 373; SL 1993, ch 383, § 2; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2078202SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078202SCL-000002">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078203Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078203SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078203CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078203Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-4"><span class="s2078203SENU">62-4-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078203SENU">. </span><span class="s2078203CL">Repealed by SL 1978, ch 370, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078204Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078204SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078204CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078204Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078204DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078204DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078204000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078204SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078204SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078204Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-5"><span class="s2078204SENU">62-4-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078204SENU">. </span><span class="s2078204CL">Compensation for partial disability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078204Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078204DefaultParagraphFont">If, after an injury has been sustained, the employee as a result thereof becomes partially incapacitated from pursuing the employee's usual and customary line of employment, or if the employee has been released by the employee's physician from temporary total disability and has not been given a rating to which § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-6"><span class="s2078204DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078204DefaultParagraphFont"> would apply, the employee shall receive compensation, subject to the limitations as to maximum amounts fixed in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078204DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span class="s2078204DefaultParagraphFont">, equal to one</span><span class="s2078204DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078204DefaultParagraphFont">half of the difference between the average amount which the employee earned before the accident, and the average amount which the employee is earning or is able to earn in some suitable employment or business after the accident. If the employee has not received a bona fide job offer that the employee is physically capable of performing, compensation shall be at the rate provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078204DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span class="s2078204DefaultParagraphFont">. However, in no event may the total calculation be less than the amount the claimant was receiving for temporary total disability, unless the claimant refuses suitable employment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078204Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078204000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078204Normal"><span class="s2078204SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078204SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 64.0403 (3); SL 1963, ch 460, § 2; SL 1969, ch 286; SL 1971, ch 282; SL 1978, ch 370, § 7; SL 1993, ch 379, § 2; SL 1995, ch 296, § 8; SL 1999, ch 261, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078205Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078205SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078205CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078205Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078205DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078205Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078205000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078205SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078205SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078205Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-5.1"><span class="s2078205SENU">62-4-5.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078205SENU">. </span><span class="s2078205CL">Compensation during period of rehabilitation--Procedure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078205Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078205DefaultParagraphFont">If an employee suffers disablement as defined by subdivision 62-8-1(3) or an injury and is unable to return to the employee's usual and customary line of employment, the employee shall receive compensation at the rate provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078205DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078205DefaultParagraphFont"> up to sixty days from the finding of an ascertainable loss if the employee is actively preparing to engage in a program of rehabilitation as shown by a certificate of enrollment. Moreover, once such employee is engaged in a program of rehabilitation which is reasonably necessary to restore the employee to suitable, substantial, and gainful employment, the employee shall receive compensation at the rate provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078205DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078205DefaultParagraphFont"> during the entire period that the employee is engaged in such program. Evidence of suitable, substantial, and gainful employment, as defined by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-55"><span class="s2078205DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-55</span></a><span class="s2078205DefaultParagraphFont">, shall only be considered to determine the necessity for a claimant to engage in a program of rehabilitation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078205Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078205DefaultParagraphFont">The employee shall file a claim with the employee's employer requesting such compensation and the employer shall follow the procedure specified in chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-6"><span class="s2078205DefaultParagraphFont">62-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078205DefaultParagraphFont"> for the reporting of injuries when handling such claim. If the claim is denied, the employee may petition for a hearing before the department.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078205Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078205000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078205Normal"><span class="s2078205SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078205SCL-000003"> SL 1974, ch 333, § 4; SL 1978, ch 370, § 8; SL 1989, ch 451, § 2; SL 1990, ch 30, § 20; SL 1994, ch 396, § 9; SL 1998, ch 299, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078206Normal { 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.s2078206SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078206SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078206SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-6"><span class="s2078206SENU">62-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078206SENU">. </span><span class="s2078206CL">Additional compensation for specific bodily injuries.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">For injuries in the following schedule, an employee shall receive in addition to compensation provided by §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-1"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">, and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-5.1"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-5.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">, compensation for the following further periods, subject to the limitations as to rate and amounts fixed in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">, for the specific medical impairment herein mentioned, but may not receive any compensation under any other provisions of this title:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    For the loss of a thumb, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, fifty weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    For the loss of a first finger, commonly called the index finger, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, thirty</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">five weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    For the loss of a second finger, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, thirty weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    For the loss of a third finger, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, twenty weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    For the loss of fourth finger, commonly called the little finger, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, fifteen weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    The loss of the first phalange of the thumb, or of any finger, shall be considered to be equal to the loss of one</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">half of such thumb or finger and compensation shall be one</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">half of the amounts specified; compensation for the loss of less than the first phalange of a thumb or finger shall be in such proportion as the partial loss bears to the loss of the first phalange;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    The loss of more than one phalange, or fraction thereof, shall be considered as the loss of the entire finger or thumb, but in no case shall the amount received for more than one finger exceed the amount provided in this schedule for the loss of a hand;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    For the loss of a great toe, thirty weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    For the loss of one or more of the toes other than the great toe, ten weeks, and for the additional loss of one or more toes other than the great toe, an additional ten weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    The loss of the first phalange of any toe shall be considered to be equal to the loss of one</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">half of such toe, and compensation shall be one</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">half the amount above specified; compensation for the loss of less than the first phalange of a toe shall be in such proportion as the partial loss bears to the loss of the first phalange;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    The loss of more than one phalange, or fraction thereof, shall be considered as the loss of the entire toe;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(12)    For the loss of a hand, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, one hundred fifty weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(13)    For the loss of an arm, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, two hundred weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(14)    Amputation of the arm below the elbow shall be considered the loss of a hand, if enough of the forearm remains to permit the use of an effective artificial member; otherwise it shall be considered as the loss of an arm;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(15)    For the loss of a foot, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, one hundred twenty</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">five weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(16)    For the loss of a leg, or the permanent and complete loss of its use, one hundred sixty weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(17)    Amputation of the leg below the knee shall be considered as the loss of a foot, if enough of the lower leg remains to permit the use of an effective artificial member; otherwise it shall be considered as the loss of a leg;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(18)    For the loss of the sight of an eye, one hundred fifty weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(19)    For the permanent and complete loss of hearing in one ear, fifty weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078206000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(20)    For the permanent and complete loss of hearing in both ears, one hundred fifty weeks of compensation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(21)    For permanent partial disability resulting from injury to the back, compensation for that proportion of three hundred twelve weeks which is represented by the percentage that such permanent partial disability bears to the body as a whole;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(22)    In all cases in the above schedule under this section, if the medical impairment is partial and permanent, the compensation shall bear such relation to the maximum amount for complete and permanent loss as defined in this section as the medical impairment bears to the complete loss;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(23)    The loss of both hands or both arms, or both feet, or both legs, or both eyes or of any two thereof, or complete and permanent paralysis, or total and permanent loss of mental faculties, or any other injury which totally incapacitates the employee from working at any occupation which brings him an income, shall constitute total disability, to be compensated according to the compensation fixed by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-7"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-7</span></a><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">. These specific cases of total and permanent disability shall not be construed as excluding other cases of total or permanent disability;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal-000001"><span class="s2078206DefaultParagraphFont">(24)    For permanent disfigurement, or permanent disability resulting from injury to any part of the body not hereinbefore listed, compensation for that portion of three hundred twelve weeks which is represented by the percentage that such permanent partial disability or permanent disfigurement bears to the body as a whole.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078206000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078206Normal"><span class="s2078206SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078206SCL-000004"> SDC 1939, § 64.0403 (4); SL 1945, ch 354; SL 1947, ch 424, § 3; SL 1969, ch 287, §§ 1, 2; SL 1971, ch 283; SL 1975, ch 322, § 4; SL 1978, ch 370, §§ 9, 10; SL 1994, ch 396, § 6; SL 1996, ch 307, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078207DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078207000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078207SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078207SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078207Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-7"><span class="s2078207SENU">62-4-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078207SENU">. </span><span class="s2078207CL">Compensation for permanent total disability--Annual increase.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078207Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont">In case of total disability as defined in subdivision 62-4-6(23), compensation shall be paid at the rate provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont"> for life with an annual increase in the amount of the benefit allowance for each year commencing on the July first that is at least twelve months following the date on which the benefit was first payable equal to one hundred percent of the annual percentage change in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers as computed by the United States Department of Labor for the prior calendar year, not to exceed a three percent increase compounded annually.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078207Normal-000001"><span class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont">For injuries occurring on or after July 1, 1993, if an employee is entitled to compensation under this section and is also receiving old</span><span class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont">age insurance benefits under section 202 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C., § 402), the compensation payable shall be a sum equal to one hundred fifty percent of the compensation payable under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-7"><span class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont"> less the old</span><span class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont">age insurance benefit under § 202 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C., § 402). However, benefits payable by the employer may not exceed the amount payable pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-7"><span class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-7</span></a><span class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont">. This section does not apply to any person who is entitled to old</span><span class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2078207DefaultParagraphFont">age insurance benefits at the time of the injury.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078207Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078207000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078207Normal"><span class="s2078207SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078207SCL-000004"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 24; RC 1919, § 9459 (6); SL 1919, ch 363, § 5; SL 1921, ch 419, § 2; SDC 1939, § 64.0403 (5); SL 1947, ch 424, § 4; SL 1953, ch 486, § 2; SL 1957, ch 494, § 2; SL 1959, ch 457, § 2; SL 1963, ch 460, § 3; SL 1966, ch 264, § 2; SL 1967, ch 347; SL 1968, ch 269; SL 1970, ch 279; SL 1973, ch 311; SL 1978, ch 370, § 11; SL 1988, ch 417; SL 1993, ch 379, §§ 3, 3A.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078208Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078208SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078208CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078208Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078208DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078208000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078208SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078208SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078208Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-7.1"><span class="s2078208SENU">62-4-7.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078208SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078208CL">Prospective application of benefit increase in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-7"><span class="s2078208CL">62-4-7</span></a><span class="s2078208CL">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078208Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078208DefaultParagraphFont">The annual increase in benefit allowance provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-7"><span class="s2078208DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078208DefaultParagraphFont"> also applies to any total disability occurring before July 1, 1989. The annual increase in benefit allowance for such a total disability applies prospectively from July 1, 2000.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078208Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078208000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078208Normal"><span class="s2078208SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078208SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 253, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078209Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078209SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078209CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078209Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078209DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078209000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078209SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078209SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078209Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-8"><span class="s2078209SENU">62-4-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078209SENU">. </span><span class="s2078209CL">Death resulting from injury--Payments to personal representative or beneficiaries of deceased.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078209Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078209DefaultParagraphFont">In case death occurs as a result of the injury, then if the employee leaves any spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or lineal heir entitled to compensation under §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078209DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078209DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-15"><span class="s2078209DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078209DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, the compensation shall be paid at the option of the employer, either to the personal representative or the beneficiaries of the deceased employee and distributed as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-17"><span class="s2078209DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-17</span></a><span class="s2078209DefaultParagraphFont">. However, in no case may the amount payable under this section be less than five hundred dollars.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078209Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078209000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078209Normal"><span class="s2078209SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078209SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 24; RC 1919, § 9459 (7); SDC 1939, § 64.0403 (6); SL 1964, ch 225, § 2; SL 1978, ch 359, § 25; SL 2008, ch 278, § 15.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078210Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078210SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078210CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078210Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078210DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078210000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078210SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078210SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078210Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-8.1"><span class="s2078210SENU">62-4-8.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078210SENU">. </span><span class="s2078210CL">Scholarships provided to certain persons receiving workers' compensation benefits--Eligibility.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078210Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078210DefaultParagraphFont">Scholarships shall be provided for the spouses and dependent children of employees who die as a result of compensable work-related injuries if the dependents are entitled to benefits pursuant to this chapter. Scholarships are payable to accredited postsecondary education institutions in South Dakota on behalf of the dependent students attending the institutions. Eligible dependents may qualify for a maximum of two thousand dollars per year, while attending a postsecondary education institution. No student may receive assistance pursuant to this section for more than five years. The secretary of the Department of Labor and Regulation shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2078210DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2078210DefaultParagraphFont">, to implement this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078210Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078210000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078210Normal"><span class="s2078210SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078210SCL-000002"> SL 1998, ch 300, § 1; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2078210SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078210SCL-000002">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078211Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078211SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078211CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078211Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-9"><span class="s2078211SENU">62-4-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078211SENU">. </span><span class="s2078211CL">Repealed by SL 1974, ch 333, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078212Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078212SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078212CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078212Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078212DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078212000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078212SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078212SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078212Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-10"><span class="s2078212SENU">62-4-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078212SENU">. </span><span class="s2078212CL">Installment payments of compensation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078212Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078212DefaultParagraphFont">All compensation provided for in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078212DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078212DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-7"><span class="s2078212DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-7</span></a><span class="s2078212DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, shall be paid in installments at the same intervals at which the wages or earnings of the employee were paid at the time of the injury. However, if this is not feasible, then the installments shall be paid weekly.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078212Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078212000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078212Normal"><span class="s2078212SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078212SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 24; RC 1919, § 9459 (9); SDC 1939, § 64.0403 (8); SL 2008, ch 278, § 16.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078213Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078213SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078213CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078213Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078213DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078213000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078213SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078213SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078213Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-10.1"><span class="s2078213SENU">62-4-10.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078213SENU">. </span><span class="s2078213CL">Penalty for untimely payment of installments--Other remedies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078213Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078213DefaultParagraphFont">Failure to make any payment of workers' compensation benefits pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-10"><span class="s2078213DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078213DefaultParagraphFont"> within ten days of the date on which the payment is due shall result in an automatic penalty equal to ten percent of the unpaid amount. Nothing herein precludes any other remedy available to the claimant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078213Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078213000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078213Normal"><span class="s2078213SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078213SCL-000002"> SL 1991, ch 418.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078214Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078214SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078214CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078214Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078214DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078214000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078214SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078214SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078214Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-11"><span class="s2078214SENU">62-4-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078214SENU">. </span><span class="s2078214CL">Specific bodily injuries--Death before full payment of installments--Payments to dependents.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078214Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078214DefaultParagraphFont">If an employee receives an injury for which a specific schedule of payments is provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-6"><span class="s2078214DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078214DefaultParagraphFont">; and the employee thereafter dies from causes other than the injury before the full payment of all installments due for the specific injury have been paid to the employee, the employer shall pay the balance due under the specific schedule of payments as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-6"><span class="s2078214DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078214DefaultParagraphFont">, to the employee's dependents as provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078214DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078214DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-22"><span class="s2078214DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-22</span></a><span class="s2078214DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078214Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078214000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078214Normal"><span class="s2078214SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078214SCL-000002"> SL 1957, ch 497; SDC Supp 1960, § 64.0403-1; SL 2008, ch 278, § 17.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078215Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078215SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078215CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078215CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078215Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078215DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078215DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078215000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078215SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078215SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078215Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078215SENU">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078215SENU">. </span><span class="s2078215CL">Injury resulting in death--Compensation to spouse or children--Remarriage--Full</span><span class="s2078215CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2078215CL">time students.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078215Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont">The amount of compensation which shall be paid for an injury to the employee resulting in death, if the employee leaves a spouse, child or children, shall be paid at the rate provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont"> for life or until remarriage in the case of a spouse. If the spouse remarries, two years' benefits shall be paid to the spouse in a lump sum. The amount of compensation which shall be paid for an injury to the employee resulting in death, if the employee leaves any children and no spouse, shall be paid at the rate provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont"> until the child is age eighteen or for life in the case of any child who is physically or mentally incapable of self</span><span class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont">support or until age twenty</span><span class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont">two for any child enrolled as a full</span><span class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont">time student in any accredited educational institution. If any child is not in the custody of the surviving spouse, the compensation shall be divided pursuant to the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12.1"><span class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12.1</span></a><span class="s2078215DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078215Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078215000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078215Normal"><span class="s2078215SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078215SCL-000004"> SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (1); SL 1943, ch 315; SL 1945, ch 352; SL 1947, ch 424, § 1; SL 1953, ch 485; SL 1955, ch 438; SL 1959, ch 456, § 1; SL 1963, ch 459; SL 1964, ch 225, § 1; SL 1965, ch 306; SL 1967, ch 346; SL 1971, ch 284, § 1; SL 1973, ch 312, § 1; SL 1975, ch 322, § 5; SL 1994, ch 397; SL 2003, ch 259, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078216Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078216SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078216CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078216Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078216DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078216DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078216000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078216SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078216SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078216Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12.1"><span class="s2078216SENU">62-4-12.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078216SENU">. </span><span class="s2078216CL">Injury resulting in death--Compensation to spouse or children--Children not in custody of surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078216Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078216DefaultParagraphFont">The amount of compensation which shall be paid for an injury to the employee resulting in death, if the employee leaves any child who is not in the custody of the surviving spouse, shall be paid at the rate provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078216DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span class="s2078216DefaultParagraphFont">, with half of the amount being paid to the surviving spouse. The other half shall be paid to the surviving child or in equal shares to the surviving children, until age eighteen, or for life in the case of a child who is physically or mentally incapable of self</span><span class="s2078216DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078216DefaultParagraphFont">support, or until age twenty</span><span class="s2078216DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078216DefaultParagraphFont">two for any child enrolled as a full</span><span class="s2078216DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078216DefaultParagraphFont">time student in any accredited educational institution. When a child is no longer eligible for benefits, his or her share shall be paid to the surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078216Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078216000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078216Normal"><span class="s2078216SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078216SCL-000003"> SL 2003, ch 259, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078217Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078217SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078217CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078217Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078217DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078217000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078217SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078217SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078217Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-13"><span class="s2078217SENU">62-4-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078217SENU">. </span><span class="s2078217CL">Injury resulting in death--Additional compensation for child under eighteen.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078217Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078217DefaultParagraphFont">For an injury to the employee resulting in death, if the employee leaves any child or children under the age of eighteen years whom the employee was under legal obligation to support at the time of the injury, in addition to the sum provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078217DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span class="s2078217DefaultParagraphFont">, there shall be paid for each of said children, the sum of fifty dollars per month until such child reaches the age of eighteen years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078217Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078217000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078217Normal"><span class="s2078217SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078217SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 23; RC 1919, § 9458 (1); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (1); SL 1947, ch 424, § 1; SL 1953, ch 485; SL 1955, ch 438; SL 1959, ch 456, § 1; SL 1963, ch 459; SL 1964, ch 225, § 1; SL 1965, ch 306; SL 1967, ch 346; SL 1971, ch 284, § 2; SL 1973, ch 312, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078218Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078218SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078218CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078218Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078218DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078218000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078218SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078218SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078218Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-14"><span class="s2078218SENU">62-4-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078218SENU">. </span><span class="s2078218CL">Injury resulting in death--No surviving spouse or children--Payment to dependent parent, grandparent, or minor sibling.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078218Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078218DefaultParagraphFont">The amount of compensation which shall be paid for an injury to the employee resulting in death, if no amount is payable under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078218DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078218DefaultParagraphFont">, and the employee leaves any parent, grandparent, or minor sibling, who were dependent upon the employee for support at the time of the employee's injury, shall be such a percentage of the sum provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078218DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078218DefaultParagraphFont"> as the average annual contributions which the deceased made to the support of the parent, grandparent, or minor sibling during two years preceding the injury bear to the employee's earnings during the two years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078218Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078218000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078218Normal"><span class="s2078218SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078218SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 23; RC 1919, § 9458 (2); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (1); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (2) as enacted by SL 1945, ch 352; SL 1947, ch 424, § 1; SL 1959, ch 456, § 2; SL 2008, ch 278, § 18.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078219Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078219SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078219CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078219Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078219DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078219000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078219SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078219SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078219Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-15"><span class="s2078219SENU">62-4-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078219SENU">. </span><span class="s2078219CL">Injury resulting in death--Payments to dependent collateral heirs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078219Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078219DefaultParagraphFont">The amount of compensation which shall be paid for an injury to the employee resulting in death, if no amount is payable under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078219DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078219DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-14"><span class="s2078219DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078219DefaultParagraphFont">, and the employee leaves collateral heirs dependent at the time of the injury to the employee upon the employee's earnings, shall be such a percentage of the sum provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078219DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078219DefaultParagraphFont"> as the average annual contributions which the deceased made to the support of the collateral dependent heirs during two years preceding the injury bear to the employee's earnings during the two years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078219Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078219000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078219Normal"><span class="s2078219SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078219SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 23; RC 1919, § 9458 (3); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (2); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (3) as enacted by SL 1945, ch 352; SL 2008, ch 278, § 19.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078220Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078220SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078220CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078220Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078220DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078220000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078220SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078220SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078220Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-16"><span class="s2078220SENU">62-4-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078220SENU">. </span><span class="s2078220CL">Burial and transportation expenses paid when death results from injury.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078220Normal-000000"><span class="s2078220DefaultParagraphFont">The employer shall pay the burial expense and the expense of a headstone grave marker for an employee whose death resulted from an injury, in an amount not to exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. If the death occurred in a foreign state or outside the community where the employee is to be buried, the employer shall also pay the cost of transporting the body of the employee to the community where the employee is to be buried.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078220Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078220000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078220Normal"><span class="s2078220SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078220SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (4) as enacted by SL 1945, ch 352; SL 1945, ch 353; SL 1959, ch 456, § 2; SL 1966, ch 263; SL 1971, ch 285; SL 1976, ch 322, § 2; SL 1982, ch 375; SL 1985, ch 398; SL 1996, ch 305; SL 2009, ch 274, § 1; SL 2010, ch 249, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078221Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078221SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078221CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078221Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078221DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078221000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078221SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078221SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078221Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-17"><span class="s2078221SENU">62-4-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078221SENU">. </span><span class="s2078221CL">Installment payment of death benefits.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078221Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078221DefaultParagraphFont">The compensation, except for additional benefits for children under eighteen years of age, provided for in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078221DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078221DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-15"><span class="s2078221DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-15</span></a><span class="s2078221DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, to be paid in case injury results in death, shall be paid in installments equal to two-thirds of the average earnings, at the same intervals at which the wages or earnings of the employee were paid, at which time the additional benefits for children under eighteen years of age shall also be paid. However, if this is not feasible, then the installments shall be paid weekly.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078221Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078221000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078221Normal"><span class="s2078221SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078221SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 23; RC 1919, § 9458 (5); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (4); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (5) as enacted by SL 1945, ch 352; SL 1947, ch 424, § 1; SL 1959, ch 456, § 2; SL 1980, ch 365, § 4; SL 2008, ch 278, § 20.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078222Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078222SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078222CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078222Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078222DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078222000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078222SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078222SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078222Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-18"><span class="s2078222SENU">62-4-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078222SENU">. </span><span class="s2078222CL">Death benefits--Payment to personal representative or beneficiaries--Distribution to heirs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078222Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078222DefaultParagraphFont">The compensation to be paid for injury which results in death, as provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078222DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078222DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-22"><span class="s2078222DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-22</span></a><span class="s2078222DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, shall be paid at the option of the employer either to the personal representative of the deceased employee or to the employee's beneficiaries, and shall be distributed to the heirs who formed the basis for determining the amount of compensation to be paid by the employer, the distributees' share to be in proportion of their respective dependency at the time of the injury on the earnings of the decedent. In the judgment of the court appointing the personal representative, a child's distributive share may be directed paid to the parent for the support of the child.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078222Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078222000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078222Normal"><span class="s2078222SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078222SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 23; RC 1919, § 9458 (6); SL 1921, ch 420; SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (5); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (6) as enacted by SL 1945, ch 352; SL 2008, ch 278, § 21.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078223Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078223SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078223CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078223Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078223DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078223000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078223SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078223SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078223Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-19"><span class="s2078223SENU">62-4-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078223SENU">. </span><span class="s2078223CL">Payment of death benefits to personal representative--Release of employer from obligation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078223Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078223DefaultParagraphFont">The payment of compensation by the employer to the personal representative of the deceased employee pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-18"><span class="s2078223DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078223DefaultParagraphFont"> shall relieve the employer of all obligation as to the distribution of the compensation. The personal representative shall make payment to the distributees pursuant to the order of the court making the appointment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078223Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078223000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078223Normal"><span class="s2078223SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078223SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 23; RC 1919, § 9458 (6); SL 1921, ch 420; SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (5); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (6) as enacted by SL 1945, ch 352; SL 2008, ch 278, § 22.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078224Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078224SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078224CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078224Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078224DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078224000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078224SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078224SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078224Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-20"><span class="s2078224SENU">62-4-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078224SENU">. </span><span class="s2078224CL">Payment of death benefits to surviving spouse for minor children--Conservatorship not required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078224Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078224DefaultParagraphFont">With the consent and approval of the secretary of labor and regulation, an employer may pay to the surviving spouse of a deceased, the compensation payable to the spouse and the minor children of the deceased under §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078224DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078224DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-13"><span class="s2078224DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078224DefaultParagraphFont"> without the necessity of the appointment of a conservator for the minor children. The payment of the compensation by the employer shall relieve the employer of all obligation as to the distribution of the compensation so paid. Except in those cases where a lump-sum settlement has been made, approval by the secretary may at any time be revoked or modified for cause.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078224Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078224000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078224Normal"><span class="s2078224SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078224SCL-000002"> SL 1921, ch 420; SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (5); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (6) as enacted by SL 1945, ch 352; SL 1978, ch 359, § 26; SL 1993, ch 213, § 262; SL 2008, ch 278, § 23; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2078224SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078224SCL-000002">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078225Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078225SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078225CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078225Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078225DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078225000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078225SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078225SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078225Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-21"><span class="s2078225SENU">62-4-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078225SENU">. </span><span class="s2078225CL">Spouse of deceased employee--Qualification for benefits.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078225Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078225DefaultParagraphFont">No compensation is payable under §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078225DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078225DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-22"><span class="s2078225DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-22</span></a><span class="s2078225DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, to the surviving spouse of a deceased employee unless that spouse was, at the time of the death, living with the deceased employee, or was then dependent upon the deceased employee for support, or was then living apart from the deceased employee for justifiable cause or because of desertion by the deceased employee.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078225Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078225000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078225Normal"><span class="s2078225SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078225SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 23; RC 1919, § 9458 (7); SL 1919, ch 363, § 1; SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (6); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (7) as enacted by SL 1945, ch 352; SL 1968, ch 267; SL 1977, ch 421, § 1; SL 2008, ch 278, § 24.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078226Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078226SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078226CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078226Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078226DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078226000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078226SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078226SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078226Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-22"><span class="s2078226SENU">62-4-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078226SENU">. </span><span class="s2078226CL">Transfer of surviving spouse's right to compensation to surviving child.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078226Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078226DefaultParagraphFont">If any dependent of a deceased employee dies, the right of the dependent to compensation under §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078226DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078226DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-21"><span class="s2078226DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078226DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, ceases. However, if the surviving spouse dies or remarries while receiving or entitled to receive such compensation, that compensation shall be payable to any eligible surviving child or children of the deceased employee in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-12"><span class="s2078226DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-12</span></a><span class="s2078226DefaultParagraphFont">. Upon remarriage of the surviving spouse, payments to the eligible surviving child or children as provided for in this section may not commence until the expiration of two years from the date of remarriage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078226Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078226000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078226Normal"><span class="s2078226SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078226SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 23; RC 1919, § 9458 (7); SL 1919, ch 363, § 1; SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (6); SDC 1939, § 64.0402 (7) as enacted by SL 1945, ch 352; SL 1968, ch 267; SL 1976, ch 322, § 3; SL 1977, ch 421, § 2; SL 1991, ch 419.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078227Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078227SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078227CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078227Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-23"><span class="s2078227SENU">62-4-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078227SENU">. </span><span class="s2078227CL">Repealed by SL 1978, ch 359, § 27.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078228Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078228SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078228CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078228Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078228DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078228000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078228SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078228SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078228Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-24"><span class="s2078228SENU">62-4-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078228SENU">. </span><span class="s2078228CL">Employment for year preceding injury--Determination of average weekly wage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078228Normal-000000"><span class="s2078228DefaultParagraphFont">As to an employee in an employment in which it is the custom to operate throughout the working days of the year, and who was in the employment of the same employer in the same grade of employment as at the time of the injury continuously for fifty-two weeks next preceding the injury, except for any temporary loss of time, the average weekly wage shall, where feasible, be computed by dividing by fifty-two the total earnings of the employee as defined in subdivision 62-1-1(6), during the period of fifty-two weeks. However, if the employee lost more than seven consecutive days during the period of fifty-two weeks, then the division shall be by the number of weeks and fractions thereof that the employee actually worked.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078228Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078228000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078228Normal"><span class="s2078228SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078228SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, §§ 26, 55; RC 1919, §§ 9461, 9490; SDC 1939, § 64.0404 (1) (a); SL 1978, ch 370, § 12; SL 2008, ch 278, § 25.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078229Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078229SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078229CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078229Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078229DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078229000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078229SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078229SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078229Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-25"><span class="s2078229SENU">62-4-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078229SENU">. </span><span class="s2078229CL">Employment for less than year preceding injury--Determination of average weekly wage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078229Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078229DefaultParagraphFont">As to an employee in an employment in which it is the custom to operate throughout the working days of the year, but who is not covered by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-24"><span class="s2078229DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-24</span></a><span class="s2078229DefaultParagraphFont">, the average weekly wages shall, where feasible, be ascertained by computing the total of the employee's earnings during the period the employee worked immediately preceding the employee's injury at the same grade of employment for the employer by whom the employee was employed at the time of the employee's injury, and dividing such total by the number of weeks and fractions thereof that the employee actually worked. However, if such method of computation produces a result that is manifestly unfair and inequitable or if by reason of the shortness of time during which the employee has been in such employment, or the casual nature or terms of the employment, it is impracticable to use such method, then regard shall be had to the average weekly amount which during fifty-two weeks previous to the injury was being earned by a person in the same grade, employed at the same work, by the same employer, or if there is no person so employed, by a person in the same grade, employed in the same class of employment in the same general locality.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078229Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078229000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078229Normal"><span class="s2078229SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078229SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 55; RC 1919, § 9490; SDC 1939, § 64.0404 (1) (b); SL 2008, ch 278, § 26.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078230Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078230SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078230CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078230Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078230DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078230DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078230000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078230SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078230SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078230Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-26"><span class="s2078230SENU">62-4-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078230SENU">. </span><span class="s2078230CL">Computation of average weekly wage when other methods not feasible.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078230Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078230DefaultParagraphFont">As to an employee in an employment in which it is the custom to operate throughout the working days of the year and where the situation is such that it is not reasonably feasible to determine the average weekly wages in the manner provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-24"><span class="s2078230DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078230DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-25"><span class="s2078230DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-25</span></a><span class="s2078230DefaultParagraphFont">, the average weekly wages shall be determined by multiplying the employee's average day's earnings by three hundred, and dividing by fifty</span><span class="s2078230DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078230DefaultParagraphFont">two.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078230Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078230000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078230Normal"><span class="s2078230SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078230SCL-000003"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 26; RC 1919, § 9461 (4); SDC 1939, § 64.0404 (2).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078231Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078231SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078231CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078231Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078231DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078231DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078231000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078231SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078231SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078231Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-27"><span class="s2078231SENU">62-4-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078231SENU">. </span><span class="s2078231CL">Seasonal employment--Determination of average weekly wage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078231Normal-000000"><span class="s2078231DefaultParagraphFont">As to employees in employments in which it is the custom to operate for a part of the whole number of working days in each year, the average weekly wages shall be ascertained by multiplying the employee's average day's earnings by number of days which it is customary in such employment to operate during a year, but not less than two hundred, and dividing by fifty</span><span class="s2078231DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078231DefaultParagraphFont">two.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078231Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078231000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078231Normal"><span class="s2078231SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078231SCL-000003"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 26; RC 1919, § 9461 (5); SDC 1939, § 64.0404 (3).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078232Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078232SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078232CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078232Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078232DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078232000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078232SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078232SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078232Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-28"><span class="s2078232SENU">62-4-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078232SENU">. </span><span class="s2078232CL">Employee earning no wages or less than day laborers--Computation of average weekly wage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078232Normal-000000"><span class="s2078232DefaultParagraphFont">As to an employee who earns either no wage or less than the earnings of adult day laborers in the same line of employment in that locality, the average weekly wages shall be reckoned according to the average weekly wages of adults of the same class in the same or, if that is impracticable, then of neighboring employments.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078232Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078232000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078232Normal"><span class="s2078232SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078232SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 26; RC 1919, § 9461 (6); SDC 1939, § 64.0404 (4).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078233Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078233SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078233CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078233Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078233DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078233000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078233SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078233SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078233Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-29"><span class="s2078233SENU">62-4-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078233SENU">. </span><span class="s2078233CL">Apportionment of compensation for subsequent injury.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078233Normal-000000"><span class="s2078233DefaultParagraphFont">As to an employee who before the accident for which the employee claims compensation was disabled and drawing compensation under the terms of this title, the compensation for each subsequent injury shall be apportioned according to the proportion of incapacity and disability caused by the respective injuries which the employee may have suffered.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078233Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078233000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078233Normal"><span class="s2078233SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078233SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 26; RC 1919, § 9461 (8); SDC 1939, § 64.0404 (5); SL 2008, ch 278, § 27.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078234Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078234SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078234CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078234Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078234DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078234DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078234000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078234SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078234SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078234Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-29.1"><span class="s2078234SENU">62-4-29.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078234SENU">. </span><span class="s2078234CL">"Claimant" defined for subsequent injury fund claims.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078234Normal-000000"><span class="s2078234DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of subsequent injury fund claims for reimbursement, notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the term, claimant, refers to any person making a claim for reimbursement, including an insurance carrier of an employer, or an employer, if self</span><span class="s2078234DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078234DefaultParagraphFont">insured.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078234Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078234000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078234Normal"><span class="s2078234SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078234SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 297, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078235Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078235SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078235CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078235Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078235DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078235000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078235SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078235SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078235Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-30"><span class="s2078235SENU">62-4-30</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078235SENU">. </span><span class="s2078235CL">Determination of amount for each installment period.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078235Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078235DefaultParagraphFont">To determine the amount of compensation for each installment period, the amount per annum shall be ascertained pursuant to §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-24"><span class="s2078235DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078235DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-29"><span class="s2078235DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-29</span></a><span class="s2078235DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, and such amount divided by the number of installment periods per annum.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078235Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078235000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078235Normal"><span class="s2078235SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078235SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 26; RC 1919, § 9461 (9); SDC 1939, § 64.0404 (6).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078236Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078236SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078236CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078236Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078236DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078236000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078236SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078236SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078236Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-31"><span class="s2078236SENU">62-4-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078236SENU">. </span><span class="s2078236CL">Working week defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078236Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078236DefaultParagraphFont">The term, working week, for the purposes of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-24"><span class="s2078236DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078236DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-30"><span class="s2078236DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-30</span></a><span class="s2078236DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, means the number of days contemplated by the employment to be worked by the employee during each calendar week.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078236Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078236000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078236Normal"><span class="s2078236SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078236SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 64.0405; SL 2008, ch 278, § 28.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078237Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078237SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078237CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078237Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-32"><span class="s2078237SENU">62-4-32</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078237SENU">. </span><span class="s2078237CL">Repealed by SL 1994, ch 39, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH 62-4-33 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 62-4-33 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 62-4-33"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 62-4-33. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2008, ch 278, &#167;&nbsp;29.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078239Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078239SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078239CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078239Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-34"><span class="s2078239SENU">62-4-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078239SENU"> to 62-4-34.2. </span><span class="s2078239CL">Repealed by SL 1999, ch 262, §§ 2 to 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078240Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078240SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078240CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078240Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-34.3"><span class="s2078240SENU">62-4-34.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078240SENU">. </span><span class="s2078240CL">Repealed by SL 1995, ch 297, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078241Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078241SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078241CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078241Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-34.4"><span class="s2078241SENU">62-4-34.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078241SENU"> to 62-4-34.6. </span><span class="s2078241CL">Repealed by SL 1999, ch 262, §§ 5 to 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078242Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078242SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078242CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078242Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078242DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078242DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078242000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078242SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078242SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078242Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-34.7"><span class="s2078242SENU">62-4-34.7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078242SENU">. </span><span class="s2078242CL">Administration of fund to continue until all valid claims approved, denied or settled--Claim for injury occurring after July 1, 2001, barred--Disposition of fund balance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078242Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078242DefaultParagraphFont">Administration of the subsequent injury fund by the Division of Insurance and reimbursement of complete and valid claims shall continue until approved, denied, or settled. No claim for reimbursement from the subsequent injury fund may be filed based on a subsequent injury that occurs on or after July 1, 2001. Any claim for reimbursement filed as set forth in this section shall be approved or denied by the division pursuant to the requirements of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-34"><span class="s2078242DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078242DefaultParagraphFont"> to 62-4-36.3, inclusive, in effect prior to July 1, 1999. The division shall continue to make any necessary assessments pursuant to the requirements set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-35"><span class="s2078242DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-35</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078242DefaultParagraphFont"> in effect prior to July 1, 1999, until all eligible claims completed as set forth in this section that are approved by the division or determined by the court to be eligible for reimbursement are paid, and until all matters in litigation concerning the subsequent injury fund are resolved. Any claim in matters being litigated concerning the subsequent injury fund is not eligible for interest or costs. Any remaining balance in the fund after all obligations of the fund have been satisfied shall be deposited in the general fund. Priority of payment shall be determined as of the date and time they are determined by the division to be complete and valid. No claim against the subsequent injury fund is vested until it is complete as set forth in this section. Any completed claim regardless of the date of injury or the date of notice of claim is subject to the two</span><span class="s2078242DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078242DefaultParagraphFont">thirds method of reimbursement pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-34"><span class="s2078242DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078242DefaultParagraphFont"> in effect prior to July 1, 1999.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078242Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078242000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078242Normal"><span class="s2078242SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078242SCL-000003"> SL 1999, ch 262, § 1; SL 2001, ch 293, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078243Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078243SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078243CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078243Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-35"><span class="s2078243SENU">62-4-35</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078243SENU">. </span><span class="s2078243CL">Repealed by SL 1999, ch 262, § 8.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078244Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078244SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078244CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078244Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-36"><span class="s2078244SENU">62-4-36</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078244SENU">. </span><span class="s2078244CL">Repealed by SL 1992, ch 365, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078245Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078245SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078245CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078245Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-36.1"><span class="s2078245SENU">62-4-36.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078245SENU"> to 62-4-36.3. </span><span class="s2078245CL">Repealed by SL 1999, ch 262, §§ 9 to 11.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078246Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078246SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078246CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078246Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078246DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078246000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078246SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078246SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078246Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-37"><span class="s2078246SENU">62-4-37</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078246SENU">. </span><span class="s2078246CL">Injury or death due to willful misconduct of employee not compensable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078246Normal-000000"><span class="s2078246DefaultParagraphFont">No compensation may be allowed for any injury or death due to the employee's willful misconduct, including intentional self-inflicted injury, intoxication, illegal use of any schedule I or schedule II drug, or willful failure or refusal to use a safety appliance furnished by the employer, or to perform a duty required by statute. The burden of proof under this section is on the defendant employer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078246Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078246000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078246Normal"><span class="s2078246SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078246SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 7; RC 1919, § 9442; SL 1921, ch 421; SDC 1939, § 64.0202; SL 1991, ch 420, § 1; SL 2008, ch 278, § 30.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078247Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078247SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078247CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078247Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078247DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078247000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078247SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078247SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078247Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-38"><span class="s2078247SENU">62-4-38</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078247SENU">. </span><span class="s2078247CL">Right of action when third person is liable--Election by employee--Offset of recovered damages.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078247Normal-000000"><span class="s2078247DefaultParagraphFont">If an injury for which compensation is payable under this title has been sustained under circumstances creating in some other person than the employer a legal liability to pay damages in respect thereto, the injured employee may, at the employee's option, either claim compensation or proceed at law against such other person to recover damages or proceed against both the employer and such other person. However, in the event the injured employee recovers any like damages from such other person, the recovered damages shall be an offset against any workers' compensation which the employee would otherwise have been entitled to receive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078247Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078247000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078247Normal"><span class="s2078247SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078247SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 64.0301; SL 1964, ch 224; SL 1994, ch 398.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078248Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078248SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078248CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078248Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078248DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078248DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078248000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078248SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078248SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078248Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-39"><span class="s2078248SENU">62-4-39</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078248SENU">. </span><span class="s2078248CL">Compensation paid by employer--Reimbursement from damages recovered from third party.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078248Normal-000000"><span class="s2078248DefaultParagraphFont">If compensation has been awarded and paid under this title and the employee has recovered damages from another person, the employer having paid the compensation may recover from the employee an amount equal to the amount of compensation paid by the employer to the employee, less the necessary and reasonable expense of collecting the same, which expenses may include an attorney's fee not in excess of thirty</span><span class="s2078248DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078248DefaultParagraphFont">five percent of compensation paid, subject to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-7-36"><span class="s2078248DefaultParagraphFont">62-7-36</span></a><span class="s2078248DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078248Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078248000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078248Normal"><span class="s2078248SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078248SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 64.0301 as added by SL 1964, ch 224; SL 1994, ch 396, § 17.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078249Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078249SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078249CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078249Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078249DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078249000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078249SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078249SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078249Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-40"><span class="s2078249SENU">62-4-40</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078249SENU">. </span><span class="s2078249CL">Recovery by employer from third party--Excess held for employee.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078249Normal-000000"><span class="s2078249DefaultParagraphFont">If compensation is awarded under this title, the employer having paid the compensation, or having become liable therefor may collect in the employer's own name or that of the injured employee, or the employer's personal representative, if deceased, from any other person against whom legal liability for damage exists, the amount of the liability. The employer shall hold for the benefit of the injured employee or the employee's personal representative, if deceased, the amount of damages collected in excess of the amount of compensation paid the employee or the employee's representative, less the proportionate necessary and reasonable expense of collecting the same, which expenses may include an attorney's fee not in excess of thirty-five percent of damages so collected, and shall be subject finally to the approval of the department.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078249Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078249000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078249Normal"><span class="s2078249SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078249SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 11; RC 1919, § 9446; SL 1921, ch 416; SDC 1939, § 64.0301; SL 1964, ch 224; SL 2008, ch 278, § 31.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078250Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078250SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078250CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078250Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078250DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078250000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078250SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078250SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078250Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-41"><span class="s2078250SENU">62-4-41</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078250SENU">. </span><span class="s2078250CL">Priority of rights to compensation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078250Normal-000000"><span class="s2078250DefaultParagraphFont">All rights of compensation granted by this title shall have the same preference or priority for the whole thereof against the assets of the employer as is allowed for any unpaid wages for labor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078250Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078250000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078250Normal"><span class="s2078250SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078250SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 14; RC 1919, § 9449; SDC 1939, § 64.0303.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078251Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078251SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078251CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078251Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078251DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078251000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078251SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078251SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078251Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-42"><span class="s2078251SENU">62-4-42</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078251SENU">. </span><span class="s2078251CL">Assignment of payments prohibited--Certain compensation exempt from claims of creditors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078251Normal-000000"><span class="s2078251DefaultParagraphFont">No claim for compensation under this title is assignable, and all compensation and claims therefor are exempt from all claims of creditors except those for child and spousal support obligations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078251Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078251000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078251Normal"><span class="s2078251SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078251SCL-000002"> SL 1917, ch 376, § 15; RC 1919, § 9450; SDC 1939, § 64.0304; SL 1986, ch 218, § 60.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078252Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078252SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078252CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078252Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078252DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078252000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078252SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078252SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078252Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-43"><span class="s2078252SENU">62-4-43</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078252SENU">. </span><span class="s2078252CL">Selection of medical practitioner or surgeon by employee.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078252Normal-000000"><span class="s2078252DefaultParagraphFont">The employee may make the initial selection of the employee's medical practitioner or surgeon from among all licensed medical practitioners or surgeons in the state. The employee shall, prior to treatment, notify the employer of the choice of medical practitioner or surgeon or as soon as reasonably possible after treatment has been provided. The medical practitioner or surgeon selected may arrange for any consultation, referral, or extraordinary or other specialized medical services as the nature of the injury shall require. The employer is not responsible for medical services furnished or ordered by any medical practitioner or surgeon or other person selected by the employee in disregard of this section. If the employee is unable to make the selection, the selection requirements of this section do not apply as long as the inability to make a selection persists. If the injured employee unreasonably refuses or neglects to avail himself or herself of medical or surgical treatment, the employer is not liable for an aggravation of the injury due to the refusal and neglect and the Department of Labor and Regulation may suspend, reduce, or limit the compensation otherwise payable. If the employee desires to change the employee's choice of medical practitioner or surgeon, the employee shall obtain approval in writing from the employer. An employee may seek a second opinion without the employer's approval at the employee's expense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078252Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078252000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078252Normal"><span class="s2078252SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078252SCL-000002"> SL 1990, ch 416, § 3; SL 2008, ch 278, § 32; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2078252SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078252SCL-000002">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078253Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078253SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078253CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078253Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078253DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078253000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078253SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078253SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078253Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-44"><span class="s2078253SENU">62-4-44</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078253SENU">. </span><span class="s2078253CL">Report to be submitted to employer and department by treating practitioner or surgeon--Time limit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078253Normal-000000"><span class="s2078253DefaultParagraphFont">A medical practitioner or surgeon first treating an employee shall furnish a report of the injury and treatment to the employer and the Department of Labor and Regulation within fourteen days following the first treatment. The Department of Labor and Regulation may excuse the failure to furnish the report within fourteen days if it finds it to be in the interest of justice to do so. Thereafter, if the employee needs continued medical care or claims to be disabled from employment, the medical practitioner or surgeon shall provide status reports to the employer and the Department of Labor and Regulation at no less than thirty-day intervals. However, no report is required if the medical practitioner or surgeon has not seen the employee since the practitioner's or surgeon's last report.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078253Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078253000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078253Normal"><span class="s2078253SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078253SCL-000002"> SL 1990, ch 416, § 4; SL 2008, ch 278, § 33; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2078253SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078253SCL-000002">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078254Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078254SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078254CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078254Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078254DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078254000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078254SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078254SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078254Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-45"><span class="s2078254SENU">62-4-45</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078254SENU">. </span><span class="s2078254CL">Information about injury to be made available--Penalty for withholding information.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078254Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078254DefaultParagraphFont">All medical practitioners or surgeons attending injured employees shall comply with the rules promulgated pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2078254DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078254DefaultParagraphFont"> by the Department of Labor and Regulation and shall make the reports as may be required by it. All medical and hospital information relevant to the particular injury shall, upon demand, be made available to the employer, employee, insurer and the Department of Labor and Regulation. Medical practitioners, surgeons, or hospitals may charge a reasonable fee for the reproduction of the medical and hospital information. No relevant information developed in connection with treatment or examination for which compensation is sought may be considered a privileged communication for purposes of a workers' compensation claim. If a medical practitioner or surgeon willfully fails to make any report required of the practitioner or surgeon under this section, the Department of Labor and Regulation may order the forfeiture of the practitioner's or surgeon's right to all or part of payment due for services rendered in connection with the particular case.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078254Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078254000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078254Normal"><span class="s2078254SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078254SCL-000002"> SL 1990, ch 416, § 5; SL 1993, ch 375, § 43; SL 1995, ch 296, § 10; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2078254SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078254SCL-000002">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078255Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078255SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078255CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078255Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078255DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078255000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078255SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078255SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078255Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-46"><span class="s2078255SENU">62-4-46</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078255SENU">. </span><span class="s2078255CL">Benefits precluded by intentional misrepresentation of employee's physical condition--Burden of proof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078255Normal-000000"><span class="s2078255DefaultParagraphFont">A false representation as to physical condition or health made by an employee in procuring employment shall preclude the awarding of workers' compensation benefits for an otherwise compensable injury if it is shown that the employee intentionally and willfully made a false representation as to the employee's physical condition, the employer substantially and justifiably relied on the false representation in the hiring of the employee, and a causal connection existed between the false representation and the injury. The burden is on the employer to prove each of these elements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078255Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078255000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078255Normal"><span class="s2078255SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078255SCL-000002"> SL 1991, ch 420, § 2; SL 2008, ch 278, § 34.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078256Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078256SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078256CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078256Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078256DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078256000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078256SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078256SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078256Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-47"><span class="s2078256SENU">62-4-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078256SENU">. </span><span class="s2078256CL">Written request to stop payments--Fraud--Injury outside of employment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078256Normal-000000"><span class="s2078256DefaultParagraphFont">An employer, an employer's insurer or a fellow employee may submit a written request to the Department of Labor and Regulation to terminate, modify, or temporarily stop payments to a claimant because the requester has reason to believe that a worker's compensation claim has been paid under fraudulent conditions or that the injury did not arise out of or in the course of the employment. The department shall prescribe the form for the written request.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078256Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078256000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078256Normal"><span class="s2078256SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078256SCL-000002"> SL 1993, ch 380, § 1; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2078256SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078256SCL-000002">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078257Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078257SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078257CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078257Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078257DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078257DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078257000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078257SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078257SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078257Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-48"><span class="s2078257SENU">62-4-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078257SENU">. </span><span class="s2078257CL">Investigation of written request to stop payments.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078257Normal-000000"><span class="s2078257DefaultParagraphFont">The department shall order an investigation by the insurer, self</span><span class="s2078257DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078257DefaultParagraphFont">insured employer or administrator of a self</span><span class="s2078257DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078257DefaultParagraphFont">insured plan of the facts contained in a written request made pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-47"><span class="s2078257DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078257DefaultParagraphFont">. The investigation shall be completed within ninety days after receipt of the order. After a contested case hearing conducted pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2078257DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2078257DefaultParagraphFont">, the department may order that the claimant's payments be continued, modified, or terminated. If the department has reason to believe that criminal insurance fraud has been committed, it shall disclose its information to law enforcement officers and may assist in the criminal investigative process.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078257Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078257000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078257Normal"><span class="s2078257SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078257SCL-000003"> SL 1993, ch 380, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078258Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078258SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078258CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078258Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078258DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078258000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078258SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078258SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078258Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-49"><span class="s2078258SENU">62-4-49</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078258SENU">. </span><span class="s2078258CL">Confidentiality of investigative records--Release--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078258Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078258DefaultParagraphFont">All investigative records and files relating to written requests made pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-47"><span class="s2078258DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078258DefaultParagraphFont"> are confidential. No disclosure of any such records, files, or other information may be made except as authorized in this section and § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-48"><span class="s2078258DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-48</span></a><span class="s2078258DefaultParagraphFont">. The names of individuals providing evidence in support of a written request are confidential during the pendency of the request and the investigation. If the records or the testimony of the witness supplying the records are to be admitted at the hearing, the records and the testimony, or both, are discoverable and shall be provided to the claimant and the claimant's attorney. The department may release records, files, or other information to the attorney general, the state's attorney, law enforcement officials, and public officials who require the information in connection with their official duties. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078258Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078258000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078258Normal"><span class="s2078258SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078258SCL-000002"> SL 1993, ch 380, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078259Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078259SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078259CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078259Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078259DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078259000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078259SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078259SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078259Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-50"><span class="s2078259SENU">62-4-50</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078259SENU">. </span><span class="s2078259CL">Immunity for good faith written request of investigation--False written request as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078259Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078259DefaultParagraphFont">Any person or party participating in good faith in the making of a written request pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-47"><span class="s2078259DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078259DefaultParagraphFont"> is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed and has the same immunity for participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from the request. Immunity extends in the same manner to public officials or employees involved in the investigation of the facts contained in written requests or to any person who in good faith cooperates with the investigation. A written request made in good faith does not constitute the wrongful failure to pay a claim or to pay it on time. Any person or party who knowingly makes a false or malicious written request for an investigation, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078259Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078259000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078259Normal"><span class="s2078259SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078259SCL-000002"> SL 1993, ch 380, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078260Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078260SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078260CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078260Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078260DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078260000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078260SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078260SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078260Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-51"><span class="s2078260SENU">62-4-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078260SENU">. </span><span class="s2078260CL">Fraudulent workers' compensation claims as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078260Normal-000000"><span class="s2078260DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who knowingly files a fraudulent claim for workers' compensation benefits is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078260Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078260000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078260Normal"><span class="s2078260SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078260SCL-000002"> SL 1994, ch 399.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078261Normal { 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.s2078261SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078261CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078261Normal-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.s2078261DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078261Normal-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.s2078261Normal-000002 { margin-left: 1.14in; text-indent: -0.44in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078261DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078261000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078261SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078261SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078261Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-52"><span class="s2078261SENU">62-4-52</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078261SENU">. </span><span class="s2078261CL">Definition of terms.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078261Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-53"><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-53</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont"> mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078261Normal-000001"><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Community," the area within sixty road miles of the employee's residence unless:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078261Normal-000002"><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    The employee is physically limited to travel within a lesser distance;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078261Normal-000002"><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Consideration of the wages available within sixty road miles and the cost of commuting to the job site makes it financially infeasible to work within such a distance;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078261Normal-000002"><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    An employee has expanded the employee's community by regularly being employed at a distance greater than sixty road miles of the employee's residence, in which case community shall be defined as that distance previously traveled.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078261Normal-000001"><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Sporadic employment resulting in an insubstantial income," employment that does not offer an employee the opportunity to work either full</span><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">time or part</span><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">time and pay wages equivalent to, or greater than, the workers' compensation benefit rate applicable to the employee at the time of the employee's injury. Commission or piece</span><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">work pay may or may not be considered sporadic employment depending upon the facts of the individual situation. If a bona fide position is available that has essential functions that the injured employee can perform, with or without reasonable accommodations, and offers the employee the opportunity to work either full</span><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">time or part</span><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2078261DefaultParagraphFont">time and pays wages equivalent to, or greater than, the workers' compensation benefit rate applicable to the employee at the time of the employee's injury the employment is not sporadic. The department shall retain jurisdiction over disputes arising under this provision to ensure that any such position is suitable when compared to the employee's former job and that such employment is regularly and continuously available to the employee.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078261Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078261000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078261Normal"><span class="s2078261SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078261SCL-000005"> SL 1994, ch 396, § 7; SL 1999, ch 261, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078262Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078262SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078262CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078262Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078262DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078262Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2078262000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078262SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078262SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078262Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-53"><span class="s2078262SENU">62-4-53</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078262SENU">. </span><span class="s2078262CL">Permanent total disability--Burden of proof--Moving expenses paid by employer in certain cases.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078262Normal-000000"><span class="s2078262DefaultParagraphFont">An employee is permanently totally disabled if the employee's physical condition, in combination with the employee's age, training, and experience and the type of work available in the employee's community, cause the employee to be unable to secure anything more than sporadic employment resulting in an insubstantial income. An employee has the burden of proof to make a prima facie showing of permanent total disability. The burden then shifts to the employer to show that some form of suitable work is regularly and continuously available to the employee in the community. The employer may meet this burden by showing that a position is available which is not sporadic employment resulting in an insubstantial income as defined in subdivision 62-4-52(2). An employee shall introduce evidence of a reasonable, good faith work search effort unless the medical or vocational findings show such efforts would be futile. The effort to seek employment is not reasonable if the employee places undue limitations on the kind of work the employee will accept or purposefully leaves the labor market. An employee shall introduce expert opinion evidence that the employee is unable to benefit from vocational rehabilitation or that the same is not feasible.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078262Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078262DefaultParagraphFont">If an employee chooses to move to an area to obtain suitable employment that is not available within the employee's community, the employer shall pay moving expenses of household goods not to exceed four weeks of compensation at the rate provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-3"><span class="s2078262DefaultParagraphFont">62-4-3</span></a><span class="s2078262DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078262Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078262000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078262Normal"><span class="s2078262SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078262SCL-000003"> SL 1994, ch 396, § 8; SL 1999, ch 261, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078263Normal { 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.s2078263SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078263CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078263Normal-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.s2078263DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078263Normal-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; } span.s2078263000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078263SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078263SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078263Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-54"><span class="s2078263SENU">62-4-54</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078263SENU">. </span><span class="s2078263CL">Determining usual and customary line of employment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078263Normal-000000"><span class="s2078263DefaultParagraphFont">Usual and customary line of employment is to be determined by evaluation of the following factors:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078263Normal-000001"><span class="s2078263DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The skills or abilities of the person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078263Normal-000001"><span class="s2078263DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The length of time the person spent in the type of work engaged in at the time of the injury;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078263Normal-000001"><span class="s2078263DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The proportion of time the person has spent in the type of work engaged in at the time of injury when compared to the employee's entire working career; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078263Normal-000001"><span class="s2078263DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    The duties and responsibilities of the person at the workplace. It is not limited by the position held at the time of the injury.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078263Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078263000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078263Normal"><span class="s2078263SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078263SCL-000003"> SL 1994, ch 396, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 62-4 - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY OR DEATH </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078264Normal { 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.s2078264SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078264CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078264Normal-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.s2078264DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078264Normal-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; } span.s2078264000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078264SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078264SCL-000003 { 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="s2078264Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-4-55"><span class="s2078264SENU">62-4-55</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078264SENU">. </span><span class="s2078264CL">Suitable, substantial, and gainful employment defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078264Normal-000000"><span class="s2078264DefaultParagraphFont">Employment is considered suitable, substantial, and gainful if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078264Normal-000001"><span class="s2078264DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    It returns the employee to no less than eighty-five percent of the employee's prior wage earning capacity; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078264Normal-000001"><span class="s2078264DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    It returns the employee to employment which equals or exceeds the average prevailing wage for the given job classification for the job held by the employee at the time of injury as determined by the Department of Labor and Regulation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078264Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078264000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078264Normal"><span class="s2078264SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078264SCL-000003"> SL 1994, ch 396, § 11; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2078264SCL-000003">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078264SCL-000003">), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html>