<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING 62-9 COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 62-9 COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 62-9"> </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 62-9 <!-- 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 PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING <!-- 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=62-9-1">62-9-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Compensation for permanent occupational hearing loss. <!-- 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=62-9-2">62-9-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Definition of terms. <!-- 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=62-9-3">62-9-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Calculation of hearing loss--What loss is 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=62-9-4">62-9-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Hearing loss to be determined on binaural basis--How calculated. <!-- 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=62-9-5">62-9-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Deductions from total average decibel loss. <!-- 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=62-9-6">62-9-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Amount of compensation payable for total or partial hearing loss. <!-- 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=62-9-7">62-9-7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> No benefits for temporary total or partial disability or for tinnitus. <!-- 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=62-9-8">62-9-8</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> No benefits where employee fails to regularly use employer-provided protection devices. <!-- 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=62-9-9">62-9-9</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> What employer is liable for compensation--Duration of exposure required for compensability. <!-- 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=62-9-10">62-9-10</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Liability for pre-employment and nonoccupational losses--Loss prior to July 1, 1974. <!-- 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=62-9-11">62-9-11</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Effect of hearing aid use on compensation--Provision of hearing aid by employer. <!-- 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=62-9-12">62-9-12</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Removal from exposure for six-month period prerequisite to filing of claim--Limitation period applicable to claims--How claims to be filed. <!-- 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=62-9-13">62-9-13</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=62-9-14">62-9-14</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Compensability of hearing loss caused by explosion or trauma. <!-- 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=62-9-15">62-9-15</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Applicability of Title 62. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078377Normal { 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.s2078377SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078377CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078377Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 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loss.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078377Normal-000000"><span class="s2078377DefaultParagraphFont">Permanent hearing loss caused by exposure to excessive occupational noise shall be compensated according to the terms and conditions of this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078377Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078377000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078377Normal"><span class="s2078377SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078377SCL-000002"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078378Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; 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class="s2078378Normal-000001"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Occupational loss of hearing," a permanent sensorineural loss of hearing caused by prolonged exposure to excessive noise in the working environment;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000001"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Excessive noise," sound in the working environment capable of producing occupational loss of hearing. Sound of an intensity of less than ninety decibels, "A scale, slow response', is considered incapable of producing occupational hearing losses as defined in this chapter. Regular exposure to the noise levels set forth below for periods less than those described for such levels does not constitute an exposure to excessive noise:</span></p><div align="center"><table dir="ltr" class="s2078378000002"><tr><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000006"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">Noise Levels</span></p></td><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000007"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">Periods</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000006"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">A Scale, Slow Response</span></p></td><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000008"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000006"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont"> 90 DB</span></p></td><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000008"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">8 hours per day</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000006"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont"> 92 DB</span></p></td><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000008"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">6 hours per day</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000006"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont"> 95 DB</span></p></td><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000008"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">4 hours per day</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000006"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont"> 97 DB</span></p></td><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000008"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">3 hours per day</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000006"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">100 DB</span></p></td><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000008"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">2 hours per day</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000006"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">105 DB</span></p></td><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000008"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">1 hour per day</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000006"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">110 DB</span></p></td><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000008"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">30 minutes per day</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000006"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">115 DB</span></p></td><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000008"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">15 minutes per day</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000006"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">Greater than 115 DB</span></p></td><td class="s2078378000003"><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal-000008"><span class="s2078378DefaultParagraphFont">No exposure recommended</span></p></td></tr></table></div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078378Normal"><span class="s2078378SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078378SCL-000009"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078379Normal { 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.s2078379SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078379CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } 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href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-3"><span class="s2078379SENU">62-9-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078379SENU">. </span><span class="s2078379CL">Calculation of hearing loss--What loss is compensable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078379Normal-000000"><span class="s2078379DefaultParagraphFont">The percentage of hearing loss shall be calculated as the average, in decibels, of the thresholds of hearing for the frequencies of five hundred, one thousand, two thousand and three thousand cycles per second. Pure tone air conduction audiometric instruments properly calibrated according to accepted national standards such as American Standards Association, Inc. (ASA), International Standards Organization (ISO), or American National Standards Institute, Inc. (ANSI), shall be used for measuring hearing loss. If the losses of hearing average twenty</span><span class="s2078379DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078379DefaultParagraphFont">five decibels ANSI or less in the four frequencies, such losses of hearing do not constitute any compensable hearing disability. If the losses of hearing average ninety</span><span class="s2078379DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078379DefaultParagraphFont">two decibels ANSI or more in the four frequencies, then the same shall constitute and be total or one hundred percent compensable hearing loss. In measuring hearing impairment, the lowest measured losses in each of the four frequencies shall be added together and divided by four to determine the average decibel loss. For each decibel of loss exceeding twenty</span><span class="s2078379DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078379DefaultParagraphFont">five decibels, an allowance of one and one</span><span class="s2078379DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078379DefaultParagraphFont">half percent shall be made up to the maximum of one hundred percent which is reached at ninety</span><span class="s2078379DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078379DefaultParagraphFont">two decibels.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078379Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078379000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078379Normal"><span class="s2078379SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078379SCL-000003"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078380Normal { 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.s2078380SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078380CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078380Normal-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.s2078380DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078380000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078380SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078380SCL-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="s2078380Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-4"><span class="s2078380SENU">62-9-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078380SENU">. </span><span class="s2078380CL">Hearing loss to be determined on binaural basis--How calculated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078380Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078380DefaultParagraphFont">Permanent partial or permanent total impairment of the hearing from an occupational loss shall be determined on a binaural basis for the purposes of determining the amount of compensation payable under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-6"><span class="s2078380DefaultParagraphFont">62-9-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078380DefaultParagraphFont">. To determine the binaural percentage of loss, the percentage of loss as determined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-3"><span class="s2078380DefaultParagraphFont">62-9-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078380DefaultParagraphFont">, if any, in the better ear shall be multiplied by five. The resulting figure shall be added to the percentage of loss determined in the same manner for the poorer ear and that sum shall be divided by six. The resulting quotient percentage shall represent the binaural hearing impairment for which compensation shall be paid according to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-6"><span class="s2078380DefaultParagraphFont">62-9-6</span></a><span class="s2078380DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078380Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078380000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078380Normal"><span class="s2078380SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078380SCL-000002"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078381Normal { 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.s2078381SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078381CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078381Normal-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.s2078381DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078381DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078381000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078381SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078381SCL-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="s2078381Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-5"><span class="s2078381SENU">62-9-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078381SENU">. </span><span class="s2078381CL">Deductions from total average decibel loss.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078381Normal-000000"><span class="s2078381DefaultParagraphFont">Before determining the percentage of hearing impairment, in order to allow for the average hearing loss from nonoccupational causes found in the population at any given age, there shall be deducted from the total average decibel loss, one</span><span class="s2078381DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078381DefaultParagraphFont">half decibel for each year of the employee's age over forty</span><span class="s2078381DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2078381DefaultParagraphFont">five years at the time of last exposure to occupational noise. Other appropriate deductions established by competent specialist opinion which exceed the foregoing allowance for presbycusis shall also be deducted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078381Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078381000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078381Normal"><span class="s2078381SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078381SCL-000003"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078382Normal { 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.s2078382SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078382CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078382Normal-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.s2078382DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078382000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078382SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078382SCL-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="s2078382Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-6"><span class="s2078382SENU">62-9-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078382SENU">. </span><span class="s2078382CL">Amount of compensation payable for total or partial hearing loss.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078382Normal-000000"><span class="s2078382DefaultParagraphFont">There shall be payable for total occupational loss of hearing under this chapter, one hundred fifty weeks of compensation. Partial occupational loss of hearing shall be in the proportion of one hundred fifty weeks as the partial loss bears to the total loss.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078382Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078382000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078382Normal"><span class="s2078382SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078382SCL-000002"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078383Normal { 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.s2078383SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078383CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078383Normal-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.s2078383DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078383000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078383SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078383SCL-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="s2078383Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-7"><span class="s2078383SENU">62-9-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078383SENU">. </span><span class="s2078383CL">No benefits for temporary total or partial disability or for tinnitus.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078383Normal-000000"><span class="s2078383DefaultParagraphFont">No compensation benefits are payable for temporary total or temporary partial disability under this chapter, and there may be no award for tinnitus hereunder.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078383Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078383000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078383Normal"><span class="s2078383SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078383SCL-000002"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078384Normal { 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.s2078384SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078384CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078384CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078384Normal-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.s2078384DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078384DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078384000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078384SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078384SCL-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="s2078384Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-8"><span class="s2078384SENU">62-9-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078384SENU">. </span><span class="s2078384CL">No benefits where employee fails to regularly use employer</span><span class="s2078384CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2078384CL">provided protection devices.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078384Normal-000001"><span class="s2078384DefaultParagraphFont">No compensation benefits are payable for occupational loss of hearing caused by excessive noise if the employee fails to regularly use the employer</span><span class="s2078384DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2078384DefaultParagraphFont">provided protection device or devices which are capable of preventing loss of hearing from the particular excessive noise where the employee works.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078384Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078384000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078384Normal"><span class="s2078384SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078384SCL-000004"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078385Normal { 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.s2078385SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078385CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078385Normal-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.s2078385DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078385000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078385SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078385SCL-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="s2078385Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-9"><span class="s2078385SENU">62-9-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078385SENU">. </span><span class="s2078385CL">What employer is liable for compensation--Duration of exposure required for compensability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078385Normal-000000"><span class="s2078385DefaultParagraphFont">The employer liable for the compensation under this chapter is the employer in whose employment the employee was last exposed to excessive noise in this state during a period of ninety working days or parts thereof. No exposure during a period of less than ninety working days or parts thereof may be held to be an injurious exposure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078385Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078385000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078385Normal"><span class="s2078385SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078385SCL-000002"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 9.</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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078386Normal { 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.s2078386SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078386CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078386CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078386Normal-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.s2078386DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078386DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078386000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078386SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078386SCL-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="s2078386Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-10"><span class="s2078386SENU">62-9-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078386SENU">. </span><span class="s2078386CL">Liability for pre</span><span class="s2078386CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2078386CL">employment and nonoccupational losses--Loss prior to July 1, 1974.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078386Normal-000001"><span class="s2078386DefaultParagraphFont">An employer is liable for the entire occupational hearing loss to which his employment has contributed; but, if previous deafness is established by a hearing test or other competent evidence, whether or not the employee was exposed to excessive noise within six months preceding such test, the employer is not liable for previous loss so established, nor is he liable for any loss for which compensation has previously been paid or awarded. The employer is liable only for the difference between the percentage of occupational hearing loss determined as of the date of disability, and the percentage of loss established by pre</span><span class="s2078386DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2078386DefaultParagraphFont">employment and audiometric examinations excluding, in any event, hearing losses arising from nonoccupational causes. Hearing loss established by hearing tests or other competent evidence to have occurred prior to July 1, 1974, is not compensable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078386Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078386000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078386Normal"><span class="s2078386SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078386SCL-000004"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078387Normal { 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.s2078387SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078387CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078387Normal-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.s2078387DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078387000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078387SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078387SCL-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="s2078387Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-11"><span class="s2078387SENU">62-9-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078387SENU">. </span><span class="s2078387CL">Effect of hearing aid use on compensation--Provision of hearing aid by employer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078387Normal-000000"><span class="s2078387DefaultParagraphFont">No reduction in an award of compensation for occupational hearing loss may be made because the ability of the employee to understand speech is improved by the use of a hearing aid. During the period of exposure to excessive noise without regard to the period of time in a noninjurious environment required before a claim may be filed, the Department of Labor and Regulation may require the employer to provide the employee with necessary hearing aids if the hearing aid will materially improve the employee's ability to understand speech.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078387Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078387000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078387Normal"><span class="s2078387SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078387SCL-000002"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 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="s2078387SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2078387SCL-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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078388Normal { 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.s2078388SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078388CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078388CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078388Normal-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.s2078388DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078388000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078388SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078388SCL-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="s2078388Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-12"><span class="s2078388SENU">62-9-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078388SENU">. </span><span class="s2078388CL">Removal from exposure for six</span><span class="s2078388CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2078388CL">month period prerequisite to filing of claim--Limitation period applicable to claims--How claims to be filed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078388Normal-000001"><span class="s2078388DefaultParagraphFont">No claim for occupational hearing loss may be filed until the employee has been removed from exposure to excessive noise for at least a period of six months. Removal from exposure occurs when an employee is transferred to a working environment free from excessive noise, or upon separation from employment. Any claim not filed within two years after the employee has been removed from the exposure to excessive noise for the six month period is forever barred. Claims under this chapter shall be filed in the same manner and under the same requirements as claims for compensation for injury or accident.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078388Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078388000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078388Normal"><span class="s2078388SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078388SCL-000003"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 12.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING 62-9-13 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 62-9-13 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 62-9-13"> </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 --> 62-9-13. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2008, ch 278, &#167;&nbsp;81.<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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078390Normal { 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.s2078390SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078390CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078390Normal-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.s2078390DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078390000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078390SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078390SCL-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="s2078390Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-14"><span class="s2078390SENU">62-9-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078390SENU">. </span><span class="s2078390CL">Compensability of hearing loss caused by explosion or trauma.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078390Normal-000000"><span class="s2078390DefaultParagraphFont">Hearing loss caused by explosion or other trauma is not compensable under this chapter, but the rights to compensation for such loss shall be determined under the provisions of this title for losses caused by injury or accident.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078390Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078390000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078390Normal"><span class="s2078390SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078390SCL-000002"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 14.</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 62-9 - COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT LOSS OF HEARING </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078391Normal { 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.s2078391SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078391CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078391Normal-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.s2078391DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078391000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078391SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078391SCL-000002 { 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="s2078391Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=62-9-15"><span class="s2078391SENU">62-9-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078391SENU">. </span><span class="s2078391CL">Applicability of Title 62.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078391Normal-000000"><span class="s2078391DefaultParagraphFont">All provisions of this title apply to compensable occupational hearing losses except to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078391Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078391000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078391Normal"><span class="s2078391SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078391SCL-000002"> SL 1986, ch 427, § 15.</span></p></div></body></html>