<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 9-16-45 - Circulatory or respiratory disease presumed occupational in firemen. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036440Normal { 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.s2036440SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036440CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036440Normal-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.s2036440DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036440000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036440SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036440SCL-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="s2036440Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-16-45"><span class="s2036440SENU">9-16-45</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036440SENU">. </span><span class="s2036440CL">Circulatory or respiratory disease presumed occupational in firemen.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036440Normal-000000"><span class="s2036440DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any condition of impairment of health caused by hypertension, heart disease, or respiratory disease resulting in total or partial disability to an officer or member of a fire department who successfully passed physical examination on entering into such service, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition, shall be presumed to have been suffered in line of duty, unless the contrary be shown by competent evidence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036440Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036440000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036440Normal"><span class="s2036440SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036440SCL-000002"> SL 1957, ch 248, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.1212.</span></p></div></body></html>