Section 62-8-1 – Definition of terms.
62-8-1. Definition of terms. Terms used in this chapter mean: (1)”Compensation,” the payments and benefits provided for in the South Dakota workers’ compensation law, subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this chapter; (2)”Department,” the Department of Labor and Regulation of the State of South Dakota; (3)”Disablement,” the event of an employee’s becoming actually […]
Section 62-8-3 – Contracted and incurred defined.
62-8-3. Contracted and incurred defined. The terms, contracted, and incurred, as used in this chapter when referring to an occupational disease, are the equivalent of the phrase, arising out of and in the course of, as used in the workers’ compensation law. Source: SDC 1939, §64.0805 as enacted by SL 1947, ch 426; SL 2008, […]
Section 62-8-4 – Right to compensation–Applicability of workers’ compensation law.
62-8-4. Right to compensation–Applicability of workers’ compensation law. If an employee of an employer subject to this chapter suffers from an occupational disease as defined in §62-8-1, and is thereby disabled from performing work in the last occupation in which the employee was injuriously exposed to the hazards of the disease, or dies as a […]