2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 42 - Workers' Compensation
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 42-1-700 - Specificity of description of injured or affected body parts; Employee's Notice of Claim and/or Request for Hearing (Form 50).

(A) Injured or affected body parts and conditions shall be set forth with as much specificity as possible on the commission's Employee's Notice of Claim and/or Request for Hearing form, hereinafter referred to as Form 50. A Form 50 shall not describe the injured body part(s) or condition(s) as "whole person", "whole body", "all body parts", or other similar language unless the injured employee died as a result of the accident. No hearing shall be held on a Form 50 which does not conform to the requirements of this subsection.

(B) Nothing in this section prohibits a commissioner from determining the compensability of a body part or condition not listed or described on a Form 50 if:

(1) the body part or condition is proved by a preponderance of the evidence to have arisen from the injury or injuries out of and in the course of employment as set forth on the Form 50;

(2) it is proven to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the employee had no knowledge of the injury or condition on the date of the completion of the Form 50. However, the employee is required to amend the Form 50 upon discovery of the injury or condition within a reasonable time period pursuant to regulation; or

(3) in the case of a represented employee, the body part or condition is set forth on the commission's Pre-Hearing Brief form, and such pre-hearing brief is timely filed with the commission and timely served upon the parties.

(C) A Form 50 must be signed by an attorney if the employee is represented, verifying that the contents of the form are accurate and true to the best of the attorney's knowledge. If the employee is not represented, the employee who signs a Form 50 must verify that the contents of the form are accurate and true to the best of the employee's knowledge.

HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 111, Pt I, Section 9, eff July 1, 2007, applicable to injuries that occur on or after that date.