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2021 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 42 - Workers' Compensation
Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment
Section 42-9-160. Amount of compensation for employee injured while drawing compensation for previous disability in same employment.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 42-9-160 (2021)
If an employee receives an injury for which compensation is payable while he is still receiving or entitled to compensation for a previous injury in the same employment, he shall not at the same time be entitled to compensation for both injuries, unless the later injury be a permanent injury such as specified in Section 42-9-30 or the second paragraph of Section 42-9-10, but he shall be entitled to compensation for that injury and from the time of that injury which will cover the longest period and the largest amount payable under this title.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-167; 1952 Code Section 72-167; 1942 Code Section 7035-37; 1936 (39) 1231.
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