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2006 South Dakota Code - 04 — Compensation For Injury Or Death
- 62-4-1 — Medical and hospital expense.
- 62-4-2 — Waiting period for temporary disability benefits.
- 62-4-3 — Amount of temporary total disability compensation.
- 62-4-3.1 — Annual computation of average weekly wage in state--Period for which applied.
- 62-4-4 — Repealed.
- 62-4-5 — Compensation for partial disability.
- 62-4-5.1 — Compensation during period of rehabilitation--Procedure.
- 62-4-6 — Additional compensation for specific bodily injuries.
- 62-4-7 — Compensation for permanent total disability--Annual increase.
- 62-4-7.1 — Prospective application of benefit increase in § 62-4-7.
- 62-4-8 — Death resulting from injury--Payments to personal representative or beneficiaries ofdeceased.
- 62-4-8.1 — Scholarships provided to certain persons receiving workers' compensation benefits--Eligibility.
- 62-4-9 — Repealed.
- 62-4-10 — Installment payments of compensation.
- 62-4-10.1 — Penalty for untimely payment of installments--Other remedies.
- 62-4-11 — Injury to specific body member--Death before full payment of installments--Payments to dependents.
- 62-4-12 — Injury resulting in death--Compensation to spouse or children--Remarriage--Full-time students.
- 62-4-12.1 — Injury resulting in death--Compensation to spouse or children--Children not incustody of surviving spouse.
- 62-4-13 — Injury resulting in death--Additional compensation for child under eighteen.
- 62-4-14 — Injury resulting in death--No surviving spouse or children--Payment to dependentparent, grandparent, minor brother or sister.
- 62-4-15 — Injury resulting in death--Payments to dependent collateral heirs.
- 62-4-16 — Burial and transportation expenses paid when death results from injury.
- 62-4-17 — Installment payment of death benefits.
- 62-4-18 — Death benefits--Payment to personal representative or beneficiaries--Distribution toheirs.
- 62-4-19 — Payment of death benefits to personal representative--Release of employer fromobligation.
- 62-4-20 — Payment of death benefits to surviving spouse for minor children--Conservatorshipnot required.
- 62-4-21 — Spouse of deceased employee--Qualification for benefits.
- 62-4-22 — Transfer of surviving spouse's right to compensation to surviving child.
- 62-4-23 — Repealed.
- 62-4-24 — Employment for year preceding injury--Determination of average weekly wage.
- 62-4-25 — Employment for less than year preceding injury--Determination of average weeklywage.
- 62-4-26 — Computation of average weekly wage when other methods not feasible.
- 62-4-27 — Seasonal employment--Determination of average weekly wage.
- 62-4-28 — Employee earning no wages or less than day laborers--Computation of averageweekly wage.
- 62-4-29 — Apportionment of compensation for subsequent injury.
- 62-4-29.1 — "Claimant" defined for subsequent injury fund claims.
- 62-4-30 — Determination of amount for each installment period.
- 62-4-31 — Working week defined.
- 62-4-32 — Repealed.
- 62-4-33 — Claims of employees of Department of Transportation or Cement Plant Commission--Payment from department funds.
- 62-4-34 — to 62-4-34.2. Repealed.
- 62-4-34.3 — Repealed.
- 62-4-34.4 — to 62-4-34.6. Repealed.
- 62-4-34.7 — Administration of fund to continue until all valid claims approved, denied or settled--Claim for injury occurring after July 1, 2001, barred--Disposition of fund balance.
- 62-4-35 — Repealed.
- 62-4-36 — Repealed.
- 62-4-36.1 — to 62-4-36.3. Repealed.
- 62-4-37 — Injury or death due to intoxication, willfulness or intention of employeenoncompensable.
- 62-4-38 — Right of action when third person is liable--Election by employee--Offset ofrecovered damages.
- 62-4-39 — Compensation paid by employer--Reimbursement from damages recovered fromthird party.
- 62-4-40 — Recovery by employer from third party--Excess held for employee.
- 62-4-41 — Priority of rights to compensation.
- 62-4-42 — Assignment of payments prohibited--Certain compensation exempt from claims ofcreditors.
- 62-4-43 — Selection of medical practitioner or surgeon by employee.
- 62-4-44 — Report to be submitted to employer and Department of Labor by treating practitioneror surgeon--Time limitation.
- 62-4-45 — Information about injury to be made available--Penalty for withholding information.
- 62-4-46 — Benefits precluded by intentional or willful false representation of employee'sphysical condition--Burden of proof.
- 62-4-47 — Written request to stop payments--Fraud--Injury outside of employment.
- 62-4-48 — Investigation of written request to stop payments.
- 62-4-49 — Confidentiality of investigative records--Release--Misdemeanor.
- 62-4-50 — Immunity for good faith written request of investigation--False written request asmisdemeanor.
- 62-4-51 — Fraudulent workers' compensation claims as misdemeanor.
- 62-4-52 — Definition of terms.
- 62-4-53 — Permanent total disability--Burden of proof--Moving expenses paid by employer incertain cases.
- 62-4-54 — Determining usual and customary line of employment.
- 62-4-55 — Suitable, substantial, and gainful employment defined.
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