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SC Code § 42-11-185 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 11 - Occupational Diseases|Section 42-11-185. Medical examination in lieu of medical panel for occupationally related disease claims.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 42-11-120, in lieu of a medical panel in claims involving occupationally related diseases, at the election of either party or the hearing commissioner, the claimant shall be referred to a medical doctor or doctors who diagnose or treat occupational diseases and who are employed by or associated with one of the medical universities in South Carolina. The findings and testimony of such doctors shall be deemed advisory to, but not binding upon the hearing commissioner. Fees and expenses of such medical examinations shall be paid by the commission unless the claimant prevails in the controversy in which case such fees and expenses will be charged to the losing party.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 522 Section 3; 1978 Act No. 644 Part II Section 10.
SC Code § 42-11-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 11 - Occupational Diseases|Section 42-11-190. Promulgation of rules, regulations, and schedules.

 The commission may, upon the advice and recommendations of the medical advisory panel:  (1) Make reasonable regulations regarding the conduct of hearings and investigations by medical boards and the fees and expenses to be allowed members of the panel for serving on such boards from time to time.  (2) Adopt a schedule of occupational diseases which shall include also a schedule of the processes or occupations giving rise to such diseases under the definitions given in Section 42-11-10.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-268; 1952 Code Section 72-268; 1949 (46) 565; 1988 Act No. 677, Section 2, eff June 27, 1988.
SC Code § 42-11-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 11 - Occupational Diseases|Section 42-11-200. Rejection of chapter.

 Either employer or employee may reject the provisions of this chapter under the same terms and conditions as he may reject the other provisions of this title.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-269; 1952 Code Section 72-269; 1949 (46) 565.
SC Code § 42-13-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-10. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Ionizing radiation" means any particulate or electromagnetic radiation capable of producing ions directly or indirectly in its passage through matter.  (2) "Ionizing radiation injury" means any harmful change in the human organism, including damage to or loss of a prosthetic appliance, arising out of and in the course of employment and caused by exposure to ionizing radiation.  (3) "Ionizing radiation disability" means any temporary or permanent, partial or total impairment of natural capability or a decrease in wage-earning capacity arising out of and in the course of employment and caused by exposure to ionizing radiation.  (4) "Permanent physical impairment" means any permanent condition, whether congenital or due to injury or disease, of such seriousness as to constitute a hindrance or obstacle to obtaining employment or to obtaining reemployment if the employee should become unemployed.  (5) "Death" means death resulting from an ionizing radiation injury.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-280; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-20. Employers and employees subject to chapter.

 (a) The following shall constitute employers who shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter:  (1) Every person, partnership firm, association, trust, profit or nonprofit organization, corporation or legal representatives thereof, that has one or more employees in this State and is engaged in activities which involve the use or presence of ionizing radiation. Provided, however, that any employer who employs less than three employees may, at his option, elect not to be subject to the provisions of this chapter.  (2) The State, or any agency thereof, and each political subdivision of the State, or any agency thereof, or public or quasipublic corporation that has one or more employees and is engaged in activities which involve the use or presence of ionizing radiation.  (b) The following shall constitute employees who shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter:  (1) Every person, including a minor, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, in the service of an employer subject to this chapter under any contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, and all helpers and assistants of employees whether paid by the employer or employee, if employed with the knowledge, actual or constructive, of the employer.  (2) Every person performing service in the course of the trade, business, profession or occupation of an employer at the time of injury or disability, provided such person in relation to this service does not maintain a separate business, does not hold himself out to and render service to the public and is not himself an employer subject to this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-281; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-30. Effect of injury suffered outside State; effect of injury to employee of nonresident employer; effect of award under law of another state.

 (a) If an employee of an employer subject to this chapter, while working outside the territorial limits of this State, suffers an ionizing radiation injury or disability, he, or in the event of his death, his dependents, shall be entitled to the same benefits under this chapter as if the injury or disability had occurred within this State.  (b) If an employee of an employer domiciled or residing outside of this State suffers an ionizing radiation injury or disability while working within the territorial limits of this State, he, or in the event of his death, his dependents, shall be entitled to the same benefits under this chapter as if his employer were domiciled or residing within this State.  (c) The payment or award of benefits under the workers' compensation provisions of another state to an employee or his dependents otherwise entitled to the benefits of this chapter, on account of an ionizing radiation injury or disability, or death, shall not be a bar to a claim for benefits under this chapter; provided, that such payment or award shall be credited against the benefits to which the employee or his dependents would have been entitled had claim been made solely under this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-282; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-40. Waiver by employee shall be invalid.

 No agreement by an employee to waive his right to compensation shall be valid with regard to ionizing radiation injury or disability.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-283; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-50. Employer who is liable for awards; apportionment of liability.

 The employer, in whose employment an employee was last exposed to ionizing radiation, shall be liable for all awards of compensation should such employee suffer an ionizing radiation injury, disability or death. If, however, such ionizing radiation injury, disability or death is attributable in part to exposure to ionizing radiation which such employee received in any previous employment, the employer who is made liable for all awards of compensation as provided by this section may appeal to the Workers' Compensation Commission which shall apportion such liability among the several employers in whose employ the employee was exposed to ionizing radiation. The method of apportionment shall be determined by the commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-284; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-60. Time for filing claims.

 (a) In cases involving radiation injury or disability the time for filing claims shall not begin to run until:  (1) the employee sustains such injury or disability; and  (2) the employee knows, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should know, of the existence of the injury or disability and its possible relationship to his employment.  (b) The time for filing claims for benefits in the event of death shall not begin to run until the person entitled to file such claims knows, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should know, the possible relationship of the death to the employment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-285; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-70. Compensability of all forms of injury, disability or death.

 All forms of ionizing radiation injury, disability or death shall be compensable under this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-286; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-80. Employee's right to medical services, appliances and supplies.

 (a) For any ionizing radiation injury or disability, the employee shall be entitled to all medical services, appliances and supplies which are required by the nature of his injury or disability and which will relieve pain and promote and hasten his restoration to health and employment. The employer shall furnish such services, appliances and supplies and necessary replacements or repairs of such appliances unless the need for such replacements or repairs is due to lack of proper care by the employee.  (b) The Workers' Compensation Commission, on competent medical advice, shall have authority to determine the necessity, character and sufficiency of any medical services or medical rehabilitation furnished or to be furnished, and shall have authority to order a change of physician, hospital or rehabilitation facility when, in its judgment, such change is desirable or necessary.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-287; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-90. Employee's right to vocational rehabilitation services.

 (a) An employee covered by this chapter who, for reasons of injury or medically determined restrictions on radiation exposure, and whose skills are not transferable to equivalent work not involving radiation exposure, shall be entitled to such vocational rehabilitation services, including retraining and job replacement, as may be reasonably necessary to restore him to suitable employment. If such services are not voluntarily offered and accepted, the Workers' Compensation Commission, on its own motion or upon application of the employee, after affording the parties an opportunity to be heard, may refer the employee to one or more qualified physicians or facilities for evaluation of the practicability of, the need for, and the kind of service, treatment or training necessary for and appropriate to render him fit for a remunerative occupation. Upon receipt and evaluation of such report, the Workers' Compensation Commission may order that the services and treatment recommended in the report, or such other rehabilitation treatment or service it may deem necessary, be provided at the expense of the employer. Vocational rehabilitation training, treatment or service required pursuant to this section shall not extend for a period of more than fifty-two weeks, except in unusual cases when by special order of the Workers' Compensation Commission, after affording the parties an opportunity to be heard, the period may be extended for an additional twenty-six weeks.  (b) Where rehabilitation services require residence at or near the facility or institution away from the employee's customary residence, reasonable cost of his board, lodging and travel shall be paid for by the employer.  (c) Refusal to accept rehabilitation services pursuant to order of the Workers' Compensation Commission shall result in loss of compensation for each week of the period of refusal.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-288; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-100. Certain settlements shall be invalid unless approved by commission.

 Any settlement which waives liability for possible subsequently appearing consequences of ionizing radiation injury or disability is invalid unless approved by the Workers' Compensation Commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-289; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-110. Powers of commission.

 The Workers' Compensation Commission is hereby authorized to:  (1) accept and administer loans, grants or other funds or gifts, conditional or otherwise, in furtherance of its function, from the federal government and other sources, public or private; and  (2) require the keeping of radiation exposure records by employers covered under Section 42-13-20 of this chapter and the furnishing of such exposure records to the Workers' Compensation Commission or its successor organizations upon request.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-290; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-120. Application of other provisions.

 All the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act, Title 42, shall be applicable to this chapter except where they are specifically contrary thereto.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-291; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-13-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 13 - Ionizing Radiation Injury|Section 42-13-130. Rejection of chapter.

 Either employer or employee may reject the provisions of this chapter under the same terms and conditions as he may reject other provisions of this title.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-292; 1969 (56) 685.
SC Code § 42-15-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15 - Notice Of Accident; Filing Of Claims; Medical Attention And Examination|Section 42-15-10. State law under which claim is authorized to be filed.

 Any employee covered by the provisions of this title is authorized to file his claim under the laws of the state where he is hired, the state where he is injured, or the state where his employment is located. If an employee shall receive compensation or damages under the laws of any other state, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to permit a total compensation for the same injury greater than that provided in this title.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-121.1; 1974 (58) 2265; 1976 Act No. 532 Section 2.
SC Code § 42-15-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15 - Notice Of Accident; Filing Of Claims; Medical Attention And Examination|Section 42-15-20. Notice to employer of accident or repetitive trauma.

 (A) Every injured employee or his representative immediately shall on the occurrence of an accident, or as soon thereafter as practicable, give or cause to be given to the employer a notice of the accident and the employee shall not be entitled to physician's fees nor to any compensation which may have accrued under the terms of this title prior to the giving of such notice, unless it can be shown that the employer, his agent, or representative, had knowledge of the accident or that the party required to give such notice had been prevented from doing so by reason of physical or mental incapacity or the fraud or deceit of some third person.  (B) Except as provided in subsection (C), no compensation shall be payable unless such notice is given within ninety days after the occurrence of the accident or death, unless reasonable excuse is made to the satisfaction of the commission for not giving timely notice, and the commission is satisfied that the employer has not been prejudiced thereby.  (C) In the case of repetitive trauma, notice must be given by the employee within ninety days of the date the employee discovered, or could have discovered by exercising reasonable diligence, that his condition is compensable, unless reasonable excuse is made to the satisfaction of the commission for not giving timely notice, and the commission is satisfied that the employer has not been unduly prejudiced thereby.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-301; 1952 Code Section 72-301; 1942 Code Section 7035-25; 1936 (39) 1231; 1974 (58) 2265; 2007 Act No. 111, Pt I, Section 25, eff July 1, 2007, applicable to injuries that occur on or after that date.
SC Code § 42-15-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15 - Notice Of Accident; Filing Of Claims; Medical Attention And Examination|Section 42-15-40. Time for filing claim; filing by registered mail.

 The right to compensation under this title is barred unless a claim is filed with the commission within two years after an accident, or if death resulted from the accident, within two years of the date of death. However, for occupational disease claims the two-year period does not begin to run until the employee concerned has been diagnosed definitively as having an occupational disease and has been notified of the diagnosis. For the death or injury of a member of the South Carolina National Guard, as provided for in Section 42-7-67, the time for filing a claim is two years after the accident or one year after the federal claim is finalized, whichever is later. The filing required by this section may be made by registered mail, and the service within the time periods set forth in this section constitutes timely filing. For a "repetitive trauma injury" as defined in Section 42-1-172, the right to compensation is barred unless a claim is filed with the commission within two years after the employee knew or should have known that his injury is compensable but no more than seven years after the last date of injurious exposure. This section applies regardless of whether the employee was aware that his repetitive trauma injury was the result of his employment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-303; 1952 Code Section 72-303; 1942 Code Section 7035-27; 1936 (39) 1231; 1955 (49) 319; 1974 (58) 2265; 1978 Act No. 522 Section 6; 1979 Act No. 194 Part III Section 6; 1990 Act No. 612, Part II, Section 15C, eff June 13, 1990 (became law without the Governor's signature); 2007 Act No. 111, Pt I, Section 26, eff July 1, 2007, applicable to injuries that occur on or after that date.
SC Code § 42-15-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15 - Notice Of Accident; Filing Of Claims; Medical Attention And Examination|Section 42-15-50. Limitation of time on notice or claim of mentally incompetent person or minor.

 No limitation of time provided in this title for the giving of notice or making claim under this title shall run against any person who is mentally incompetent or a minor dependent as long as he has no guardian, trustee or committee.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-304; 1952 Code Section 72-304; 1942 Code Section 7035-52; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-15-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15 - Notice Of Accident; Filing Of Claims; Medical Attention And Examination|Section 42-15-55. Appointment of guardian ad litem for minors or mentally incompetent persons.

 When a minor or mentally incompetent person is a party in a proceeding before the Workers' Compensation Commission of this State a guardian ad litem for the minor or mentally incompetent person may be appointed by a judge of probate, clerk of court, or master, if there is a master, of the county where the minor or mentally incompetent person resides or by any circuit judge or a member of the Workers' Compensation Commission.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 371, eff April 14, 1986.
SC Code § 42-15-65 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15 - Notice Of Accident; Filing Of Claims; Medical Attention And Examination|Section 42-15-65. Compensation for damage to prosthetic device, eyeglasses, or hearing aid.

 Damage to a prosthetic device of an injured employee as the result of an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment entitles the employee to compensation ensuring that the prosthetic device is repaired or replaced.  Damage to eye glasses or a hearing aid used by an injured employee as the result of an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment entitles the employee to compensation ensuring that the eye glasses or the hearing aid is repaired or replaced.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 329, Section 1, eff May 4, 1992.
SC Code § 42-15-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15 - Notice Of Accident; Filing Of Claims; Medical Attention And Examination|Section 42-15-70. Liability of employer for medical treatment; effect of malpractice.

 The pecuniary liability of the employer for medical, surgical and hospital service or other treatment required, when ordered by the commission, shall be limited to such charges as prevail in the community for similar treatment of injured persons of a like standard of living when such treatment is paid for by the injured person and the employer shall not be liable in damages for malpractice by a physician or surgeon furnished by him pursuant to the provisions of this section, but the consequences of any such malpractice shall be deemed part of the injury resulting from the accident and shall be compensated for as such.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-306; 1952 Code Section 72-306; 1942 Code Section 7035-29; 1936 (39) 1231.