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SC Code § 42-9-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-140. Payment when deceased employee leaves no dependents or partial dependents.

 (A) If the deceased employee leaves no dependents, the employer shall pay the commuted amounts provided for in Section 42-9-290 for whole dependents, less burial expenses which must be deducted from those commuted amounts, to his surviving nondependent children.  (B) If the deceased employee leaves no dependents or nondependent children, the employer shall pay the commuted amounts provided for in Section 42-9-290 for whole dependents, less burial expenses which must be deducted from those commuted amounts, to his father and mother, irrespective of age or dependency.  (C) If the deceased employee leaves a partial dependent or dependents as defined in Section 42-9-120, the employer shall pay compensation to those dependents, in accordance with Section 42-9-290, and the remainder of the commuted amounts provided for in Section 42-9-290, less burial expenses, which must be deducted from the commuted amounts, to his nondependent children. If no children survive the deceased employee, then the remainder must be paid to his father and mother, irrespective of age or dependency.  (D) If the deceased employee leaves no dependents or nondependent children or mother or father, then his employer shall pay to the deceased's personal representative the actual costs for burial expenses and the administration of the deceased's estate, and to the commission the commuted amounts provided for dependents under Section 42-9-290, to be expended in accordance with Section 42-9-400.  (E) If the deceased employee leaves partial dependents as defined in Section 42-9-120 and no children or mother or father, then his employer shall pay to that partial dependent in accordance with provisions found in Section 42-9-290 and shall pay to the deceased's personal representative the actual cost of burial expenses and the administration of the deceased's estate, and to the commission the remaining compensation, commuted as provided under Section 42-9-290, to be expended in accordance with Section 42-9-400.  (F) If amounts are payable to the mother and father of the deceased employee pursuant to subsections (B) and (C), upon the motion of either parent or any other potential party of interest based upon the decedent having died intestate, the commission may deny or limit either or both parent's entitlement for a share of the benefits if the commission determines, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the parent or parents failed to reasonably provide support for the decedent as defined in Section 63-5-20 and did not otherwise provide for the needs of the decedent during his or her minority.  (G) Payment as prescribed in this section releases the employer from all death benefit liability.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-165; 1952 Code Section 72-165; 1942 Code Section 7035-43; 1936 (39) 1231; 1944 (43) 1299; 1955 (49) 459; 1972 (57) 2339; 1974 (58) 2237; 1989 Act No. 58, Section 1, eff April 26, 1989; 1996 Act No. 370, Section 2, eff May 29, 1996.
SC Code § 42-9-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-150. Employees with permanent disability or injury from service in Armed Forces or previous employment; entitlement to compensation; additional benefits.

 If an employee has a permanent disability or has sustained a permanent injury that resulted from serving in the United States Armed Forces or in another employment other than that in which he receives a subsequent permanent injury by accident, such as specified in Section 42-9-30 or the second paragraph of Section 42-9-10, he shall be entitled to compensation only for the degree of disability which would have resulted from the later accident if the earlier disability or injury had not existed, except that such employee may receive further benefits if his subsequent injury qualifies for additional benefits under Section 42-9-35.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-166; 1952 Code Section 72-166; 1942 Code Section 7035-36; 1936 (39) 1231; 1974 (58) 2235; 2007 Act No. 111, Pt I, Section 21, eff July 1, 2007, applicable to injuries that occur on or after that date.
SC Code § 42-9-160 (2021)
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.

 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.
SC Code § 42-9-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-170. Permanent injury after sustaining another permanent injury in same employment; entitlement to compensation; extension of period of payment.

 (A) If an employee receives a permanent injury as specified in Section 42-9-30 or Section 42-9-10(B) after having sustained another permanent injury in the same employment, he is entitled to compensation for both injuries, but the total compensation must be paid by extending the period and not by increasing the amount of weekly compensation, and in no case exceeding five hundred weeks. If an employee previously has incurred permanent partial disability through the loss of a hand, arm, shoulder, foot, leg, hip, or eye and by subsequent accident incurs total permanent disability through the loss of another member, the employer's liability is for the subsequent injury only, except that the employee may receive further benefits as provided by Sections 42-7-310, 42-9-400, and 42-9-410 if his subsequent injury qualifies for additional benefits provided in those sections. This subsection is effective until June 30, 2008.  (B) If an employee receives a permanent injury as specified in Section 42-9-30 or Section 42-9-10(B)after having sustained another permanent injury in the same employment, he is entitled to compensation for both injuries, but the total compensation must be paid by extending the period and not by increasing the amount of weekly compensation, and in no case exceeding five hundred weeks. If an employee previously has incurred permanent partial disability through the loss of a hand, arm, shoulder, foot, leg, hip, or eye and by subsequent accident incurs total permanent disability through the loss of another member, the employer's liability is for the subsequent injury only, except that the employee may receive further benefits as provided under the provisions of Section 42-9-35. This subsection is effective on July 1, 2008.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-168; 1952 Code Section 72-168; 1942 Code Section 7035-38; 1936 (39) 1231; 1974 (58) 2235; 2007 Act No. 111, Pt I, Section 22, eff July 1, 2007, applicable to injuries that occur on or after that date.  Editor's Note  Subsection (A), as amended by 2007 Act No. 111, Part I, Section 22, is effective until June 30, 2008, and subsection (B), added by that same provision, is effective on July 1, 2008.
SC Code § 42-9-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-190. No compensation to injured employee refusing suitable employment.

 If an injured employee refuses employment procured for him suitable to his capacity and approved by the commission he shall not be entitled to any compensation at any time during the continuance of such refusal.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-170; 1952 Code Section 72-170; 1942 Code Section 7035-35; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-200. Dates on which compensation commences.

 No compensation shall be allowed for the first seven calendar days of disability resulting from an injury, except the benefits provided for in Section 42-15-60; but, if the injury results in disability of more than fourteen days, compensation shall be allowed from the date of the disability.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-171; 1952 Code Section 72-171; 1942 Code Section 7035-31; 1936 (39) 1231; 1937 (40) 613; 1953 (48) 103; 1974 (58) 2265.
SC Code § 42-9-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-210. Deduction from compensation of payments made by employer when not due and payable.

 Any payments made by an employer to an injured employee during the period of his disability, or to his dependents, which by the terms of this title were not due and payable when made may, subject to the approval of the commission, be deducted from the amount to be paid as compensation; provided, that in the case of disability such deductions shall be made by shortening the period during which compensation must be paid and not by reducing the amount of the weekly payment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-172; 1952 Code Section 72-172; 1942 Code Section 7035-45; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-220. Manner in which compensation paid.

 Compensation under this title shall be paid periodically, promptly and directly to the person entitled thereto, unless otherwise specifically provided.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-173; 1952 Code Section 72-173; 1942 Code Section 7035-21; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-230. Date on which compensation payable under agreement becomes due.

 The first installment of compensation payable under the terms of an agreement is due on the fourteenth day after the employer has knowledge of the injury or death, on which date all compensation due must be paid. Thereafter, compensation must be paid in installments weekly, except when the commission determines that payment in installments should be made monthly or at some other period.  Installments paid weekly must be paid on the same day of the week, installments paid monthly must be paid on the same day of the month, and installments paid on some period other than weekly or monthly must be paid on the same day of each period.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-174; 1952 Code Section 72-174; 1942 Code Section 7035-21; 1936 (39) 1231; 1989 Act No. 59, Section 1, eff April 24, 1989.
SC Code § 42-9-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-240. Date on which compensation payable under award becomes due.

 The first installment of compensation payable under the terms of an award by the commission or under the terms of a judgment of a court upon an appeal from such an award shall become due seven days from the date of such an award or from the date of such a judgment of the court, on which date all compensation then due shall be paid, including interest from the original date of the award at the maximum legal rate. Thereafter compensation shall be paid in installments weekly, except when the commission determines that payment in installments shall be made monthly or in some other manner.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-175; 1952 Code Section 72-175; 1942 Code Section 7035-21; 1936 (39) 1231; 1972 (57) 2135.
SC Code § 42-9-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-250. Payment of compensation monthly or quarterly authorized.

 The commission, upon application of either party, may in its discretion, having regard to the welfare of the employee and the convenience of the employer, authorize compensation to be paid monthly or quarterly instead of weekly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-176; 1952 Code Section 72-176; 1942 Code Section 7035-46; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-270. Notice of final payment; penalty for failure to give notice.

 Within sixteen days after final payment of compensation has been made the employer shall send to the commission a notice, in accordance with a form prescribed by the commission, stating that such final payment has been made, the total amount of compensation paid, the name of the employee and of any other person to whom compensation has been paid, the date of the injury or death and the date to which compensation has been paid. If the employer fails to so notify the commission within such time, the commission shall assess against such employer a civil penalty in the amount of twenty-five dollars.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-178; 1952 Code Section 72-178; 1942 Code Section 7035-21; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-280. Payment of unpaid balance of compensation when employee dies.

 When an employee receives or is entitled to compensation under this title for an injury covered by the second paragraph of Section 42-9-10 or 42-9-30 and dies from any other cause than the injury for which he was entitled to compensation, payment of the unpaid balance of compensation shall be made to his next of kin dependent upon him for support, in lieu of the compensation the employee would have been entitled to had he lived. But if the death is due to a cause that is compensable under this title and the dependents of such employee are awarded compensation therefor, all right to unpaid compensation provided by this section shall cease and determine.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-179; 1952 Code Section 72-179; 1942 Code Section 7035-40; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-301 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-301. Lump-sum payments.

 Whenever any weekly payment has been continued for not less than six weeks, the liability therefor may, when the employee so requests and the commission deems it not to be contrary to the best interest of the employee or his dependents, or when it will prevent undue hardship on the employer or his insurance carrier, without prejudicing the interest of the employee or his dependents, be redeemed, in whole or in part, by the payment by the employer of a lump sum which shall be fixed by the commission, but in no case to be less than ninety percent of, nor to exceed, the commutable value of the future installments commuted so as not to exceed six percent nor to be less than two percent. The commission, however, in its discretion, may at any time in the case of a minor who has received permanently disabling injuries, either partial or total, provide that he be compensated, in whole or in part, by the payment of a lump sum, the amount of which shall be fixed by the commission but in no case to be less than ninety percent of, nor to exceed, the commutable value of the future installments which may be due under this title. Upon a finding by the commission that a lump sum payment should be made, the burden of proof as to the abuse of discretion in such finding shall be upon the employer or carrier in any appeal proceedings.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 92 Section 5.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 42-9-300 was titled Lump-sum payments, and had the following history: 1936 (39) 1231; 1937 (30) 613; 1942 Code Section 7035-47; 1952 Code Section 72-181; 1962 Code 72-181; repealed by 1983 Act No. 92, Section 6.
SC Code § 42-9-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-310. Trustees may administer lump-sum settlements.

 Whenever the commission considers it expedient, any lump sum subject to the provisions of Section 42-9-301 must be paid by the employer to some suitable person or corporation appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in the county wherein the accident occurred, as trustee, to administer it for the benefit of the person entitled thereto, in the manner provided by the commission. When the amount to be paid under this section is in excess of one hundred dollars, the trustee is required to give sufficient bond approved by the probate court or clerk of the court of common pleas. The receipt of the trustee for the amount as paid discharges the employer or anyone else who is liable therefor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-182; 1952 Code Section 72-182; 1942 Code Section 7035-48; 1936 (39) 1231; 1988 Act No. 313, Section 1, eff February 24, 1988.
SC Code § 42-9-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-320. Persons who may receive and receipt for payments; discharge of liability of employer on receipt.

 Whenever payment of compensation is made to a surviving spouse for her or his use or, for her or his use and the use of a child or children, the written receipt of the surviving spouse shall acquit the employer.  Whenever payment is made to any person eighteen years of age or over, the written receipt of the person shall acquit the employer. When an infant or minor under the age of eighteen is entitled to receive not more than ten thousand dollars as compensation for injuries, or as a distributive share by virtue of this title, the father, mother, or natural guardian upon whom the infant or minor is dependent for support may receive and receipt for the monies to the same extent as a guardian of the person and property of the infant or minor duly appointed by the court and the release or discharge of the father, mother, or natural guardian is a full and complete discharge of all claims or demands of the infant or minor.  Whenever any payment of over ten thousand dollars is made to a minor under eighteen years of age, it must be made to some person or corporation appointed by the probate court as a guardian and the receipt of the guardian shall acquit the employer.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-183; 1952 Code Section 72-183; 1942 Code Section 7035-50; 1936 (39) 1231; 1962 (52) 1697; 1979 Act No. 36; 1983 Act No. 92 Section 2; 1985 Act No. 16, Section 3, eff March 19, 1985.
SC Code § 42-9-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-330. Exercise of rights for incompetent or infant employees.

 If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or is under eighteen years of age at the time when any right or privilege accrues to him under this title, his guardian, trustee or committee may in his behalf claim and exercise such right or privilege.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-184; 1952 Code Section 72-184; 1942 Code Section 7035-51; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-340. Effect of payment in good faith to junior dependents.

 Payment of death benefits by an employer in good faith to a dependent subsequent in right to another dependent shall protect and discharge the employer, unless and until such dependent prior in right shall have given notice of his claim. In case the employer is in doubt as to the respective rights of rival claimants, he may apply to the commission to decide between them.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-185; 1952 Code Section 72-185; 1942 Code Section 7035-50; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-350. Payment of compensation of employee working for several employers at time of injury.

 Whenever an employee for whose injury or death compensation is payable under this title shall, at the time of the injury, be in joint service of two or more employers subject to this title, such employers shall contribute to the payment of such compensation in proportion to their wages liability to such employee. But nothing in this section shall prohibit any reasonable arrangement between such employers for a different distribution as between themselves of the ultimate burden of compensation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-186; 1952 Code Section 72-186; 1942 Code Section 7035-53; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-360. Assignments of compensation; exemptions from claims of creditors and taxes.

 (A) No claim for compensation under this title shall be assignable and all compensation and claims therefor shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from taxes.  (B) It shall be unlawful for an authorized health care provider to actively pursue collection procedures against a workers' compensation claimant prior to the final adjudication of the claimant's claim. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the collection from and demand for collection from a workers' compensation insurance carrier or self-insured employer. Violation of this section, after written notice to the provider from the claimant or his representative that adjudication is ongoing, shall result in a penalty of five hundred dollars payable to the workers' compensation claimant.  (C) Any person who receives any fee or other consideration or any gratuity on account of services so rendered, unless the consideration or gratuity is approved by the commission or the court, or who makes it a business to solicit employment for a lawyer or for himself in respect of any claim or award for compensation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must, for each offense, be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.  (D) Payment to an authorized health care provider for services shall be made in a timely manner but no later than thirty days from the date the authorized health care provider tenders request for payment to the employer's representative, unless the commission has received a request to review the medical bill.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-187; 1952 Code Section 72-187; 1942 Code Section 7035-24; 1936 (39) 1231; 1996 Act No. 424, Section 7, eff June 18, 1996.  Editor's Note  1996 Act No. 424, Section 13, provides, in part, as follows:  "Section 13. Employers who have filed with the Workers' Compensation Commission a notice to reject the provisions of Title 42 before the effective date of the 1996 amendment will have until July 1, 1997, to comply with the provisions of the 1996 amendment relating to insuring their workers' compensation liabilities. Any employer who has rejected the terms of this title prior to approval of the 1996 amendment and has procured another form of employee benefits insurance shall comply, not later than July 1, 1997, with the provisions of the 1996 amendment relating to the insuring of its workers' compensation liabilities. Furthermore, nothing in the 1996 amendment shall affect or alter any cause of action, right, or claim accruing before the effective date of the 1996 amendment; however, any such cause of action, remedy, or claim accruing before the effective date of the 1996 amendment shall be governed by the law prior to the effective date of the 1996 amendment."