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SC Code § 42-7-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 7 - Funds|Section 42-7-60. Officers and employees covered by article.

 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 42-1-130, the provisions of this article apply to all officers and employees of the State and of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof or any agency or institution of the State which has elected to participate under this article under the provisions of Section 42-7-50.  In cases of officers or employees who are on a partial or total fee basis or whose official duties require only part time the director may fix, for the purpose of this article, the average weekly wage of this officer or employee, not in excess of forty dollars and collect charges from the employer of this officer or employee on the basis of the average weekly wage so fixed.  Any client of the state agency of Vocational Rehabilitation Department, while involved in a program of assessment or work adjustment as defined in this section, who suffers an injury for which compensation is specifically prescribed in this title, may be awarded and paid compensation under the provisions of this title. For purposes of this section, "a client involved in a program of assessment or work adjustment" is defined as any client performing work tasks which are part of the program of Vocational Rehabilitation services for the individual and who in turn receives wage payments from the agency for the work performed.  Students of high schools, state technical schools, and state-supported colleges and universities while engaged in work study, distributive education, or apprentice programs on the premises of private companies are also covered by the provisions of this title.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-456; 1952 Code Section 72-456; 1947 (45) 147; 1974 (58) 2237; 1982 Act No. 275; 1984 Act No. 424, Section 2.
SC Code § 42-7-67 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 7 - Funds|Section 42-7-67. Benefits for State and National Guard members.

 For members of the South Carolina State and National Guard injured while so employed, the extent, duration, and termination of disability and medical benefits under this title must be determined by reference to the member's civilian employment, if any, without considering the member's military position. If the member does not have civilian employment, reference may be made to the member's military position.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 174, Section 3, eff June 24, 1985; 1990 Act No. 612, Part II, Section 15A, eff June 13, 1990 (became law without the Governor's signature); 1996 Act No. 451, Section 3, eff June 18, 1996.
SC Code § 42-7-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 7 - Funds|Section 42-7-70. Rates and premiums.

 The rates and premiums paid by employers insured in the fund must not be excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory. Employers may be grouped by classifications for the establishment of rates and minimum premiums, and classification rates may be modified to produce rates for individual employers in accordance with rating laws which establish standards for measuring any variations in hazards or expense provisions, or both, that can be demonstrated to have a probable effect upon losses or expenses. All premiums collected by the fund must be deposited by it in the State Treasurer to the credit of the State Accident Fund.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-457; 1952 Code Section 72-457; 1947 (45) 147; 1974 (58) 2237; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 991, eff July 1, 1993.
SC Code § 42-7-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 7 - Funds|Section 42-7-80. Payment of awards; notice of intention to contest award.

 When awards under this article are made by the commission, the commission shall transmit to the director of the fund an official copy of such award, which shall contain the name of the claimant or beneficiary, an itemized statement of the payments to be made and such other information as may be necessary to constitute a full record of the case. Upon receipt of such official award the director of the fund, if he approves the award, shall forward an official copy thereof to the Comptroller General who shall issue his warrant upon the State Treasurer in payment of the claim and retain the award as his voucher therefor. If the director intends to litigate or otherwise contest the award, he shall notify the commission of such intention.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-458; 1952 Code Section 72-458; 1947 (45) 147; 1974 (58) 2237.
SC Code § 42-7-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 7 - Funds|Section 42-7-90. Expenditures from fund.

 From the State Accident Fund the following expenditures are authorized:  (1) for the payment of any award under this article made by the commission in connection with accidental injury or death of any official or employee of the State, any county or municipality therein, any political subdivision thereof or any agency or institution of the State or a county, municipality, or political subdivision thereof participating hereunder; or  (2) any other expenses authorized by law or approved by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-459; 1952 Code Section 72-459; 1947 (45) 147; 1976 Act No. 709 Part II Section 21; 1978 Act No. 628; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 993, eff July 1, 1993.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 42-7-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 7 - Funds|Section 42-7-100. Fund director may insure liability.

 The fund director may, with the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, carry in a reliable insurance company or companies, such portion of the insurance liability as may be deemed advantageous.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-460; 1952 Code Section 72-460; 1947 (45) 147; 1974 (58) 2237.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 42-7-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 7 - Funds|Section 42-7-210. Transfers from general fund to State Accident Fund authorized.

 Notwithstanding the amounts annually appropriated as Workers' Compensation Insurance to cover Workers' Compensation benefit claims paid to employees of the state government who are entitled under state law, the State Treasurer and the Comptroller General are hereby authorized and directed to pay from the general fund of the State to the State Accident Fund such funds as are necessary to cover actual benefit claims paid and expenses relating to the operations of the agency during the current fiscal year which exceed the amounts paid in for this purpose by the various agencies, departments, and institutions. The State Accident Fund must certify quarterly to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority the state's liability for such benefit claims actually paid to claimants who are employees of the State of South Carolina and entitled under state law. The amount so certified must be remitted to the State Accident Fund.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Pt IX.K, eff July 1, 2002.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 42-7-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 7 - Funds|Section 42-7-320. Termination of Second Injury Fund; schedule.

 (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, on and after July 1, 2013, the programs and appropriations of the Second Injury Fund are terminated. The State Fiscal Accountability Authority must provide for the efficient and expeditious closure of the fund with the orderly winding down of the affairs of the fund so that the remaining liabilities of the fund are paid utilizing assessments, accelerated assessments, annuities, loss portfolio transfers, or such other mechanisms as are reasonably determined necessary to fund any remaining liabilities of the fund. The Department of Insurance and the Workers' Compensation Commission may submit comments and suggestions to be considered by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority in planning for the closure of the fund. The State Fiscal Accountability Authority shall cause all necessary actions to be taken to provide appropriate staffing of the fund until such time as the staff services are no longer required to administer the obligations of the fund. The fund's administrative costs, including employee salaries and benefits, shall be paid from the Second Injury Fund Trust if the interest from the trust becomes insufficient to pay these obligations.  (B) After December 31, 2011, the Second Injury Fund shall not accept a claim for reimbursement from any employer, self-insurer, or insurance carrier. The fund shall not consider a claim for reimbursement for an injury that occurs on or after July 1, 2008.  (1) An employer, self-insurer, or insurance carrier must notify the Second Injury Fund of a potential claim by December 31, 2010. Failure to submit notice by December 31, 2010, shall bar an employer, self-insurer, or insurance carrier from recovery from the fund.  (2) An employer, self-insurer, or insurance carrier must submit all required information for consideration of accepting a claim to the Second Injury Fund by June 30, 2011. Failure to submit all required information to the fund by June 30, 2011, so that the claim can be accepted, compromised, or denied shall bar an employer, self-insurer, or insurance carrier from recovery from the fund.  (3) Insurance carriers, self-insurers, and the State Accident Fund remain liable for Second Injury Fund assessments, as determined by the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, in order to pay accepted claims. The fund shall continue reimbursing employers and insurance carriers for claims accepted by the fund on or before December 31, 2011.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 111, Pt II, Section 5, eff July 1, 2007, applicable to injuries that occur on or after that date.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1), effective July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 42-9-5 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-5. Basis for award.

 Any award made pursuant to this title must be based upon specific and written detailed findings of fact substantiating the award.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 111, Pt I, Section 16, eff July 1, 2007, applicable to injuries that occur on or after that date.
SC Code § 42-9-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-10. Amount of compensation for total disability; what constitutes total disability.

 (A) When the incapacity for work resulting from an injury is total, the employer shall pay, or cause to be paid, as provided in this chapter, to the injured employee during the total disability a weekly compensation equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of his average weekly wages, but not less than seventy-five dollars a week so long as this amount does not exceed his average weekly salary; if this amount does exceed his average weekly salary, the injured employee may not be paid, each week, less than his average weekly salary. The injured employee may not be paid more each week than the average weekly wage in this State for the preceding fiscal year. In no case may the period covered by the compensation exceed five hundred weeks except as provided in subsection (C).  (B) The loss of both hands, arms, shoulders, feet, legs, hips, or vision in both eyes, or any two thereof, constitutes total and permanent disability to be compensated according to the provisions of this section.  (C) Notwithstanding the five-hundred-week limitation prescribed in this section or elsewhere in this title, any person determined to be totally and permanently disabled who as a result of a compensable injury is a paraplegic, a quadriplegic, or who has suffered physical brain damage is not subject to the five-hundred-week limitation and shall receive the benefits for life.  (D) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 42-9-301, no total lump sum payment may be ordered by the commission in any case under this section where the injured person is entitled to lifetime benefits.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-151; 1952 Code Section 72-151; 1942 Code Sections 7035-32, 7035-34; 1936 (39) 1231; 1937 (40) 613; 1941 (42) 221; 1953 (48) 103; 1966 (54) 2753; 1972 (57) 2339; 1974 (58) 2265; 1976 Act No. 532 Section 3; 1978 Act No. 500 Section 1; 1984 Act No. 417; 1986 Act No. 389, eff April 29, 1986; 2007 Act No. 111, Pt I, Section 17, eff July 1, 2007, applicable to injuries that occur on or after that date.
SC Code § 42-9-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-20. Amount of compensation for partial disability.

 Except as otherwise provided in Section 42-9-30, when the incapacity for work resulting from the injury is partial, the employer shall pay, or cause to be paid, as provided in this chapter, to the injured employee during such disability a weekly compensation equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the difference between his average weekly wages before the injury and the average weekly wages which he is able to earn thereafter, but not more than the average weekly wage in this State for the preceding fiscal year. In no case shall the period covered by such compensation be greater than three hundred forty weeks from the date of injury. In case the partial disability begins after a period of total disability, the latter period shall not be deducted from a maximum period allowed in this section for partial disability.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-152; 1952 Code Section 72-152; 1942 Code Section 7035-33; 1936 (39) 1231; 1937 (40) 613; 1953 (48) 103; 1966 (54) 2753; 1972 (57) 2339; 1974 (58) 2265; 1976 Act No. 532 Section 4; 1977 Act No. 70.
SC Code § 42-9-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-35. Evidence of preexisting injury or condition.

 (A) The employee shall establish by a preponderance of the evidence, including medical evidence, that:  (1) the subsequent injury aggravated the preexisting condition or permanent physical impairment; or  (2) the preexisting condition or the permanent physical impairment aggravates the subsequent injury.  (B) The commission may award compensation benefits to an employee who has a permanent physical impairment or preexisting condition and who incurs a subsequent disability from an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment for the resulting disability of the permanent physical impairment or preexisting condition and the subsequent injury. However, if the subsequent injury is limited to a single body part or member scheduled in Section 42-9-30, except for total disability to the back as provided in Section 42-9-30(21), the subsequent injury must impair or affect another body part or system in order to obtain benefits in addition to those provided for in Section 42-9-30.  (C) As used in this section, "medical evidence" means expert opinion or testimony stated to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, documents, records, or other material that is offered by a licensed health care provider.  (D) The provisions of this section apply whether or not the employer knows of the preexisting permanent disability.  (E) On and after the effective date of this section, an employee who suffers a subsequent injury which affects a single body part or member injury set forth in Section 42-9-30 is limited to the recovery set forth in that section.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 111, Pt I, Section 19, eff July 1, 2007, applicable to injuries that occur on or after that date.
SC Code § 42-9-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-40. Compensation for hernia.

 In all claims for compensation for hernia or rupture, resulting from injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employee's employment, it must be definitely proven to the satisfaction of the commission that:  (1) there was an injury resulting in hernia or rupture;  (2) the hernia or rupture appeared suddenly;  (3) it was accompanied by pain;  (4) the hernia or rupture immediately followed an accident; and  (5) the hernia or rupture did not exist prior to the accident for which compensation is claimed.  All hernia or rupture, inguinal, femoral or otherwise, so proven to be the result of an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment shall be treated in a surgical manner by a radical operation. If death results from such operation, the death shall be considered as a result of the injury and compensation paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 42-9-290. In nonfatal cases if it is shown by special examination, as provided in Section 42-15-80, that the injured employee has a disability resulting after the operation, compensation for such disability shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of this title.  In case the injured employee refuses to undergo the radical operation for the cure of the hernia or rupture, no compensation will be allowed during the time such refusal continues. If, however, it is shown that the employee has some chronic disease or is otherwise in such physical condition that the commission considers it unsafe for the employee to undergo such operation, the employee shall be paid compensation in accordance with the provisions of this title.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-154; 1952 Code Section 72-154; 1942 Code Section 7035-2; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-60. Injury or death occasioned by intoxication or wilful intention of employee; burden of proof.

 No compensation shall be payable if the injury or death was occasioned by the intoxication of the employee or by the wilful intention of the employee to injure or kill himself or another. In the event that any person claims that the provisions of this section are applicable in any case, the burden of proof shall be upon such person.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-156; 1952 Code Section 72-156; 1942 Code Section 7035-15; 1936 (39) 1231; 2007 Act No. 111, Pt I, Section 20, eff July 1, 2007, applicable to injuries that occur on or after that date.
SC Code § 42-9-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-90. Increase in compensation which is not paid when due.

 If any installment of compensation payable in accordance with the terms of an agreement approved by the commission without an award is not paid within fourteen days after it becomes due, as provided in Section 42-9-230, or if any installment of compensation payable in accordance with the terms of an award by the commission is not paid within fourteen days after it becomes due, as provided in Section 42-9-240, there shall be added to such unpaid installment an amount equal to ten per cent thereof, which shall be paid at the same time as, but in addition to, such installment, unless such nonpayment is excused by the commission after a showing by the employer that owing to conditions over which he had no control such installment could not be paid within the period prescribed for the payment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-159; 1952 Code Section 72-159; 1942 Code Section 7035-21; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-110. Persons conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent.

 A surviving spouse or a child shall be conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent for support on a deceased employee.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-161; 1952 Code Section 72-161; 1942 Code Section 7035-42; 1936 (39) 1231; 1983 Act No. 92 Section 2.
SC Code § 42-9-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-120. Determination and requirements of other cases of dependency.

 In all other cases questions of dependency, in whole or in part, shall be determined in accordance with the facts as the facts may be at the time of the accident; but no allowance shall be made for any payment in lieu of board and lodging or services and no compensation shall be allowed unless dependency existed for a period of three months or more prior to the accident.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-162; 1952 Code Section 72-162; 1942 Code Section 7035-42; 1936 (39) 1231.
SC Code § 42-9-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 42 - Workers' Compensation|Chapter 9 - Compensation And Payment|Section 42-9-130. Division of death benefit when there is more than one dependent.

 If there is more than one person wholly dependent, the death benefit shall be divided among them and the persons partly dependent, if any, shall receive no part thereof. If there is no one wholly dependent and more than one person partially dependent, the death benefit shall be divided among them according to the relative extent of their dependency.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-163; 1952 Code Section 72-163; 1942 Code Section 7035-42; 1936 (39) 1231.