Any individual claiming benefits in any proceeding before the department may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent; but no such counsel or agent may either charge or receive for such services more than an amount approved by the department. An employer, including a corporate employer, may be represented before the department by counsel, an employee or a corporate officer. The department may be represented before the department by counsel or an employee of the department.

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Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, § 15 (b); SDC 1939, §§ 17.0840, 17.9906; SDCL, § 61-7-23; SL 1978, ch 359, § 2; SL 1993, ch 377, § 15.