The Department of Labor and Regulation shall carry out and enforce the provisions of this title. The department may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 governing procedures in worker’s compensation hearings, petitions, interested parties, summary judgments, dismissals, applications in self-insurance, and related procedural matters.

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Source: SL 1917, ch 376, §§ 29, 31; RC 1919, §§ 9464, 9466; SL 1925, ch 302, § 1; SDC 1939, § 64.0501; SL 1993, ch 375, § 39; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.