South Dakota Codified Laws 62-4-44. Report to be submitted to employer and department by treating practitioner orsurgeon–Time limit
A medical practitioner or surgeon first treating an employee shall furnish a report of the injury and treatment to the employer and the Department of Labor and Regulation within fourteen days following the first treatment. The Department of Labor and Regulation may excuse the failure to furnish the report within fourteen days if it finds it to be in the interest of justice to do so. Thereafter, if the employee needs continued medical care or claims to be disabled from employment, the medical practitioner or surgeon shall provide status reports to the employer and the Department of Labor and Regulation at no less than thirty-day intervals. However, no report is required if the medical practitioner or surgeon has not seen the employee since the practitioner’s or surgeon’s last report.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 62-4-44
- employer: includes the state and any municipal corporation within the state or any political subdivision of this state, and any individual, firm, association, limited liability company, or corporation, or the receiver or trustee of the same, or the legal representative of a deceased employer, using the service of another for pay. See South Dakota Codified Laws 62-1-2
Source: SL 1990, ch 416, § 4; SL 2008, ch 278, § 33; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.