The department shall order an investigation by the insurer, selfinsured employer or administrator of a selfinsured plan of the facts contained in a written request made pursuant to § 62-4-47. The investigation shall be completed within ninety days after receipt of the order. After a contested case hearing conducted pursuant to chapter 1-26, the department may order that the claimant’s payments be continued, modified, or terminated. If the department has reason to believe that criminal insurance fraud has been committed, it shall disclose its information to law enforcement officers and may assist in the criminal investigative process.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 62-4-48

  • 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
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1993, ch 380, § 2.