South Dakota Codified Laws 62-8-29. Notice of disease or death required for compensation
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Unless written notice of an occupational disease is given by the worker to the employer within six months after the employment has ceased in which it is claimed that the disease was contracted, and, in case of death, unless written notice of such death is given within ninety days after the occurrence, all rights to compensation for disability, or death, from an occupational disease are forever barred.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 62-8-29
- 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
- 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: SDC 1939, § 64.0818 as enacted by SL 1947, ch 426; SL 1965, ch 308, § 2; SL 1977, ch 421, § 4; SL 2008, ch 278, § 70.