The terms, contracted, and incurred, as used in this chapter when referring to an occupational disease, are the equivalent of the phrase, arising out of and in the course of, as used in the workers’ compensation law.

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Source: SDC 1939, § 64.0805 as enacted by SL 1947, ch 426; SL 2008, ch 278, § 51.