Title 62 — WORKERS' COMPENSATION
9 chapters · 245 sections in this title.
The report shall be filed within seven calendar days, not counting Sundays and legal holidays, after the employer has knowledge of the injury, unless the employer had good cause for failing to file the written report within the seven-day period
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The report shall be made on a form approved by the Department of Labor and Regulation. Any employer who fails to file a report as required by this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and is subject to an administrative fine of one hundred dollars payable to the Department …
SDCL § 62-6-1 Record of injuries sustained by employees--Copy to employee--Failure as misdemeanor
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Every employer coming under the provisions of this title shall keep a record of all injuries, fatal or otherwise, sustained by the employer's employees in the course of their employment. The record shall be completed within seven calendar days, not counting Sundays and legal holi…
Employer's report of injury--Failure to report as misdemeanor
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An employer covered by the provisions of this title who has knowledge of an injury that requires medical treatment other than minor first aid or that incapacitates the employee for seven or more calendar days shall file a written report with: (1) The Department of Labor and Regul…
SDCL § 62-6-3 Insurer to file copy of injury report with department--Notice of denial of coverage by insurer or employer--Suspension, revocation, or refusal of authority for noncompliance
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The insurer shall file a copy of the report required by § 62-6-2 with the Department of Labor and Regulation within ten days after receipt thereof. The insurer or, if the employer is self-insured, the employer, shall make an investigation of the claim and shall notify the injured…
SDCL § 62-6-4 Wage records of employees--Inspection by department, purposes
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All books, records, and payrolls of employers coming under this title, showing and in any way referring to the amount of wage expenditure of such employer, shall always be open for inspection by the department or any of its representatives presenting a certificate of authority fr…
SDCL § 62-6-5 Information confidential--Release to employee or public agency--Nonprofit organization program
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Information obtained within the contemplation of this title shall be used for no other purpose than for the information of the department or insurance company with reference to the duties imposed upon the department. However, the department may release information to an injured e…
SDCL § 62-6-6 Refusal to submit records for inspection--Penalty
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A refusal on the part of the employer to submit the employer's books, records, or payrolls for the inspection of the department, or its authorized representative presenting written authority from the department, subjects the employer to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each o…
SDCL § 62-6-7 Demand for employee's work-related records--Production of records--Employee waiver of right to privacy
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An employer which complies with this title shall produce, if demanded by any employer or insurer against whom an injured employee has made a workers' compensation claim, the work-related records referring to its employee available for the fifty-two weeks preceding the employee's …