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Section 42-1-10. Short title. - This title shall be known and cited as "The South...
Section 42-1-20. Application of definitions. - When used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires,...
Section 42-1-30. "Adoption" and "adopted" defined. - The term "adoption" or "adopted" means legal adoption prior to...
Section 42-1-40. "Average weekly wages" defined. - "Average weekly wages" means the earnings of the injured employee...
Section 42-1-50. "Average weekly wage in this State for the preceding fiscal year" defined. - As used in this title, the term "average weekly wage...
Section 42-1-60. "Carrier" and "insurer" defined. - The term "carrier" or "insurer" means any person or fund...
Section 42-1-70. "Child", "grandchild", "brother" and "sister" defined. - The term "child" shall include a posthumous child, a child...
Section 42-1-80. "Commission" defined. - The term "commission" means the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission...
Section 42-1-90. "Commission" defined; reference to administrative or judicial department. - Whenever the word "commission" is used in this title, it...
Section 42-1-100. "Compensation" defined. - The term "compensation" means the money allowance payable to an...
Section 42-1-110. "Death" defined. - The term "death" as a basis for right to compensation...
Section 42-1-120. "Disability" defined. - The term "disability" means incapacity because of injury to earn...
Section 42-1-130. "Employee" defined. - The term "employee" means every person engaged in an employment...
Section 42-1-140. "Employer" defined. - The term "employer" means the State and all political subdivisions...
Section 42-1-150. "Employment" defined. - The term "employment" includes employment by the State, all political...
Section 42-1-160. "Injury" and "personal injury" defined. - (A) "Injury" and "personal injury" mean only injury by accident...
Section 42-1-170. "Parent" defined. - The term "parent" includes stepparents and parents by adoption, parents-in-law...
Section 42-1-172. Definitions. - (A) "Repetitive trauma injury" means an injury which is gradual...
Section 42-1-175. "Surviving spouse" defined. - The term "surviving spouse" includes only the decedent's wife or...
Section 42-1-310. Presumption of acceptance of provisions of title. - Every employer and employee, except as stated in this chapter,...
Section 42-1-315. Applicability of title respecting work-related injuries to program participants. - The provisions of this title apply to and include all...
Section 42-1-320. Applicability to public entities and their employees. - The State, its municipal corporations and political subdivisions thereof, and...
Section 42-1-360. Exemption of casual employees and certain other employments. - This title does not apply to: (1) a casual employee,...
Section 42-1-380. Waiver of exemption by employer. - Any person employing employees in the State and exempted from...
Section 42-1-390. Withdrawal of waiver of exemption by employer. - Any employer who, having elected to come under this title,...
Section 42-1-400. Liability of owner to workmen of subcontractor. - When any person, in this section and Sections 42-1-420 and...
Section 42-1-410. Liability of contractor to workmen of subcontractor. - When any person, in this section and Sections 42-1-420 to...
Section 42-1-415. Representation of coverage; reimbursement from Uninsured Employers' Fund. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the submission...
Section 42-1-420. Liability of subcontractor to workmen of sub-subcontractor. - When a subcontractor in turn contracts with still another person,...
Section 42-1-430. Construction of title when proceedings are against owner or contractor. - When compensation is claimed from or proceedings are taken against...
Section 42-1-440. Indemnity of principal contractor. - When the principal contractor is liable to pay compensation under...
Section 42-1-450. Workman may recover from subcontractor. - Nothing in Sections 42-1-400 to 42-1-450 shall be construed as...
Section 42-1-460. Contracts subject to title. - Every contract of service between any employer and employee covered...
Section 42-1-470. Coverage of prisoners and convicts generally. - Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, this title...
Section 42-1-480. Coverage for inmates of the State Department of Corrections. - Any inmate of the State Department of Corrections, as defined...
Section 42-1-490. Payments to claimant-inmates of State Department of Corrections. - Payments for injuries as authorized in Section 42-1-480 shall be...
Section 42-1-500. County or municipal prisoners. - A county or municipality, by resolution of its governing body,...
Section 42-1-505. Coverage of convicted persons under custody or supervision of Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. - The Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services may elect...
Section 42-1-520. Defenses available to employer operating under title when employee is not so operating. - An officer of a corporation who elects not to operate...
Section 42-1-540. Employee's rights and remedies under title exclude all others against employer. - The rights and remedies granted by this title to an...
Section 42-1-550. Rights against third persons prior to award. - When an employee, his personal representative or other person may...
Section 42-1-560. Right to compensation not affected by liability of third party; rights and remedies against third party. - (a) The right to compensation and other benefits under this...
Section 42-1-570. Amount of compensation not admissible in suits against third parties. - The amount of compensation paid by the employer or the...
Section 42-1-580. Effect of rights of third party against employer on employee's recovery. - When the facts are such at the time of the...
Section 42-1-590. Compensability of injuries to illegally employed minor. - When an employer and employee have accepted the provisions of...
Section 42-1-600. Suits by public employees. - Any employee of the State or any political subdivision or...
Section 42-1-610. Agreement or regulation does not limit liability of employer. - No contract or agreement, written or implied, and no rule,...
Section 42-1-620. Agreements of employee to waive rights invalid. - No agreement by an employee to waive his rights to...
Section 42-1-630. Situation in which provisions of title are not admissible in trial. - Upon the trial of any action in tort for injuries...
Section 42-1-640. Performance of statutory duty not excused. - Nothing in this title shall be construed to relieve any...
Section 42-1-650. Limitation of actions after claim erroneously made. - If any claim for compensation is made upon the theory...
Section 42-1-660. Immunity from liability on construction projects; exceptions. - No architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, or their employees...
Section 42-1-700. Specificity of description of injured or affected body parts; Employee's Notice of Claim and Request for Hearing (Form 50). - (A) Injured or affected body parts and conditions shall be...
Section 42-1-705. Employer's Answer to Request for Hearing (Form 51); specificity as to possible defenses. - (A) The commission's Employer's Answer to Request for Hearing form,...