South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 42 - Workers' Compensation
Chapter 11 - Occupational Diseases

Section 42-11-10. "Occupational disease" defined. - (A) "Occupational disease" means a disease arising out of and...

Section 42-11-20. "Disablement" and "disability" defined. - As used in this chapter, "disablement" means the event of...

Section 42-11-30. . Presumptions; heart or respiratory disease as to firefighters; cardiac-related incident as to law enforcement officers; report of physical examination required. - (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, for purposes of...

Section 42-11-40. Occupational diseases treated as injuries by accident. - When employer and employee are subject to the provisions of...

Section 42-11-50. Limitation on compensation payable to employee disabled by both injury and occupational disease. - When an employee suffers disability from an occupational disease and...

Section 42-11-60. Requirements for compensation for pulmonary diseases. - No compensation shall be payable for any pulmonary disease arising...

Section 42-11-70. Time in which disease must have been contracted. - Neither an employee nor his dependents shall be entitled to...

Section 42-11-80. Wilful misrepresentation by employee as to absence of disease; waivers. - If an employee, at the time of his employment, wilfully...

Section 42-11-90. Amount of compensation when noncompensable cause or disease affects occupational disease. - When an occupational disease prolongs, accelerates or aggravates or is...

Section 42-11-100. Amount of compensation payable for disability; exceptions. - Compensation payable for disability from an occupational disease must be...

Section 42-11-110. No presumptions; misconception of remedy. - There shall be no presumption that disablement from any cause...

Section 42-11-120. Procedure for determining claims; reference of medical question to medical board. - The procedure for determining claims for benefits from an occupational...

Section 42-11-130. Membership of medical board. - The medical board employed to determine controverted medical questions shall...

Section 42-11-140. Fees and expenses of medical board. - The fees and expenses of the medical board shall be...

Section 42-11-150. Procedure before medical board. - The medical board, upon referral to it of a medical...

Section 42-11-160. Decisions on questions by medical board. - The decisions and award in the case shall conform to...

Section 42-11-170. Membership of medical advisory panel. - The medical board shall be chosen from the medical advisory...

Section 42-11-180. Compensation of members of medical advisory panel. - Members of the medical advisory panel shall receive no compensation...

Section 42-11-185. Medical examination in lieu of medical panel for occupationally related disease claims. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 42-11-120, in lieu of a...

Section 42-11-190. Promulgation of rules, regulations, and schedules. - The commission may, upon the advice and recommendations of the...

Section 42-11-200. Rejection of chapter. - Either employer or employee may reject the provisions of this...