State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2013  

175U0460   SENATE BILL   NO.  75  

Introduced by:    Senators Hunhoff (Jean), Krebs, Lederman, Lucas, Monroe, and Tidemann and Representatives Munsterman, Cronin, Ecklund, Haggar (Jenna), Magstadt, and Parsley
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to adopt updated guidelines for the evaluation of permanent impairment in connection with workers' compensation claims.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 62-7-39 be amended to read as follows:
    62-7-39. An employee, employer, employer's insurer, or self-insured employer shall be permitted to use the results of post-offer base line testing or a functional capacity assessment, as utilized by Guidelines to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment established by the American Medical Association, fourth sixth edition, June 1993 July 2009 reprint, performed during the course of employment, or other medical evidence of impairment for the purpose of determining permanent partial or permanent total disability compensation due to an employee.

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