S.D. Codified Laws § 62-6-5

Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024
Section 62-6-5 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Information confidential-Release to employee or public agency

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 employee or the employee's attorney, to a social security or welfare office having a claim by the employee, or to any state or federal agency which rehabilitates persons with disabilities. The department may issue statistical information if individual claimants are not identified.

The department may provide to an injured employee, a surviving spouse, or other dependent of an injured employee information of a program offered by a nonprofit organization that offers a benefit specific to a work-related injury and that the injured employee, the surviving spouse, or other dependent of the injured employee may be eligible to receive. The department may not provide the contact information of an injured employee, a surviving spouse, or other dependent of an injured employee to a nonprofit organization without the express written consent of the injured employee, the surviving spouse, or other dependent of an injured employee.

SDCL 62-6-5

SL 1917, ch 376, § 43; RC 1919, § 9479; SDC 1939, § 64.0507; SL 1970, ch 282; SL 2008, ch 278, §40.
Amended by S.L. 2024, ch. TBD,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.