South Carolina § 42-11-70 Time in which disease must have been contracted.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 42-11-70 — Time in which disease must have been contracted.

South Carolina § 42-11-70

Title 42WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Ch. 11OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES

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S.C. Code Ann. § 42-11-70 (2026).

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Neither an employee nor his dependents shall be entitled to compensation for disability or death from an occupational disease, except that due to exposure to ionizing radiation, unless such disease was contracted within one year after the last exposure to the hazard peculiar to his employment which caused the disease, save that in the case of a pulmonary disease arising out of the inhalation of organic or inorganic dusts the period shall be two years.

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Neither an employee nor his dependents shall be entitled to compensation for disability or death from an occupational disease, except that due to exposure to ionizing radiation, unless such disease was contracted within one year after the last exposure to the hazard peculiar to his employment which caused the disease, save that in the case of a pulmonary disease arising out of the inhalation of organic or inorganic dusts the period shall be two years.