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South Carolina

Coverage: Heart Disease, Lung Disease

Code Part: SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS
Title 42 - Workers' Compensation
SECTION 42-11-30. Presumptions; heart or respiratory disease as to firefighters; cardiac-related incident as to law enforcement officers.

Description: SECTION 42-11-30. Presumptions; heart or respiratory disease as to firefighters; cardiac-related incident as to law enforcement officers. (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, for purposes of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law, any impairment or injury to the health of a firefighter caused by heart disease or respiratory disease resulting in total or partial disability or death is presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of employment, unless the contrary is shown by competent evidence, if the firefighter is at the time of such impairment or injury a bona fide member of a municipal, county, state, port authority, or fire control district fire department in this State. In order to be entitled to the presumption provided for in this section, any person becoming a member of a fire department after May 29, 1968, must be under the age of thirty-seven years and must have successfully passed a physical examination by a competent physician upon entering into such service, a written report of which must have been made and filed with the fire department, which examination failed to reveal any evidence of such condition or conditions, and the condition or conditions developed while actively engaged in fighting a fire or within twenty-four hours from the date of last service in the activity.

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