As used in this chapter, "disablement" means the event of an employee's becoming actually incapacitated, partially or totally, because of an occupational disease, from performing his work in the last occupation in which injuriously exposed to the hazards of such disease, "partial disability" means the physical inability to continue work in such occupation only and "total disability" means the physical inability to perform work in any occupation. The disablement and disability of an employee from an occupational disease shall be determined as provided in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 42-11-20
"Disablement" and "disability" defined
Known as the The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 42-1-10 to 42-9-90 (216 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case McCraw v. Mary Black Hospital (1999)
Most recently applied in McCraw v. Mary Black Hospital (October 1999)
1962 Code SECTION 72-252; 1952 Code SECTION 72-252; 1949 (46) 565.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.