If an employee, at the time of his employment, wilfully and falsely represents in writing that he has not previously suffered from the disease which is the cause of disability or death, no compensation shall be payable. If an employee who has previously suffered from an occupational disease desires to continue in an employment to which such a disease is a hazard, he may waive his right to receive further benefits for disablement or disability from such disease by written agreement approved by the commission in accordance with such rules as it may promulgate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 42-11-80
Wilful misrepresentation by employee as to absence of disease; waivers
Known as the The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 42–42 (216 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Akef v. BASF Corp. (1994)
Most recently applied in Akef v. BASF Corp. (July 1994)
1962 Code SECTION 72-257; 1952 Code SECTION 72-257; 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.