Any employee of the Department of Labor and Regulation who conducts hearings for workers' compensation claims pursuant to the department's authority to conduct such hearing shall be an attorney, licensed to practice law in South Dakota.
S.D. Codified Laws § 62-7-12.1
Hearing officer to be licensed attorney
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Kurtz v. SCI (1998)
Most recently applied in Kurtz v. SCI (April 1998)
Source: SL 1973, ch 2, § 95; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex
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