{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-62-6-7","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 62-6-7","heading":"Demand for employee's work-related records--Production of records--Employee waiver of right to privacy.","body":"An employer which complies with this title shall produce, if demanded by any employer or insurer against whom an injured employee has made a workers' compensation claim, the work-related records referring to its employee available for the fifty-two weeks preceding the employee's claimed dates of injury, such as:\n(1) The weeks in which the employee performed services;\n(2) The earnings the employee received for the services, as defined in subdivision 62-1-1(6);\n(3) Interruptions in employment if the employee was rehired or seasonally employed;\n(4) Changes in the employee's grade of employment;\n(5) The employee's job description; and\n(6) Federal or state tax deductions.\nThe employer receiving this demand shall produce the employee's work-related records in ten business days, and may charge a fee for the production of the records. The fee for the production of the employee's work-related records may not exceed fifteen dollars.\nAn employee waives any right to privacy to these work-related records when the employee makes a claim for workers' compensation benefits and the employee consents to the release of these work-related records to the employer or insurer against which the employee is making a claim for workers' compensation benefits.","path":["TITLE 62. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","CHAPTER 62-6. EMPLOYERS' RECORDS AND REPORTS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/62-6-7","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"9d29de19579786c890c0da444793b8bd15408d8ec93b988c3a04407f23e037b1","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-62-6-6","next":"us-sd/sdcl-62-7-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}