S.C. Code Regs. § § 12-607.5

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024

Section 12-607.5 - Workers Compensation Records

A. Description: Consists of case files containing records and reports generated as the result of employment-related accidents involving municipal employees. Information includes Reports of Accidents Involving Only Medical Attention, Physician's Report and Itemized Statement, Employer's First Report of Injury and Illness, Agreement as to Compensation, Conditional Waiver of Hearing, 60-Day Report, Status Report and Compensation Receipt, Supplemental Memorandum of Agreement As to Payment of Compensation, correspondence with South Carolina Workers Compensation Commission, physicians, attorneys, and employees, statements from physicians, copies of internal invoices, copies of receipts and statements for the purchase of medications, copies of purchase requisitions, copies of health insurance claim forms, copies of patient return reports and disposition forms from physicians, and handwritten notes.

B. Retention:

(1) Employer's First Report of Injury: 3 years after settlement, then transfer to employee files.

(2) Other Records: 3 years after case settlement, then destroy.

S.C. Code Regs. § 12-607.5

Added by State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 6, eff June 25, 1993.