Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 42-13-30 - Effect of injury suffered outside State; effect of injury to employee of nonresident employer; effect of award under law of another state(a) If an employee of an employer subject to this chapter, while working outside the territorial limits of this State, suffers an ionizing radiation injury or disability, he, or in the event of his death, his dependents, shall be entitled to the same benefits under this chapter as if the injury or disability had occurred within this State.(b) If an employee of an employer domiciled or residing outside of this State suffers an ionizing radiation injury or disability while working within the territorial limits of this State, he, or in the event of his death, his dependents, shall be entitled to the same benefits under this chapter as if his employer were domiciled or residing within this State.(c) The payment or award of benefits under the workers' compensation provisions of another state to an employee or his dependents otherwise entitled to the benefits of this chapter, on account of an ionizing radiation injury or disability, or death, shall not be a bar to a claim for benefits under this chapter; provided, that such payment or award shall be credited against the benefits to which the employee or his dependents would have been entitled had claim been made solely under this chapter.1969 (56) 685; 1962 Code Section 72-282.