Failure by an eligible employee or any other person whose claim has been denied to comply with time limits in this chapter constitutes a withdrawal of the claim. Failure of the benefits manager to comply with the time limits allows the claimant to initiate the next successive step of the procedure. A party may agree to a time extension requested in writing by the other party.

Source: 38 SDR 213, effective July 1, 2012; 42 SDR 97, effective January 4, 2016.

General Authority: SDCL 3-6E-13.

Law Implemented: SDCL 3-6E-1.

Prior versions effective: 2012-07-01.