No fees direct or indirect may be charged or received from any person seeking the benefits of this chapter. Any person that violates the provisions of this section commits a Class 2 misdemeanor and is thereafter disqualified from holding any office or position in the department.

Source: SL 1920 (SS), ch 54 , §§ 7, 8; SDC 1939, §§ 17.0709, 17.9902; SL 1978, ch 359 , § 2; SL 2008, ch 276 , § 56.