Amount of compensation payable for disability; exceptions.
S.C. Code Ann. § 42-11-100
in effectCompensation payable for disability from an occupational disease must be the same as that provided for an injury under this title. No compensation is payable: (1) for the degree of disability resulting from noncompensable causes or the employee's refusal to use a safety appliance provided by and regularly required to be used by the employer or to obey a safety rule or regulation adopted and regularly enforced by the employer; (2) for any disability resulting from the employee's intoxication or wilful intent to injure himself; (3) for the time the employee refuses to accept suitable employment when ordered to do so by the commission; (4) after the disability terminates.
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