§ 65.2-514 Special provisions for coal worker’s pneumoconiosis claims for total disability or death
In the case of claims for death or total disability under subdivision A 4 of § 65.2-504 or § 65.2-513, the following matters shall be required or effective only to the extent that they are allowed by the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act as amended and the regulations issued thereunder:
1. Notice to the employer under § 65.2-405;
2. Any limitation for the filing of a claim for benefits for death or total disability under §§ 65.2-406 and 65.2-601;
3. Waivers as provided under § 65.2-407;
4. Settlements agreed to, allowed, or granted under § 65.2-701; and
5. The right of an employer to refuse employment to an applicant or to discharge a claimant because he has or is susceptible to coal worker’s pneumoconiosis.
History
This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 436 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1973 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1991, chapter 355.
1973, c. 436, § 65.1-65.2; 1991, c. 355.