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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 390<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 695<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224329,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60821,"identifier":"45.2-1150","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/7\/45.2-1150","url":"\/45.2-1150\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1150\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/7\/45.2-1150","dublin_core":{"Title":" Review of inspection reports and records","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1150","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Prior to completing an inspection of an underground mineral mine, a mine inspector shall review the most recent available report of inspection by MSHA. Prior to completing any inspection of a mine, a mine inspector shall comprehensively review the records of pre-shift examinations, on-shift exams, daily inspections, weekly examinations, and other records relating to safety and health conditions in the mine that are required to be maintained pursuant to the Act, for the 30-day period preceding the inspection. The mine inspector may, but shall not be required to, review the records for such additional period as he may deem prudent.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n REVIEW OF INSPECTION REPORTS AND RECORDS (\u00a7 45.2-1150)\n\nPrior to completing an inspection of an underground mineral mine, a mine\ninspector shall review the most recent available report of inspection by MSHA.\nPrior to completing any inspection of a mine, a mine inspector shall\ncomprehensively review the records of pre-shift examinations, on-shift exams,\ndaily inspections, weekly examinations, and other records relating to safety and\nhealth conditions in the mine that are required to be maintained pursuant to the\nAct, for the 30-day period preceding the inspection. The mine inspector may, but\nshall not be required to, review the records for such additional period as he\nmay deem prudent.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:56; 1998, c. 695; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n387.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}