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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224337,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62683,"identifier":"45.2-1152","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/7\/45.2-1152","url":"\/45.2-1152\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1152\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/7\/45.2-1152","dublin_core":{"Title":" Scheduling of mine inspections","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1152","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall schedule the inspections of mines under this article, to the extent deemed reasonable and prudent, in order<\/span> to reduce their chronological proximity to inspections conducted by MSHA. To this end, the Director<\/span> shall endeavor to coordinate the timing of inspections with MSHA personnel. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Director<\/span> and mine inspectors, to the extent deemed reasonable and prudent, shall schedule mine inspections to commence at a variety of hours of the day and days of the week, including evening and night shifts, weekends, and holidays. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n SCHEDULING OF MINE INSPECTIONS (\u00a7 45.2-1152)\n\nA. The Director shall schedule the inspections of mines under this article, to\nthe extent deemed reasonable and prudent, in order to reduce their chronological\nproximity to inspections conducted by MSHA. To this end, the Director shall\nendeavor to coordinate the timing of inspections with MSHA personnel.\n\nB. The Director and mine inspectors, to the extent deemed reasonable and\nprudent, shall schedule mine inspections to commence at a variety of hours of\nthe day and days of the week, including evening and night shifts, weekends, and\nholidays.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:58; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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}}