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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 590 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. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72700,"section_number":"45.2-617","catch_line":" Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-617\/"}],"permalink":{"id":222663,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63201,"identifier":"45.2-502","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/1\/45.2-502","url":"\/45.2-502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-502\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/1\/45.2-502","dublin_core":{"Title":" Safety and health","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In safety and health matters, all miners are to be governed by the Act, Article 4 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Definitions\" href=\"\/45.2-617\/\">45.2-617<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 6, and any other sections of the Code relating to the safety and health of miners and regulations adopted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n SAFETY AND HEALTH (\u00a7 45.2-502)\n\nIn safety and health matters, all miners are to be governed by the Act, Article\n4 (\u00a7 45.2-617 et seq.) of Chapter 6, and any other sections of the Code\nrelating to the safety and health of miners and regulations adopted by the\nDepartment.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 590, \u00a7 45.1-1.7; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.9; 2021, Sp. 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