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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1978, chapter 729; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76187,"section_number":"45.2-528","catch_line":" Board action; suspend, revoke, or take other action","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-528\/"},{"id":86482,"section_number":"45.2-848","catch_line":" Tampering with methane monitoring devices prohibited; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-848\/"},{"id":66298,"section_number":"45.2-849","catch_line":" Allowing persons to work in mine where methane monitoring equipment disconnected; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-849\/"},{"id":69275,"section_number":"45.2-856","catch_line":" Smoking materials prohibited; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-856\/"},{"id":79432,"section_number":"45.2-857","catch_line":" Allowing persons to work in a mine with smoker's articles; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-857\/"}],"permalink":{"id":222789,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86193,"identifier":"45.2-529","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/3\/45.2-529","url":"\/45.2-529\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-529\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/3\/45.2-529","dublin_core":{"Title":" Reexamination","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-529","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The holder of a certificate revoked pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-528<\/a> shall be entitled to examination by the Board of Coal Mining Examiners after three months have elapsed from the date of revocation<\/span> of the certificate if he can prove to the satisfaction of the Board that the cause for revocation<\/span> of his certificate has ceased to exist. However, no person convicted of violating \u00a7 45.2-848<\/a> or 45.2-849<\/a>, subsection A of \u00a7 45.2-856<\/a>, or \u00a7 45.2-857<\/a> shall be eligible for examination for a period of not less than one year nor more than three years following such conviction<\/span>, such period to be set by the Board in its discretion at the time of revocation<\/span> of the certificate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n REEXAMINATION (\u00a7 45.2-529)\n\nThe holder of a certificate revoked pursuant to \u00a7 45.2-528 shall be entitled to\nexamination by the Board of Coal Mining Examiners after three months have\nelapsed from the date of revocation of the certificate if he can prove to the\nsatisfaction of the Board that the cause for revocation of his certificate has\nceased to exist. However, no person convicted of violating \u00a7 45.2-848 or\n45.2-849, subsection A of \u00a7 45.2-856, or \u00a7 45.2-857 shall be eligible for\nexamination for a period of not less than one year nor more than three years\nfollowing such conviction, such period to be set by the Board in its discretion\nat the time of revocation of the certificate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 45-29, 45-31; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-13;\n1978, c. 729; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.36; 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}}