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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 28<\/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 2011, chapters 826<\/a> and 862<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":222933,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76309,"identifier":"45.2-563","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/7\/45.2-563","url":"\/45.2-563\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-563\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/7\/45.2-563","dublin_core":{"Title":" Scheduling of mine inspections","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-563","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Chief<\/span> and 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. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Chief<\/span>, the Director<\/span>, and each mine inspector, 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 45.2-563)\n\nA. The Chief and the Director shall schedule the inspections of mines under this\narticle, to the extent deemed reasonable and prudent, in order to reduce their\nchronological proximity to inspections conducted by MSHA.\n\nB. The Chief, the Director, and each mine inspector, to the extent deemed\nreasonable and prudent, shall schedule mine inspections to commence at a variety\nof hours of the day and days of the week, including evening and night shifts,\nweekends, and holidays.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.85; 2011, cc. 826, 862; 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}}