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Telephone facilities or their equivalent shall be installed to provide two-way voice communication between such provider and medical personnel outside the mine.B\n\nIf an insufficient number of qualified miners at a particular mine volunteer to serve as providers pursuant to this section, the operator may utilize the services of first aid trainees, in such numbers as the Chief determines to be appropriate.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":310077,"text":"At each mine, the mine operator shall station at least one person who is a working coal miner and who holds a valid certificate as an emergency medical services provider issued pursuant to § 32.1-111.5 so as to make such person available for duty during any time when miners are working at such mine. Such operator shall utilize enough such providers to assure that workers in any mine location can be reached by a provider within a reasonable time as determined by the Chief. 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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 679 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1978, chapter 94; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 502<\/a> and 503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72312,"section_number":"8.01-225","catch_line":"Persons rendering emergency care, obstetrical services exempt from liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-225\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":74243,"section_number":"32.1-111.5","catch_line":"Certification and recertification of emergency medical services providers; appeals process","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-111.5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":223691,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86568,"identifier":"45.2-863","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/6\/45.2-863","url":"\/45.2-863\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-863\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/6\/45.2-863","dublin_core":{"Title":" Certified emergency medical services providers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-863","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> At each mine, the mine operator shall station at least one person who is a working coal miner and who holds a valid certificate as an emergency medical services provider issued pursuant to § 32.1-111.5<\/a> so as to make such person available for duty during any time when miners are working at such mine. Such operator shall utilize enough such providers to assure that workers in any mine location can be reached by a provider within a reasonable time as determined by the Chief<\/span>. Each provider shall have available to him at all times the necessary equipment, as specified by the Chief<\/span>, for prompt response to emergencies. Telephone facilities or their equivalent shall be installed to provide two-way voice communication between such provider and medical personnel outside the mine. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If an insufficient number of qualified miners at a particular mine volunteer to serve as providers pursuant to this section, the operator may utilize the services of first aid trainees, in such numbers as the Chief<\/span> determines to be appropriate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDERS (\u00a7 45.2-863)\n\nA. At each mine, the mine operator shall station at least one person who is a\nworking coal miner and who holds a valid certificate as an emergency medical\nservices provider issued pursuant to § 32.1-111.5 so as to make such person\navailable for duty during any time when miners are working at such mine. Such\noperator shall utilize enough such providers to assure that workers in any mine\nlocation can be reached by a provider within a reasonable time as determined by\nthe Chief. Each provider shall have available to him at all times the necessary\nequipment, as specified by the Chief, for prompt response to emergencies.\nTelephone facilities or their equivalent shall be installed to provide two-way\nvoice communication between such provider and medical personnel outside the\nmine.\n\nB. If an insufficient number of qualified miners at a particular mine volunteer\nto serve as providers pursuant to this section, the operator may utilize the\nservices of first aid trainees, in such numbers as the Chief determines to be\nappropriate.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 679, \u00a7 45.1-101.1; 1978, c. 94; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.199;\n2015, cc. 502, 503; 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}}