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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 1958, chapter 541; in 1985, chapter 10; in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60523,"section_number":"46.2-380","catch_line":"Reports made under certain sections open to inspection by certain persons; copies; maintenance of reports and photographs for three-year period","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-380\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":225701,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79660,"identifier":"46.2-375","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11\/46.2-375","url":"\/46.2-375\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-375\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/11\/46.2-375","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reports by medical examiners of deaths resulting from accidents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-375","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every person holding the office of medical examiner shall report to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>: (i) the death of a person in his <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> as a result of a <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> accident, immediately after learning of the death; (ii) on or before the tenth day of each month, all deaths resulting from <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> accidents during the preceding calendar month. 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