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This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 436 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 1973 \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 1991, chapter 355.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":81595,"section_number":"65.2-405","catch_line":"Notice to be given","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-405\/"},{"id":76142,"section_number":"65.2-406","catch_line":"Limitation upon claim; diseases covered by limitation","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-406\/"},{"id":67647,"section_number":"65.2-407","catch_line":"Waiver","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-407\/"},{"id":70887,"section_number":"65.2-504","catch_line":"Compensation for disability from coal worker's pneumoconiosis; insurance of coal operator","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-504\/"},{"id":87021,"section_number":"65.2-513","catch_line":"Compensation for death from coal worker's pneumoconiosis; determining whether death was due to pneumoconiosis or any chronic occupational lung disease","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-513\/"},{"id":60353,"section_number":"65.2-601","catch_line":"Time for filing claim","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-601\/"},{"id":75376,"section_number":"65.2-701","catch_line":"Agreement as to compensation; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-701\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276455,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66016,"identifier":"65.2-514","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-514","url":"\/65.2-514\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-514\/","token":"65.2\/5\/65.2-514","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special provisions for coal worker’s pneumoconiosis claims for total disability or death","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-514","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the case of claims for death or total disability under subdivision A 4 of \u00a7 65.2-504<\/a> or \u00a7 65.2-513<\/a>, the following matters shall be required or effective only to the extent that they are allowed by the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act as amended and the regulations issued thereunder:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Notice to the employer<\/span> under § 65.2-405<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Any limitation for the filing of a claim for benefits for death or total disability under §§ 65.2-406<\/a> and 65.2-601<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Waivers<\/span> as provided under § 65.2-407<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Settlements<\/span> agreed to, allowed, or granted under § 65.2-701<\/a>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> The right of an employer<\/span> to refuse employment to an applicant or to discharge a claimant because he has or is susceptible to coal worker’s pneumoconiosis. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COAL WORKER’S PNEUMOCONIOSIS CLAIMS FOR TOTAL\nDISABILITY OR DEATH (\u00a7 65.2-514)\n\nIn the case of claims for death or total disability under subdivision A 4 of \u00a7\n65.2-504 or \u00a7 65.2-513, the following matters shall be required or effective\nonly to the extent that they are allowed by the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health\nand Safety Act as amended and the regulations issued thereunder:\n\n1. Notice to the employer under § 65.2-405;\n\n2. Any limitation for the filing of a claim for benefits for death or total\ndisability under §§ 65.2-406 and 65.2-601;\n\n3. Waivers as provided under § 65.2-407;\n\n4. Settlements agreed to, allowed, or granted under § 65.2-701; and\n\n5. The right of an employer to refuse employment to an applicant or to discharge\na claimant because he has or is susceptible to coal worker’s\npneumoconiosis.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 436, \u00a7 65.1-65.2; 1991, c. 355.","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}}