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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73522</law_id><section_number>40.1-51.4:1</section_number><catch_line>Confidentiality of trade secrets</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Protection of Employees</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Safety Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> or his authorized representative in connection with any inspection or proceeding under this title which contains or which might reveal a trade secret referred to in &#xA7;&#xA0;1905 of Title 18 of the United States Code shall be considered confidential for the purpose of that section, except that such information may be disclosed to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> or his authorized representatives concerned with carrying out any provisions of this title or any proceeding under the aforementioned title. In any such proceeding, the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, the Safety and Health Codes <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> such <span class="dictionary">orders</span> as may be appropriate to protect the confidentiality of trade secrets.</p></section></text><history>1976, c. 607; 1994, c. 28.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
