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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77949</law_id><section_number>45.2-1111</section_number><catch_line> Duties of Director</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="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Mineral Mines</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Mineral Mines Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="11">Mineral Mine Safety Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="2">Director and Mining Inspectors</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall (i) supervise the execution and enforcement of all <span class="dictionary">laws</span> pertaining to the safety and health of persons employed within or at mineral mines within the Commonwealth and the protection of property used in connection therewith and (ii) perform all other duties required pursuant to the Act. <a id="paragraph-279497" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-1111/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall keep a record of all inspections of mineral mines made by him or his authorized representatives. The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall also keep a permanent record of such inspections, properly indexed, and such record shall at all times be open to inspection by any citizen of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-279498" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-1111/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1997, c. 390, &#xA7; 45.1-161.292:13; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
