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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65966</law_id><section_number>45.2-1156</section_number><catch_line> Certificates of inspection</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="7">Mine Inspections</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Upon completing a mine inspection, each mine inspector shall complete a certificate of inspection. Such certificate of inspection shall show the date of inspection, the condition in which the mine was found, a statement regarding any violation of this chapter or Chapter 14 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title=" Scope of chapter" href="/45.2-1400/">45.2-1400</a> et seq.) or 15 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title=" Scope of chapter" href="/45.2-1500/">45.2-1500</a> et seq.) discovered during the inspection, the progress made in the improvement of the mine as such progress relates to health and safety, the numbers of accidents and injuries occurring in and about the mine since the previous inspection, and all other <span class="dictionary">facts</span> and information of public interest concerning the condition of the mine as are useful and proper. <a id="paragraph-239681" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-1156/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The mine inspector shall deliver one copy of the certificate of inspection to the licensed operator, agent, or mine <span class="dictionary">foreman</span> and one copy to the employees&#x2019; safety committee, where applicable, and shall post copies at one or more prominent places on the premises where they can be read conveniently by the miners. <a id="paragraph-239682" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-1156/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall provide access to certificates of inspection of underground mineral mines to MSHA. <a id="paragraph-239683" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-1156/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1997, c. 390, &#xA7; 45.1-161.292:62; 1998, c. 695; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
