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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63201</law_id><section_number>45.2-502</section_number><catch_line> Safety and health</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="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Coal Mines Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Coal Mine Safety Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In safety and health matters, all miners are to be governed by the Act, Article 4 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title=" Definitions" href="/45.2-617/">45.2-617</a> et seq.) of Chapter 6, and any other sections of the Code relating to the safety and health of miners and regulations adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>.</p></section></text><history>1984, c. 590, &#xA7; 45.1-1.7; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.9; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
