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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56794</law_id><section_number>45.2-515</section_number><catch_line> Board of Coal Mining Examiners; purpose</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>45.2-501</reference></referred_to_by><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="3">Certification of Coal Mine Workers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Board of Coal Mining Examiners (the Board) is established as a policy board in the executive branch of state government. The purpose of the Board is to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> certificates authorizing the performance of certain tasks.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 45-1 through 45-3; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, &#xA7; 45.1-3; 1984, c. 590; 1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.15; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
