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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76309</law_id><section_number>45.2-563</section_number><catch_line> Scheduling of mine inspections</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="7">Mine Inspections</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Chief</span> and the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> shall schedule the inspections of mines under this article, to the extent deemed reasonable and prudent, in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to reduce their chronological proximity to inspections conducted by MSHA. <a id="paragraph-273945" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-563/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Chief</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Director</span>, and each mine inspector, to the extent deemed reasonable and prudent, shall schedule mine inspections to commence at a variety of hours of the day and days of the week, including evening and night shifts, weekends, and holidays. <a id="paragraph-273946" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-563/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.85; 2011, cc. 826, 862; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
