                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 EXAMINATIONS REQUIRED FOR MINERAL MINING CERTIFICATIONS (§ 45.2-1115)

A. The Department may require the examination of each applicant for
certification. The Department shall require the examination of each applicant
for a mine inspector certification. The Department may require such other
information from an applicant as necessary to ascertain competency and
qualifications for each task.

B. Except as provided by the Act for a general mineral miner or surface foreman
certification, the Department shall prescribe the qualifications for each type
of certification. The examinations shall be conducted under conditions and
regulations that the Department establishes or adopts. Such established
conditions and adopted regulations shall be made a part of the permanent record
of the Department, published periodically, and applied uniformly to all
applicants.

C. Any certificate issued by the Department, except the general mineral miner
certificate, shall be valid from the date of issuance for a period of five years
unless renewed or unless revoked pursuant to &#xA7; 45.2-1120. The general
mineral miner certificate shall be valid from the date of issuance until it is
revoked pursuant to &#xA7; 45.2-1120.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 390, § 45.1-161.292:20; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2021, Sp. Sess.
I, c. 387.