                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 EMPLOYMENT OF AUTHORIZED PERSONS (§ 45.2-706)

No miner shall be placed in charge of a cutting, loading, drilling, continuous
miner, or timbering machine in any mine if such miner is not an authorized
person capable of determining the safety of the roof and ribs of a working
place. Such miner shall also be capable of detecting the presence of explosive
gas and shall undergo examination by a mine inspector or other instructor
certified by the Board of Coal Mining Examiners and authorized by the Chief to
determine the miner&#8217;s fitness to detect explosive gas before being
permitted to have charge of a machine in such mine.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 45-7, 45-12, 45-68.4, 45-69, 45-73, 45-75, 45-78,
45-79, 45-81, 45-83; 1950, p. 156; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-21; 1976,
c. 598; 1978, cc. 222, 489; 1982, c. 255; 1984, cc. 178, 590; 1988, c. 577;
1993, cc. 171, 442; 1994, c. 28, § 45.1-161.252; 2012, cc. 109, 241; 2021, Sp.
Sess. I, c. 387.