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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0390\">390<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1451295,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364059,"identifier":"45.2-1142","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/5\/45.2-1142","url":"\/45.2-1142\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1142\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/5\/45.2-1142","dublin_core":{"Title":" Inspections; Mine Rescue Coordinator","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1142","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> shall (i) inspect, or cause to be inspected, the rescue station of each state-designated mine rescue team four times each year; (ii) ensure that each rescue station is adequately equipped; and (iii) ensure that all team members are adequately trained. <a id=\"paragraph-1356057\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-1142\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> shall designate an employee of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> as the Mine Rescue Coordinator, who shall perform the duties assigned by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1356058\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-1142\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n INSPECTIONS; MINE RESCUE COORDINATOR (\u00a7 45.2-1142)\n\nA. The Director shall (i) inspect, or cause to be inspected, the rescue station\nof each state-designated mine rescue team four times each year; (ii) ensure that\neach rescue station is adequately equipped; and (iii) ensure that all team\nmembers are adequately trained.\n\nB. The Director shall designate an employee of the Department as the Mine Rescue\nCoordinator, who shall perform the duties assigned by the Director.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:48; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}