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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 432 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. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1984, chapter 590; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449859,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364337,"identifier":"45.2-545","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/5\/45.2-545","url":"\/45.2-545\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-545\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/5\/45.2-545","dublin_core":{"Title":" Mine rescue and first aid stations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-545","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> may purchase, equip, and operate for the use of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> mine rescue and first aid stations as he determines necessary for the adequate provision of mine rescue and recovery services at all mines in the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n MINE RESCUE AND FIRST AID STATIONS (\u00a7 45.2-545)\n\nThe Director may purchase, equip, and operate for the use of the Department mine\nrescue and first aid stations as he determines necessary for the adequate\nprovision of mine rescue and recovery services at all mines in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 432, \u00a7 45.1-33.1; 1984, c. 590; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.67;\n2021, Sp. 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