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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":1449867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364339,"identifier":"45.2-547","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/5\/45.2-547","url":"\/45.2-547\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-547\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/5\/45.2-547","dublin_core":{"Title":" Duty to train teams","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-547","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It is the duty and responsibility of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> to see that every team is properly trained by a qualified instructor of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> or other person who has a certificate of training from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> or MSHA.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n DUTY TO TRAIN TEAMS (\u00a7 45.2-547)\n\nIt is the duty and responsibility of the Department to see that every team is\nproperly trained by a qualified instructor of the Department or other person who\nhas a certificate of training from the Department or MSHA.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 432, \u00a7 45.1-33.2; 1984, c. 590; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.69;\n2021, Sp. 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