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It has been modified 7 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 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1993, chapter 442; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>; in 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0774\">774<\/a>; in 1999, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0256\">256<\/a>; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0003\">3<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":364509,"section_number":"45.2-837","catch_line":" Bleeder systems","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-837\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1450617,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364517,"identifier":"45.2-845","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/4\/45.2-845","url":"\/45.2-845\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-845\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/8\/4\/45.2-845","dublin_core":{"Title":" Worked-out areas","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-845","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Every worked-out area shall be either <span class=\"dictionary\">sealed<\/span> or ventilated. <a id=\"paragraph-1358110\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-845\/#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> Where the practice is to seal worked-out areas, the sealing shall be done in accordance with sealing provisions of the approved bleeder plan. <a id=\"paragraph-1358111\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-845\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n WORKED-OUT AREAS (\u00a7 45.2-845)\n\nA. Every worked-out area shall be either sealed or ventilated.\n\nB. Where the practice is to seal worked-out areas, the sealing shall be done in\naccordance with sealing provisions of the approved bleeder plan.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-60.5; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-62; 1993, c.\n442; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.228; 1996, c. 774; 1999, c. 256; 2005, c. 3; 2021,\nSp. 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"}}