AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES

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requiring at least one day of hospital confinement for other than strains and sprains

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which has a reasonable potential to cause death or an injury other than a sprain or strain which requires an admission to a hospital for twenty-four hours or more for medical treatment

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and in regulations promulgated under such chapters

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"Approved competent person" means a person designated by the Department as having the authority to function as a mine foreman even though the person has less than five years' experience but more than two years' experience. If an approved competent person has met all the criteria for a mine foreman certification other than the experience criteria, he may perform the duties of a mine foreman except the pre-shift examination.

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other than a sprain or strain

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any injury other than a sprain or strain which

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, except for persons examined for the general mineral miner certification

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receive instruction in

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prove to the Board that he has knowledge of

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has a general working knowledge of

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all of line 54 and all of lines 1 through 7 on page 23

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C. Within thirty days after the occurrence of any change in the information required by subsection A, the operator shall notify the Department, in writing, of such change.

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3. That for the purposes of any regulations promulgated under Chapter 14.1, 14.2, 14.5 or 14.6 that relate to mineral mining and that employ the term "competent person" as defined in § 45.1-161.8, such definition shall remain in effect until the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy promulgates new regulations or amends existing regulations that specifically address the duties of a competent person.

4. That the regulations of the Board of Mineral Mining Examiners and the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy in effect on the effective date of this act related to mineral mine safety and health that were promulgated under Chapter 14.2 of Title 45.1 shall be deemed to be regulations properly promulgated under Chapter 14.4:1 of this act. Regulations of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy in effect on the effective date of this act related to mineral mine refuse piles or water or silt retaining dams that were promulgated under Chapter 18 of Title 45.1 shall be deemed to be regulations properly promulgated under Chapter 18.1 of this act.