CHAPTER 69

Ax Act to requtre certain students and teachers to wear eye protective
devices when participating in certain courses. rH 34]
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Approved March 1, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. Every student and teacher in any school, college, or university
participating in any of the following courses:

(A) Vocational or industrial arts shops or laboratories involving
experience with:
Hot molten metals ;
Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding, or stamp-
ing of any solid materials;
Heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other
materials;
Gas or electric arc welding;
Repair of any vehicle;
Caustic or explosive materials;

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(B) Chemical or combined chemical-physical laboratories involving
caustic or explosive chemicals or hot liquids or solids; shall be required to
wear industrial quality eye protective devices at all times while partici-
pating in such courses or laboratories. ;

The governing board or authority of any public or private school or
the governing body of each institution of higher learning shall furnish the
eye protective devices prescribed in § 3 hereof free of charge or at cost
to the students and teachers of the school participating in the courses set
out in § 1 hereof; provided, however, that such devices may be furnished
by parents or guardians of such students. Eye protective devices shall be
furnished to all visitors to such courses.

§ 3. “Industrial quality eye protective devices”, as used in this act,
means devices providing side protection and meeting the standards of the
American Standards Association Safety Code for Head, Eye, and Respira-
tory jgroection, Z2.1-1959, promulgated by the American Standards As-
sociation, Inc.