Dear Peter, Thank you for clarifying my message. As you may note, I explicitly stated this was Virginia and based on the Code of Virginia. I am sorry that I did not emphasize this was an example and not necessarily law for all. -----Original Message----- From: Peter Kurilecz [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 10:50 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Imaging MSDS-Again On 12/28/05, Snyder, Floranne S. 'Anne' <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Jean, > At least here in Virginia, we have a clear cut policy established by > both the Code of VA and the interpretation by the Library of Virginia. > See below. > > Legality of Reformatted Records Word of caution. the section that Anne cites is advice directed towards Virginia state agencies, and does not directly apply to private entities. That said the advice could be applied by a private entity in the development of their own process. here is the link to the statute http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+8.01-391 and here is the link to the LVa page http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/records/manuals/00m-ch8.htm -- Peter Kurilecz Richmond, Va List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance