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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-6/129/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 6 - Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls (§§ 121 — 129)›§ 129 - Administrative fines | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6 - Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls (§§ 121 — 129) › § 129 - Administrative fines | The Secretary of the Department of the Family may impose administrative fines not greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 266, § 16, eff. 90 days after Aug. 31, 2000. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-6a/131/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139)›§ 131 - Creation of the Program | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 131 - Creation of the Program | The “Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime”, is hereby created, attached to the Integral Care and Development of Childhood Administration.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-6a/132/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139)›§ 132 - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 132 - Public policy | It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico to stimulate the social and financial development of Puerto Rican women in order for them to achieve the maximum progress and self-sufficiency. In order to attain this objective, strategies shall be implemented directed to providing services... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-6a/133/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139)›§ 133 - Monthly subsidy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 133 - Monthly subsidy | The monthly subsidy to be paid through the childcare special vouchers for single parents who work fulltime shall be calculated according to the age of the child and the income of the father and mother, pursuant to the regulations to be established for such purposes. The amount of said special vouchers shall in no case ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-6a/134/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139)›§ 134 - Service providers; requirement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 134 - Service providers; requirement | Service providers under the Program shall be licensed to practice as such by a competent authority.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-6a/135/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139)›§ 135 - Supplementary voucher | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 135 - Supplementary voucher | The vouchers issued by virtue of this chapter may be supplementary to any other grant or assistance, whether based on the financial need or academic achievements of the participant, or may proceed from federal, state, municipal funds or from the private sector.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-6a/136/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139)›§ 136 - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 136 - Rulemaking authority | As of fiscal year 2012-2013, the Integral Care and Development of Childhood Administration shall conduct needs assessments, evaluate successful models in other jurisdictions, design a pilot plan for fiscal year 2012-2013, and promulgate the rules and regulations as are necessary for the implementation of this chapter. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-6a/137/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139)›§ 137 - Pilot plan | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 137 - Pilot plan | Beginning on 2013-2014, the Integral Care and Development of Childhood Administration shall establish a pilot plan for the program established by this chapter, which shall have a duration of one year, prior to its general implementation.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 7. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-6a/138/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139)›§ 138 - Reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 138 - Reports | The Integral Care and Development of Childhood Administration shall submit to the Legislative Assembly at the end of every fiscal year, and no later than sixty (60) days after the close of the fiscal year, a report on the development and progress of the program including the funds used, the beneficiaries assisted, the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-6a/139/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139)›§ 139 - Additional appropriations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 139 - Additional appropriations | The program herein created may be nurtured from the following financial appropriations:
(a) Appropriations made annually by the Legislative Assembly through Joint Resolutions or specific donations for the Program.
(b) Donations from businesses, enterprises, groups, non-profit organizations, partnerships and private ent... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-7/142/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147)›§ 142 - Location in Ponce [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 142 - Location in Ponce [Repealed] | History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 4; Feb. 13, 1904, p. 51, § 1; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-7/143/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147)›§ 143 - Requirements for admission [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 143 - Requirements for admission [Repealed] | History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 2; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-7/144/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147)›§ 144 - Requirements for admission—Additional requirements [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 144 - Requirements for admission—Additional requirements [Repealed] | History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 6; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-7/145/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147)›§ 145 - Requirements for admission—Transportation expenses [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 145 - Requirements for admission—Transportation expenses [Repealed] | History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 7; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-7/146/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147)›§ 146 - Requirements for admission—Apportionment according to population [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 146 - Requirements for admission—Apportionment according to population [Repealed] | History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 9; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-7/147/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147)›§ 147 - Oculist appointed [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 147 - Oculist appointed [Repealed] | History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 8; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-9/161/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167)›§ 161 - Declaration of public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 161 - Declaration of public policy | It is hereby declared as a public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to eliminate poverty in the shortest possible time and in the most effective manner in accordance with the economic and technological changes which are occurring in the country.
History —May 14, 1968, J.R. No. 29, p. 655, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-9/162/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167)›§ 162 - Committee—Creation and composition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 162 - Committee—Creation and composition | With the purpose of studying and making recommendations on the measures of guaranteed personal income as a solution to the problem of poverty in harmony with numbers (1) and (3) of the fourth Whereas of this resolution [this chapter], there is hereby created a Committee of thirteen (13) members to be composed of three ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-9/163/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167)›§ 163 - Committee—Reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 163 - Committee—Reports | The Committee shall submit its report and its recommendations to the Governor of Puerto Rico and to the Legislature during the term of the present calendar year and shall also render periodical reports on the work carried out, including its conclusions.
History —May 14, 1968, J.R. No. 29, p. 655, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-9/164/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167)›§ 164 - Committee—Personnel | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 164 - Committee—Personnel | The Committee is hereby authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of personnel necessary to carry out its functions without being subject to laws and regulations relative to personnel of the Commonwealth, except with regard to the contribution to Federal Social Security; but every employee or officer of the Common... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-9/165/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167)›§ 165 - Committee—Authorization to request information | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 165 - Committee—Authorization to request information | The Committee is hereby authorized to request from the head of any department, agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth to supply such information and aid that the Committee might deem necessary, the heads of such departments, agencies or instrumentalities being hereby authorized and directed to supply such aid an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-9/166/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167)›§ 166 - Appropriation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 166 - Appropriation | The sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is hereby appropriated from unencumbered general funds to defray the expenses of the Committee, as follows:
(a) Travelling expenses of every member of the Committee, or its personnel and for advice.
(b) Per diems as reimbursement of expenses to private citizens.
(c) Co... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-9/167/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167)›§ 167 - Travelling expenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 167 - Travelling expenses | The travelling expenses of the members of the Committee, of its personnel and for advice shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the regulations adopted for such purposes by the Department of the Treasury, except that the travelling expenses of the members of the Committee who are legislators shall be paid i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-11/181/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 11 - Products and Funds (§§ 181 — 184)›§ 181 - Disposition of products, regulation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 11 - Products and Funds (§§ 181 — 184) › § 181 - Disposition of products, regulation | The Secretary of the Family is hereby authorized to regulate the manner of disposing of the products obtained as a result of the apprenticeship and social treatment program in institutions for minors and for the blind under its jurisdiction. The products may be used by the institutions of said department or may be sold... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-11/182/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 11 - Products and Funds (§§ 181 — 184)›§ 182 - Special fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 11 - Products and Funds (§§ 181 — 184) › § 182 - Special fund | A special fund to be known as the Apprenticeship and Social Treatment Project Fund of Institutions for Minors of the Department of the Family is hereby created in the books of the Secretary of the Treasury. Into said fund there shall be covered the items appropriated to carry out these projects and the money obtained f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-11/183/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 11 - Products and Funds (§§ 181 — 184)›§ 183 - Participation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 11 - Products and Funds (§§ 181 — 184) › § 183 - Participation | The participation granted to the inmates for the sums obtained from these products shall be credited in the special deposit kept by the Secretary of the Treasury for each institution.
History —June 25, 1969, No. 76, p. 225, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-11/184/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 11 - Products and Funds (§§ 181 — 184)›§ 184 - Receipt, deposit and disbursement of funds; regulation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 11 - Products and Funds (§§ 181 — 184) › § 184 - Receipt, deposit and disbursement of funds; regulation | The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby empowered to prescribe regulations for the receipt, deposit and disbursement of money obtained [from products] sold under this chapter.
History —June 25, 1969, No. 76, p. 225, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-13/201/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 13 - Seeing-Eye Dogs (§§ 201 — 204)›§ 201 - Right of person with disability to be accompanied by animal helper | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 13 - Seeing-Eye Dogs (§§ 201 — 204) › § 201 - Right of person with disability to be accompanied by animal helper | Any person with a disability who is accompanied by a duly trained animal helper, authorized by a competent authority, is hereby authorized to travel in any train, launch, bus, taxi, public car, or any other means of transportation. Said person is also authorized to enter any cafeteria, hotel, motel, restaurant, hospita... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-13/202/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 13 - Seeing-Eye Dogs (§§ 201 — 204)›§ 202 - Appropriate records | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 13 - Seeing-Eye Dogs (§§ 201 — 204) › § 202 - Appropriate records | For the purposes of this chapter, an animal helper shall mean any animal that has been trained to accompany and aid a person with hearing, visual, or mobility disability, or a disability of any other kind, which is certified as an animal helper by a trainer qualified therefor, and said training may be proven by a card,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-13/203/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 13 - Seeing-Eye Dogs (§§ 201 — 204)›§ 203 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 13 - Seeing-Eye Dogs (§§ 201 — 204) › § 203 - Penalties | Any person who hinders a person with disabilities from enjoying the rights provided in this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine which shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100), or imprisonment for a maximum term of thirty (30) days, or both penalties, at... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-13/204/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 13 - Seeing-Eye Dogs (§§ 201 — 204)›§ 204 - Dispensing with prohibitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 13 - Seeing-Eye Dogs (§§ 201 — 204) › § 204 - Dispensing with prohibitions | Any law which forbids the admission of persons accompanied by animals to public places, establishments, or vehicles, shall not apply to persons with disabilities who are accompanied by their animal helpers that are duly accredited as such in accordance with § 202 of this title.
History —May 29, 1970, No. 51, p. 117, § ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-15/251/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 15 - Integral Social Security (§§ 251 — 254)›§ 251 - Commission on Integral Social Security—Creation; composition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 15 - Integral Social Security (§§ 251 — 254) › § 251 - Commission on Integral Social Security—Creation; composition | A Commission on Integral Social Security System is hereby created which shall hereafter be referred to as the Commission.
The Commission shall be composed of five (5) persons appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, one of whom he shall designate as Chairman.
The members of the Commission shall rec... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-15/252/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 15 - Integral Social Security (§§ 251 — 254)›§ 252 - Commission on Integral Social Security—Functions; reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 15 - Integral Social Security (§§ 251 — 254) › § 252 - Commission on Integral Social Security—Functions; reports | (a) The Commission shall carry out surveys aimed at analyzing the problem of Social Security in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) The Commission shall study the social welfare and security systems operating in Puerto Rico, including but without being limited to the State Insurance Fund, the Automobile Accident Compe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-15/253/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 15 - Integral Social Security (§§ 251 — 254)›§ 253 - Commission on Integral Social Security—Powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 15 - Integral Social Security (§§ 251 — 254) › § 253 - Commission on Integral Social Security—Powers | For the purposes of attaining the [aims] of this chapter, the Commission shall have the following powers:
(a) To use available resources within the public agencies and instrumentalities, such as use of information, offices, personnel, equipment, material and other facilities, and said agencies and instrumentalities are... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-15/254/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 15 - Integral Social Security (§§ 251 — 254)›§ 254 - Commission on Integral Social Security—Powers of Chairman; Executive Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 15 - Integral Social Security (§§ 251 — 254) › § 254 - Commission on Integral Social Security—Powers of Chairman; Executive Secretary | Besides the powers inherent in the office of presiding officer of a Commission, the Chairman shall have the following powers:
(a) He shall appoint the Executive Secretary, who shall direct and supervise the technical and administrative work of the Commission. He shall also appoint all necessary personnel, which shall n... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-17/301/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309)›§ 301 - Initial expenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309) › § 301 - Initial expenses | The sum of one million eight hundred thousand dollars ($1,800,000) is hereby appropriated from any unencumbered funds in the Commonwealth Treasury to the Department of the Family for the initial expense of setting up the Food Stamp Distribution Program.
History —Mar. 26, 1974, J.R. No. 5, Part 2, p. 347, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-17/302/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309)›§ 302 - Assistant Secretary Office of Public Welfare, purchases, regulation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309) › § 302 - Assistant Secretary Office of Public Welfare, purchases, regulation | The provisions of Act June 29, 1954, No. 96, known as the Procurement and Service Act, shall not be applied to purchases that will have to be made for the operation of the Assistant Secretary Office of Public Welfare; Provided, That the Secretary of the Family shall establish the proceedings to regulate such purchases.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-17/303/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309)›§ 303 - Personnel of Program—Classification | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309) › § 303 - Personnel of Program—Classification | The personnel of the Food Stamp Program shall be included in the Exempt Service, § 8 of Act No. 345 of May 12, 1947, known as the Personnel Act; except the personnel who participate in the eligibility determination of the participants of the program who shall be included in the Classified Service of said Act. The Secre... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-17/304/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309)›§ 304 - Personnel of Program—Retention of rights and privileges | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309) › § 304 - Personnel of Program—Retention of rights and privileges | The personnel transferred to the Food Stamps Program from other government programs shall retain all rights acquired at the time of making the transfer under the personnel laws and regulations, as well as their rights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to any system or systems of pension, retirement or sa... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-17/305/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309)›§ 305 - Personnel transferred to Assistant Secretary Office, status | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309) › § 305 - Personnel transferred to Assistant Secretary Office, status | The personnel transferred to the Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Welfare who, at present, is included in the Exempt Service administered by the Office of Personnel of the Commonwealth, shall retain all the rights acquired by them at the time of making the transfer under the laws and regulations of personnel, as w... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-17/306/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309)›§ 306 - Eligibility to participate, false statements, penalty | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309) › § 306 - Eligibility to participate, false statements, penalty | Any person who makes a statement or furnishes any information on any material fact knowing that it is false; or who knowingly conceals any material fact for the purpose of influencing the action of the Department of the Family in any way in relation with its responsibilities pursuant to the Federal Food Stamp Act, No. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-17/307/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309)›§ 307 - Illegal use, transfer, alteration or presentation of stamps, penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309) › § 307 - Illegal use, transfer, alteration or presentation of stamps, penalties | Any person, whether a participant [in] the Food Stamp Program or not, who knowingly uses, transfers, acquires, alters or possesses food stamps or authorizations for food stamps worth one hundred dollars ($100) or more not authorized in any way by the Federal Food Stamp Act and/or the Federal Department of Agriculture o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-17/308/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309)›§ 308 - Illegal redemption of food stamps, penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309) › § 308 - Illegal redemption of food stamps, penalties | Any person, whether a participant in the Food Stamp Program or not, who presents or causes food stamps to be presented for payment or redemption in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) or more, knowing that they have been received, transferred or used in violation of the Federal Food Stamp Act and/or the Federal De... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-17/309/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309)›§ 309 - Ineligibility to participate as additional penalty | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 17 - Food Stamp Program (§§ 301 — 309) › § 309 - Ineligibility to participate as additional penalty | In addition to the penalties imposed, as established in §§ 306–308 of this title, the court may order any person ineligible to participate in the Food Stamp Program for a term of not less than six (6) months nor more than twenty-four (24) months.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 137, Part 1, p. 642, added as § 4 on May 27, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/341/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 341 - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 341 - Public policy | The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico acknowledges its responsibility to provide adequate conditions that shall further the enjoyment of a full life and the natural human and legal rights of elderly persons to the extent its resources and means shall allow. It is hereby stated, as a public policy, to assure elderly persons:
... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/342/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 342 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 342 - Definitions | The following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow:
(a) Elderly person.— A person who is sixty (60) years of age or older.
(b) Care establishment.— Any institution, day or night care center, substitute home, or day care home, as defined in §§ 351 et seq. of this title, which offers care to elderly persons ou... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/343/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 343 - Rights of elderly persons—Generally | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 343 - Rights of elderly persons—Generally | I. General rights.— All elderly persons shall be entitled to:
(a) Have the effectiveness of their rights, benefits, responsibilities and privileges established by the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and of the United States of America, as well as laws and regulations of the Commonw... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/344/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 344 - Rights of elderly persons—Admission in care institution | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 344 - Rights of elderly persons—Admission in care institution | Every elderly person who is admitted into a public or private care institution shall be entitled to:
(a) Be informed ahead of time of all the services said institution renders and the cost thereof.
(b) Be informed upon admission to the establishment of the state of their health; to have the opportunity to share in plan... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/345/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 345 - Rights of elderly persons—Lodged in residential or medico-hospital establishment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 345 - Rights of elderly persons—Lodged in residential or medico-hospital establishment | Elderly persons shall also have the following rights when they are admitted voluntarily or involuntarily to a residential or medico-hospital establishment:
(a) In every process of voluntary admission to medico-hospital institutions, convalescent homes, substitute homes or a residential service of any nature, elderly pe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346 - Rights of elderly persons—Suit to claim | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346 - Rights of elderly persons—Suit to claim | All elderly persons, on their own, or by their tutor, or through a public official, police officer or private person concerned for their welfare, may go, before the Unit to Investigate and Prosecute Civil Rights Violations of the Department of Justice, or before the Office of the District Attorney of the Judicial Cente... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346a - Restraining orders | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346a - Restraining orders | Any elderly person who has been the victim of abuse or of conduct which constitutes a crime as typified in the Penal Code of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or in any other special law, may pro se, or through a legal representative, law enforcement officer, guardian or public official or any private person interested i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346b - Competence | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346b - Competence | Any judge of the Court of First Instance may issue a restraining order pursuant to this chapter. Any restraining order may be revised by any court of higher competence.
History —July 12, 1986, No. 121, p. 389, added as § 6.2 on Jan. 6, 1998, No. 9, § 2, eff. 60 days after Jan. 6, 1998. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346c - Procedure | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346c - Procedure | Any person may request the civil remedies established in this chapter for him/herself or on behalf of any other person when the latter suffers from physical or mental disability, in case of emergency or when the person is unable to make the request on his/her own. The right to request the remedies established herein sh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346d - Notice | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346d - Notice | (a) Once a petition for a restraining order has been filed according to the provisions of this chapter, the court shall issue a summons to the parties in question under admonishment of contempt, for them to appear within a term which shall not exceed five (5) days.
(b) The service of the summons and the copy of the pet... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346e - Ex parte orders | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346e - Ex parte orders | Other legal provisions notwithstanding, the court may issue an ex parte restraining order should it determine that:
(a) Diligent, although unsuccessful steps have been taken to serve the defendant with a copy of the summons issued by the court and the petition filed with the court, or
(b) there is a probability that th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346f - Contents of the restraining orders | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346f - Contents of the restraining orders | (a) Every restraining order must specifically set forth the orders issued by the court, the remedies ordered and its term of effectiveness.
(b) Every restraining order must set forth the date and hour that it was issued and specifically serve the parties that any violation of the same shall constitute a misdemeanor whi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346g - Notice to the parties and the law enforcement agencies | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346g - Notice to the parties and the law enforcement agencies | (a) A copy of every restraining order must be filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Court which issues the same. The Office of the Court Clerk shall provide a copy thereof at the request of the parties or of any interested person.
(b) Any order issued under to this chapter must be personally served on the defendant... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346h - Noncompliance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346h - Noncompliance | Any knowing violation of a restraining order issued pursuant to this chapter shall be punished as a misdemeanor and the convicted person shall be sanctioned with a term of imprisonment that shall not exceed six (6) months, a fine that shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both penalties in the discretion ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346i - Powers of the Department of the Family | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346i - Powers of the Department of the Family | The Department is hereby empowered to adopt the rules, norms, regulations and forms, as well as to establish the procedures necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Department shall have the power to intervene in all situations of abuse, institutional abuse, abuse by negligence, and abuse by institution... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346j - Reports—Professionals and officials under obligation to report | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346j - Reports—Professionals and officials under obligation to report | Professionals or public officials, public or private and privatized entities that in their professional capacity and in the discharge of their functions learn or suspect that an elderly person is, has been, or is at risk of being a victim of abuse, institutional abuse, abuse by negligence and/or abuse by institutional ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346k - Reports—Other persons to report | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346k - Reports—Other persons to report | Any person who learns or suspects that an elderly person is a victim of abuse, institutional abuse, abuse by negligence and/or abuse by institutional negligence shall report such a fact through the “Golden Hotline”, to the Puerto Rico Police, and/or to the Office of Elderly Affairs, attached to the Office of the Govern... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/346l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 346l - Emergency custody | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 346l - Emergency custody | Any Commonwealth or municipal police officer, social technician or worker especially designated by the Department, official designated by the Office of Elderly Affairs, attached to the Office of the Governor, official of the Commonwealth Emergency Management and Disaster Administration Office, any physician or other he... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-18/347/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347)›§ 347 - Other actions reserved | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 18 - Bill of Rights for Elderly Persons (§§ 341 — 347) › § 347 - Other actions reserved | The execution of the action authorized by this chapter is apart from any other civil or criminal action, right or remedy provided by the statutes in effect, and none of its provisions shall limit or impede the execution of such actions, rights or remedies.
History —July 12, 1986, No. 121, p. 389, § 7, renumbered as § 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/351/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 351 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 351 - Short title | This chapter shall be known as the Establishment for the Elderly Act.
History —June 22, 1977, No. 94, p. 209, § 1; Sept. 2, 2000, No. 331, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/352/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 352 - Health and Social Welfare Facilities, partial repeal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 352 - Health and Social Welfare Facilities, partial repeal | This chapter repealed the provisions of §§ 331–333p of Title 24 regarding the supervision, operation and licensing of the establishments mentioned in §§ 332–332g thereof.
History —June 22, 1977, No. 94, p. 209, § 2, eff. 90 days after June 22, 1977. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/353/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 353 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 353 - Definitions | Definitions for the purposes of this chapter:
(1) Department.— Means the Department of the Family of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(2) Institution.— Means any asylum, institute, residence, lodging, annex, center, home, house, mission or shelter devoted to the care of seven (7) or more elderly persons, for twenty-fou... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/354/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 354 - Issuance of licenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 354 - Issuance of licenses | The Department shall be the sole agency authorized to issue licenses to any establishment set up in Puerto Rico, for the care of the elderly, and it shall do so taking into consideration the welfare of the latter.
History —June 22, 1977, No. 94, p. 209, § 4; Sept. 2, 2000, No. 331, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/355/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 355 - Unlicensed institutions prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 355 - Unlicensed institutions prohibited | No person, entity, association, corporation, or the Commonwealth Government or any municipality or other political subdivision, or any department, division, board, agency or instrumentality thereof, shall establish, operate or maintain an establishment for the care of the elderly unless, before commencing operations, i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/356/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 356 - Inspection of institutions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 356 - Inspection of institutions | The Department, through its duly authorized representative, shall visit and inspect, whenever it deems it necessary, but at least once every three (3) months, any establishment for the care of the elderly operating in Puerto Rico, to ascertain whether they are operating in accordance with the provisions in this chapter... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/357/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 357 - Granting, renewal, suspension, denial or cancellation of licenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 357 - Granting, renewal, suspension, denial or cancellation of licenses | (a) Every private or public establishment for the elderly operating in Puerto Rico when this act takes effect shall receive a provisional license authorizing it to continue rendering services for a period not to exceed six (6) months after its issuance; to give them the opportunity to comply with the standards and guid... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/358/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 358 - Licenses issued, not transferable | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 358 - Licenses issued, not transferable | Each license shall be issued solely for the physical premises and the natural or juridical, public or private person applying for the same and it shall not be transferable, assignable or conveyed. Every duly licensed establishment shall post its license in a place clearly visible to the public.
The sale, conveyance, le... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/359/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 359 - Right to appeal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 359 - Right to appeal | Every licensee or applicant for a license to operate an establishment for the care of the elderly shall have the right to appeal before the Reconsideration Board the Department’s decision cancelling, suspending or denying a license before the Board of Appeals of the Department of the Family, within the term provided by... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/360/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 360 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 360 - Regulations | The Department is hereby authorized to promulgate the necessary regulations to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter after public hearings have been held. The regulations to determine the granting of a license to establishments for the care of the elderly shall specify the requirements, among others, th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/360a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 360a - Licensing authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 360a - Licensing authority | The Department of the Family is hereby authorized to certify those providers that issue Elderly Care Competency Development Training Certificate.
History —June 22, 1977, No. 94, p. 209, added as § 11 on Aug. 4, 2008, No. 157, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/360b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 360b - Certification responsibility | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 360b - Certification responsibility | Within one hundred and eighty (180) days as of the approval of this act, the Secretary shall be responsible for establishing a regulation for the procedures of evaluation and certification of entities issuing certificates. Furthermore, the Secretary shall have the authority to designate an interdisciplinary team which ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/363/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 363 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 363 - Penalties | (a) Any person or entity that operates or maintains an establishment for care of the elderly without a license issued by the Department, or that continues to operate it after its license has been canceled, suspended or denied pursuant to the procedures provided in this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/364/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 364 - Injunction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 364 - Injunction | When the Secretary of the Department has knowledge that any establishment for the care of the elderly is operating without a license, either because it has been denied, suspended, cancelled or because it has failed to apply for one, a petition for an injunction may be filed before the Court of First Instance through th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/365/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 365 - Expense of program | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 365 - Expense of program | The Department of the Family shall make the necessary adjustments to pay for the program’s expenses. For subsequent years, the operating expenses related to these functions shall be included by the Department of the Family in its budgetary petitions.
History —June 22, 1977, No. 94, p. 209, § 15, eff. 90 days after June... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/366/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 366 - Administrative fines | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 366 - Administrative fines | If during an inspection visit, the Department of the Family identifies any non-compliance of the provisions of this chapter, the Department shall so notify the operator, administrator or owner of the establishment, who shall correct such deficiency. In addition to any fine authorized by this chapter, the Department may... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/367/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 367 - Special fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 367 - Special fund | The revenues collected as a result of the applications submitted and filed by the service providers with the Department of the Family, as well as any fines collected for noncompliance with this chapter, shall be deposited into a special fund of the Licensing Office of the Department of the Family, which shall be used f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-19/368/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368)›§ 368 - Transitory provision | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 19 - Establishment for the Elderly (§§ 351 — 368) › § 368 - Transitory provision | The owners, persons in charge, administrators, operators, directors, supervisors of establishments, and the staff working or rendering services therein, who at the date of approval of this measure have obtained an Elderly Care Basic Competency Development Training Certificate pursuant to Act No. 117 of May 21, 2004, sh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-20a/372/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 20A - Housekeeping Services (§§ 372 — 375)›§ 372 - Obligation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 20A - Housekeeping Services (§§ 372 — 375) › § 372 - Obligation | All public or private entities who receive municipal, state or federal funds, or any kind of public assistance, related to operating or offering housekeeping services in Puerto Rico are hereby ordered to amend their norms and regulations to stipulate that every autistic person shall be considered as a disabled person f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-20a/373/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 20A - Housekeeping Services (§§ 372 — 375)›§ 373 - Autism; housekeeping services benefits | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 20A - Housekeeping Services (§§ 372 — 375) › § 373 - Autism; housekeeping services benefits | For the purposes of housekeeping care services offered by any public or private entity who receives municipal, state or federal funds, or any kind of public assistance, an autistic person shall be qualified to benefit from this service.
History —Dec. 12, 2002, No. 275, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-20a/374/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 20A - Housekeeping Services (§§ 372 — 375)›§ 374 - Noncompliance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 20A - Housekeeping Services (§§ 372 — 375) › § 374 - Noncompliance | Any public or private entity who declines to offer housekeeping services to an autistic person for understanding that he/she does not qualify as a beneficiary only for suffering from this condition shall not receive economic assistance from the Government of Puerto Rico.
History —Dec. 12, 2002, No. 275, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-20a/375/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 20A - Housekeeping Services (§§ 372 — 375)›§ 375 - Application | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 20A - Housekeeping Services (§§ 372 — 375) › § 375 - Application | This chapter shall only apply to housekeeping services programs that offer services to disabled persons as part of their operations.
History —Dec. 12, 2002, No. 275, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-21/381/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388)›§ 381 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388) › § 381 - Definitions | (a) Disabled.— Means any person suffering from any major physical defect [that] constitutes an occupational disability as defined by Article 2 of Act No. 414 of May 13, 1947.
(b) Severely disabled.— Is a person with a physical and/or mental impediment which limits him/her seriously in his/her functional capacities (mob... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-21/382/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388)›§ 382 - Powers; adequate space | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388) › § 382 - Powers; adequate space | All departments, agencies, public institutions, public corporations and instrumentalities of the Government of Puerto Rico shall fit out adequate spaces in the buildings property of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico wherein the disabled persons duly qualified therefor may engage, without this constituti... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-21/383/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388)›§ 383 - Right to benefits | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388) › § 383 - Right to benefits | Those persons severely disabled who meet the eligibility requirements provided in Act No. 414 of May 13, 1947, shall be entitled to the benefits of this chapter.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 140, p. 413, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-21/384/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388)›§ 384 - Concessions nontransferable | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388) › § 384 - Concessions nontransferable | Concessions granted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be personal and nontransferable unless the Program expressly authorizes the transfer.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 140, p. 413, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-21/385/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388)›§ 385 - Equipping space; electric power | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388) › § 385 - Equipping space; electric power | The Division shall equip the spaces referred to in § 382 of this title by using its resources available for the rehabilitation of disabled persons. Provided, That the disabled person shall not be charged for the space occupied in public buildings nor for the use of electric power.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 140, p. 413... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-21/386/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388)›§ 386 - Profits from sales | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388) › § 386 - Profits from sales | All profits from sales shall be for the benefit of the concessionaire who operates the space furnished.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 140, p. 413, § 6. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-21/387/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388)›§ 387 - Regulation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388) › § 387 - Regulation | The equipping of spaces and their operation and functioning shall be carried out under the regulations promulgated by the Department and the General Services Administration to assure the utmost benefit to disabled persons and concessionaires.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 140, p. 413, § 7. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-21/388/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388)›§ 388 - Authority of Secretary of Transportation and Public Works | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 21 - Disabled Persons, Concessions in Public Buildings (§§ 381 — 388) › § 388 - Authority of Secretary of Transportation and Public Works | Nothing herein provided shall limit the authority of the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works to grant permits for equipping such spaces, provided that permits so granted have the prior recommendation of the Department; Provided, That such power may be delegated to the Department.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 140... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-22/391/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398)›§ 391 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398) › § 391 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning expressed hereinbelow:
(a) A.C.U.D.E.N.— Child Care and Development Program of the Children’s Care and Integral Development Administration.
(b) A.D.F.A.N.— Administration of the Family and Children.
(c) Accreditation.— An official recognition ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-22/392/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398)›§ 392 - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398) › § 392 - Public policy | The early years in the lives of children are critical for their physical, social, emotional and cognitive development, which are determining factors in the schooling process of any and all children. These years provide us with the unique opportunity to potentiate their human capabilities, which carries great implicatio... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-22/393/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398)›§ 393 - Citizen co-responsibility and stra... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398) › § 393 - Citizen co-responsibility and strategic inter-sector alliances | Our children are the responsibility of us all. Families are the center of the lives of all children. All children are entitled to a loving family that offers appropriate experiences for their full development. It is therefore vitally important that fathers, mothers or persons in charge of the care of children have the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-22/394/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398)›§ 394 - Responsibilities of the Central an... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398) › § 394 - Responsibilities of the Central and municipal government agencies | (a) Through this public policy, it is hereby declared that the agencies, entities and instrumentalities of the Government of Puerto Rico shall be responsible for procuring, supporting, keeping in custody, facilitating, coordinating and appropriating funds for the implementation of the public policy in all areas identif... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-22/395/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398)›§ 395 - Coordination among organizations s... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398) › § 395 - Coordination among organizations serving early childhood | Community, for-profit, nonprofit and faith-based organizations, as well as other community institutions that receive public funds, shall provide direct services or support the services of the Central and/or municipal government for children in their early childhood, in accord with the means available. These community, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-22/396/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398)›§ 396 - Multi-Sector Council—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398) › § 396 - Multi-Sector Council—Creation | The Governor’s Multi-Sector Council on Early Childhood is hereby created, in order to have a collaborative structure that fosters a unified vision and the coherent, coordinated and efficient rendering of services to children and their families by all agencies of the Executive Branch, together with the municipal governm... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-22/397/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398)›§ 397 - Multi-Sector Council—Functions and... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 22 - Act For The Development And Implementation Of The Public Policy On Early Childhood In Puerto Rico (§§ 391 — 398) › § 397 - Multi-Sector Council—Functions and responsibilities | The Multi-Sector Council shall be responsible for the effective planning, the identification of financial resources and the coordination between agencies and public and private entities, with the purpose of offering adequate services and to prevent the duplication of services. Furthermore, it shall be responsible for m... |
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