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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-31/707/ | 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 31 - Advisory Board for the Protection and Strengthening of the Family (§§ 701 — 708)›§ 707 - Information requested | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 31 - Advisory Board for the Protection and Strengthening of the Family (§§ 701 — 708) › § 707 - Information requested | The departments, agencies, offices and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth shall supply to the Board, free of charges and fees, all official information, copies of books, booklets or publications, certified copies of documents, statistics, compilation of data and evidence that the Board may request for its offic... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-31/708/ | 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 31 - Advisory Board for the Protection and Strengthening of the Family (§§ 701 — 708)›§ 708 - Resources and facilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 31 - Advisory Board for the Protection and Strengthening of the Family (§§ 701 — 708) › § 708 - Resources and facilities | The Department of the Family shall provide the Board with offices, personnel, equipment and materials and shall defray all necessary expenses for the functioning of the Advisory Board pursuant to what is provided by this chapter.
If requested by the Board, the government agencies will place at its disposal the resource... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/711/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 711 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 711 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below:
(1) Administration.— The Child Support Administration created by §§ 501 et seq. of this title.
(2) Administrator.— The Administrator of the Child Support Administration.
(3) Obligor.— Each person of legal age who composes the ob... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/712/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 712 - Duties of the descendants and their limitations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 712 - Duties of the descendants and their limitations | (a) It is the obligation of the descendants of elderly persons to contribute to their sustenance. Those descendants of elderly persons who are responsible for their support, in those cases where the administrative mediation procedure has not been effective, the court shall order them to provide a monetary contribution ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/713/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 713 - Support for the Elderly Program—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 713 - Support for the Elderly Program—Creation | The [Support for the Elderly Program] is hereby created, attached to the Administration as a separate operational and programmatic component, under the coordination, supervision, evaluation and inspection of the Administrator.
The Program shall be governed by the personnel systems, regulations, norms and procedures tha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/715/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 715 - Special fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 715 - Special fund | A special fund is hereby created under the Administrator’s administration, which shall be known as: “Special Fund for Services and Representation of Support for the Elderly Cases”.
The funds that the Program receives for services rendered, donations, incentives, income, fines, charges, interest, penalties, expenses, co... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/716/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 716 - Functions of the Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 716 - Functions of the Secretary | The Secretary is the official responsible for the faithful compliance of the public policy set forth in this chapter to handle in an integral and efficient manner, the matters related to the legal obligation to provide support to the elderly. The Secretary shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) Advise the G... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/717/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 717 - Administrator—Faculties and powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 717 - Administrator—Faculties and powers | (1) The Administrator shall have the responsibilities, faculties and powers that are necessary and convenient to execute the provisions of this chapter, including, without it being construed as a limitation, the following:
(a) Perform all necessary administrative and judicial efforts and actions to ensure compliance wi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/719a/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 719a - Deputy Administrator | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 719a - Deputy Administrator | The Administrator shall designate a Deputy Administrator for the [Support for the Elderly Program] with the consent of the Secretary. The Deputy Administrator shall assist the Administrator in the performance of his/her functions regarding the Program, and his/her salary shall be paid from the budget items of the Progr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/720/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 720 - Deputy Advocate—Powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 720 - Deputy Advocate—Powers | The Deputy Advocate for the Support of the Elderly shall be appointed by the Administrator to work full-time for the term to be determined by the latter, which may be extended for following and subsequent terms according to the needs of the Program.
The Deputy Advocate for the Support of the Elderly shall have the foll... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/720a/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 720a - Locator service; powers to investigate and impose p... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 720a - Locator service; powers to investigate and impose penalties | (a) The Administration shall offer to Program beneficiaries locator services for persons who have failed to comply with their duty to provide elderly support or those who are potential obligors. To such effects and to make elderly support effective, the Administrator shall request the information and assistance deemed ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/721/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 721 - Purchases and supplies | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 721 - Purchases and supplies | All purchases and contract for supplies and services made by the Program shall be conducted pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Department of the Family for the acquisition of equipment, materials, and non-professional services of the Department.
The Administrator shall reserve the right to acquire the formal aw... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/722/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 722 - Request for services | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 722 - Request for services | For the purpose of rendering the services authorized by this chapter, the following shall be deemed as a request for services:
(1) Any request made by an obligee, per se, through his/her legal representative, or an agent of the police, agency, or public or private agency or instrumentality, custodian, public official, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/735a/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 735a - Repealed. Act May 18, 2011, No. 75, § 1, effective ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 735a - Repealed. Act May 18, 2011, No. 75, § 1, effective May 18, 2011 | History —Aug. 12, 2000, No. 168, added as § 13 on Aug. 17, 2002, No. 193, § 16; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/735b/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 735b - Administrative mediation procedure | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 735b - Administrative mediation procedure | Every applicant for services pursuant to § 722 of this title, whether per se, through his/her legal counsel, or by a police officer, a public or private agency or instrumentality, guardian, public official or any private person concerned in sharing the obligation to support said person, may initiate the administrative ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/735c/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 735c - Mediator—Powers and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 735c - Mediator—Powers and duties | (a) The mediator shall have the power to:
(1) Hold joint or separate meetings with the participants;
(2) obtain the counsel of other experts regarding the technical matters of the controversy, upon his/her own initiative or at the request of any of the parties, and require the payment of such services, provided the par... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/736/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 736 - Forms of payment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 736 - Forms of payment | The payment of support for the elderly shall be made, among others, from the wages or salary; from other income, whether periodic or not, received by the obligor from other sources that are not the proceeds of his work such as revenues and interest. The non-financial contribution of the obligor may be included or impos... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/738/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 738 - Attorney’s fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 738 - Attorney’s fees | In any judicial procedure under this chapter for the fixing or modification of support for the elderly or to execute an elderly support order, the court shall impose on the obligor(s) the payment of reasonable attorney fees in behalf of the elderly-obligee, if any, when the latter prevails.
History —Aug. 12, 2000, No. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-32/748/ | 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 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748)›§ 748 - Penalties; administrative fines | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 32 - Act for the Improvement of Family Assistance and for the Support of the Elderly (§§ 711 — 748) › § 748 - Penalties; administrative fines | Any violation of this chapter, or the regulations adopted hereunder for which no express penalty has been provided, shall constitute a misdemeanor. The court shall also retain the authority to impose civil or criminal contempt charges for noncompliance with the orders issued by the court, the Administrator or the Admin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-33/761/ | 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 33 - Development of Establishments for the Elderly in the Special Communities of Puerto Rico (§§ 761 — 765)›§ 761 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 33 - Development of Establishments for the Elderly in the Special Communities of Puerto Rico (§§ 761 — 765) › § 761 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms below shall have the meaning that follows:
(a) Special communities.— Means those communities that have been identified and recognized as such, pursuant to the criteria established in §§ 962–967 of Title 21.
(b) Establishments for the elderly.— Shall include the following moda... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-33/762/ | 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 33 - Development of Establishments for the Elderly in the Special Communities of Puerto Rico (§§ 761 — 765)›§ 762 - Pilot Project | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 33 - Development of Establishments for the Elderly in the Special Communities of Puerto Rico (§§ 761 — 765) › § 762 - Pilot Project | The Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self Management, in coordination with the Department of Housing, the Department of Health, the Department of the Family and the Office for the Affairs of the Elderly, is hereby authorized to establish a pilot project in those special communities in ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-33/763/ | 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 33 - Development of Establishments for the Elderly in the Special Communities of Puerto Rico (§§ 761 — 765)›§ 763 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 33 - Development of Establishments for the Elderly in the Special Communities of Puerto Rico (§§ 761 — 765) › § 763 - Regulations | The agencies to which this chapter refers shall prepare regulations, subject to §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, as amended, to establish the rules and operating parameters of these agencies for the development and implementation of the pilot project to which this chapter refers, w... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-33/764/ | 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 33 - Development of Establishments for the Elderly in the Special Communities of Puerto Rico (§§ 761 — 765)›§ 764 - Receipt and administration of Commonwealth, ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 33 - Development of Establishments for the Elderly in the Special Communities of Puerto Rico (§§ 761 — 765) › § 764 - Receipt and administration of Commonwealth, federal and/or private funds | The agencies indicated in this chapter, as well as the special communities organized as such as juridical entities, may receive and administer funds proceeding from legislative appropriations and from transfers, delegations, contributions and donations of any sort received from agencies, municipal governments and the G... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-33/765/ | 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 33 - Development of Establishments for the Elderly in the Special Communities of Puerto Rico (§§ 761 — 765)›§ 765 - Applicable federal regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 33 - Development of Establishments for the Elderly in the Special Communities of Puerto Rico (§§ 761 — 765) › § 765 - Applicable federal regulations | The provisions of this chapter shall be subject, whenever pertinent, to strict compliance with the applicable federal regulations promulgated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 475, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-34/781/ | 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 34 - Personal Development Programs (§§ 781 — 782)›§ 781 - Interagency Commission | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 34 - Personal Development Programs (§§ 781 — 782) › § 781 - Interagency Commission | The Personal Development Programs Interagency Commission is hereby created, constituted by the Secretary of the Department of the Family, the Secretary of the Department of Education, who may designate a fixed substitute from among their Assistant Secretaries when they are unable to attend the meetings of the Commissio... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-34/782/ | 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 34 - Personal Development Programs (§§ 781 — 782)›§ 782 - Application of the Sor Isolina Ferré Centers Methods | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 34 - Personal Development Programs (§§ 781 — 782) › § 782 - Application of the Sor Isolina Ferré Centers Methods | The Commission created by § 781 of this title shall compile the studies performed regarding the experience and effectiveness of the human development and promotion programs established by the Sor Isolina Ferré Centers, with the purpose of applying the methods of said centers to the work programs of the agencies of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-35/801/ | 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 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806)›§ 801 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806) › § 801 - Definitions | The following terms shall have the meaning as stated below:
(a) Food.— Means any edible substance, be it raw, processed, prepared or cooked; ice, drinks, or ingredients for partial or total consumption by a human being.
(b) Food with a healthy appearance.— Means any food that meets all the quality and brand requirement... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-35/802/ | 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 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806)›§ 802 - Exemption from liability | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806) › § 802 - Exemption from liability | The good faith donor shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability that may arise from the nature, packing or condition of a food with a healthy appearance or from a non-edible product with an adequate appearance, if the donation was made to a collector or nonprofit organization for it to distribute it to needy p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-35/803/ | 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 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806)›§ 803 - Collector | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806) › § 803 - Collector | A person who allows a collector, or paid or unpaid representatives of a nonprofit organization, to fetch food or non-edible products in his/her property, or in one occupied by him/her, shall not be subject to a civil or criminal action that might arise from harm or death suffered by the collector or person from the non... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-35/804/ | 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 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806)›§ 804 - Defective food | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806) › § 804 - Defective food | If part or all the donated food or non-edible products have a due expiration date, manufacturing defects, malfunctions or damages and they are used or deteriorated products, the donor shall not be subject to civil or criminal action pursuant to this section, if the collector and/or nonprofit organization receiving the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-35/805/ | 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 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806)›§ 805 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806) › § 805 - Regulations | The Secretary of Department of Health is directed to adopt regulations to safeguard the good condition of the donated products and guidelines to orient the recipients of the donations covered by this chapter so that they can distinguish, accept and donate them, or give them adequate use, in the manner and within a prud... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-35/806/ | 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 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806)›§ 806 - Disposition of donated assets through payment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 35 - Act to Protect the Good Samaritan Who Donates Food (§§ 801 — 806) › § 806 - Disposition of donated assets through payment | Any person who disposes of assets donated pursuant to this chapter, and in contravention thereof, through payment or its equivalent, will have incurred a misdemeanor punishable by a five hundred (500) dollar fine, imprisonment for six (6) months, or both penalties at the discretion of the court.
History —Aug. 6, 1993, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36/811/ | 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 36 - Service Agencies for Persons with Impediments (§§ 811 — 814)›§ 811 - Interpreters for the hearing disabled | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36 - Service Agencies for Persons with Impediments (§§ 811 — 814) › § 811 - Interpreters for the hearing disabled | (a) All government agencies shall provide an interpreter to assist persons with hearing disabilities that impede oral communication, who visit the agency. To such effects, the interpreting service shall be provided through the Central Personnel Administration Office, through the training it offers employees of the agen... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36/812/ | 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 36 - Service Agencies for Persons with Impediments (§§ 811 — 814)›§ 812 - Priority status | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36 - Service Agencies for Persons with Impediments (§§ 811 — 814) › § 812 - Priority status | (a) Except for the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, all agencies, instrumentalities and public corporations, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as the municipalities and private entities that receive public funds and offer direct services to citizens, are hereby directed to grant priority turns to th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36/813/ | 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 36 - Service Agencies for Persons with Impediments (§§ 811 — 814)›§ 813 - Express service line | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36 - Service Agencies for Persons with Impediments (§§ 811 — 814) › § 813 - Express service line | (a) Except as provided in the second paragraph of subsection (c) of this section, all agencies, instrumentalities, and public corporations, as well as the municipalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and private entities that receive public funds, that render direct services to the citizenry are hereby directed to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36/814/ | 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 36 - Service Agencies for Persons with Impediments (§§ 811 — 814)›§ 814 - Sign language and closed caption | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36 - Service Agencies for Persons with Impediments (§§ 811 — 814) › § 814 - Sign language and closed caption | (a) It is herein provided that sign language or the system known as closed captioning be used in at least one of the TV news programs broadcast from Monday to Friday, in the evening, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM by each of the local TV stations, whether shown on public or private TV stations.
(b) For the purposes of this se... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36a/831/ | 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 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837)›§ 831 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837) › § 831 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meaning expressed below:
(a) Support services.— Means those services provided to help disabled persons and their families, custodians, tutors or authorized representatives to acquire assistive technology services or equipment. Said services may consist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36a/832/ | 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 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837)›§ 832 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837) › § 832 - Creation | The Puerto Rico Assistive Technology Program, henceforth “the Program”, attached to the University of Puerto Rico, is hereby established to be the government entity that shall lend continuity to the Puerto Rico Assistive Technology Project. The Program shall attend to the needs of all persons with disabilities through ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36a/833/ | 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 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837)›§ 833 - Functions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837) › § 833 - Functions | (a) Identify and coordinate the public policy with public and private entities, the government resources and services related to the availability of assistive technology equipment and support services for those persons with disabilities, including the execution of agreements between the agencies, for the purpose of cre... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36a/834/ | 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 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837)›§ 834 - Direction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837) › § 834 - Direction | The program shall be directed by a person appointed by the President of the University and ratified by the Board of Trustees of the University of Puerto Rico, which shall furthermore fix his or her salary or remuneration according to the usual standards of the Government of Puerto Rico for positions of equal or similar... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36a/835/ | 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 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837)›§ 835 - Director-—Powers and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837) › § 835 - Director-—Powers and duties | In order to comply with the purposes of this chapter, the Director shall have the following powers and duties, among others:
(a) Establish the internal organization of the program and the systems needed for its proper operation, as well as take the delegated administrative or managerial actions necessary for the implem... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36a/836/ | 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 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837)›§ 836 - Recycling, Loans and Reuse Permanent Project | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837) › § 836 - Recycling, Loans and Reuse Permanent Project | The Director of the Program is under the obligation of establishing and coordinating the Assistive Technology Equipment Recycling, Loans and Reuse Permanent Project with other Government agencies and corporations, and in collaboration with private entities for the purpose of promoting, fostering, and facilitating the u... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36a/837/ | 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 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837)›§ 837 - Special fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36A - Assistive Technology Program (§§ 831 — 837) › § 837 - Special fund | The Puerto Rico Assistive Technology Program Special Fund is hereby created in the books of the Department of the Treasury, with no specific, to be governed pursuant to the standards and regulations that after being approved by the Secretary of the Treasury are adopted by the program, in harmony with the provisions in ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36b/851/ | 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 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859)›§ 851 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859) › § 851 - Definitions | The following words or phrases shall have the meaning provided below:
(1) Reasonable accommodation.— The adequate or reasonable adjustment, through the assistive technology, which allows or enables a person with physical, mental or sensory limitations, who is qualified for the job, to perform or carry out the tasks ass... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36b/852/ | 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 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859)›§ 852 - Liability of the manufacturer, supplier, distributor, authorized dealer or authorized less... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859) › § 852 - Liability of the manufacturer, supplier, distributor, authorized dealer or authorized lessor | Every manufacturer who sells assistive technology equipment to a consumer or purveyor, whether directly or through a supplier, distributor or authorized dealer, shall provide a written guarantee that includes the equipment as well as its complementary parts and any change or adjustment done thereto. Said express guaran... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36b/853/ | 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 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859)›§ 853 - Guarantee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859) › § 853 - Guarantee | (1) Express guarantee.— The express guarantee of assistive technology equipment shall cover any change or adjustment that is done thereto by virtue of the specific needs of a person with a disability. The manufacturer, supplier, distributor, authorized dealer, or authorized lessor, as the case may be, shall honor said ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36b/854/ | 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 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859)›§ 854 - Installation and training | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859) › § 854 - Installation and training | In order to allow the consumer to become familiarized with and make better use of the assistive technology equipment, the manufacturer, supplier, distributor, authorized dealer, or authorized lessor, as the case may be, shall provide free of charge to the consumer, directly or through an authorized professional, the in... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36b/855/ | 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 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859)›§ 855 - Powers and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859) › § 855 - Powers and duties | (1) Office of the Disabled Persons Investigative Official.— The Office of the Disabled Persons Investigative Official, hereinafter the ODPIO, shall have the obligation to:
(a) Advise the citizenry on the scope and applicability of this chapter and refer petitions and complaints filed pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Ensur... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36b/856/ | 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 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859)›§ 856 - Consumer—Rights and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859) › § 856 - Consumer—Rights and duties | The consumer and user of assistive technology equipment shall have the following rights and duties:
(1) To ensure that the manufacturer, supplier, distributor, authorized dealer, or authorized lessor guarantees that the equipment and its components, parts and systems are in working order.
(2) To file petitions or compl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36b/857/ | 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 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859)›§ 857 - Penalty | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859) › § 857 - Penalty | Any manufacturer, supplier, distributor, authorized dealer, or authorized lessor who violates the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished with a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), a term of imprisonment of thirty (30) days for the first violati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36b/858/ | 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 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859)›§ 858 - Special terms for procedures before the Department of Consumer Affairs | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859) › § 858 - Special terms for procedures before the Department of Consumer Affairs | (a) The Secretary of Consumer Affairs is hereby directed, pursuant to the Organic Act of the Department, to adopt regulations to enforce compliance with the purposes of this chapter and to set forth a procedure for the disposition of complaints submitted pursuant to same within twenty (20) workdays from the filing of s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36b/859/ | 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 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859)›§ 859 - Violation of the provisions of this chapter | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36B - Assistive Technology Equipment Guarantee (§§ 851 — 859) › § 859 - Violation of the provisions of this chapter | Violation of the provisions of this chapter shall entail a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or a term of imprisonment of six (6) months.
History —Sept. 9, 2000, No. 402, § 12. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36c/861/ | 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 36C - Good Samaritan Assistive Technology Act (§§ 861 — 865)›§ 861 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36C - Good Samaritan Assistive Technology Act (§§ 861 — 865) › § 861 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Person with physical, mental or sensory disabilities.— Shall mean any person with a motor, mental or sensory disability which hinders or limits his/her ability to engage in or perform at work or at school or his/her ability t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36c/862/ | 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 36C - Good Samaritan Assistive Technology Act (§§ 861 — 865)›§ 862 - Purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36C - Good Samaritan Assistive Technology Act (§§ 861 — 865) › § 862 - Purpose | This chapter is hereby created with the purpose of limiting the legal liability of any professional, as defined in this chapter, who in the course or as a consequence of modifying or altering assistive technology equipment might inflict damage upon a person with disabilities. Furthermore, it promotes professional parti... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36c/863/ | 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 36C - Good Samaritan Assistive Technology Act (§§ 861 — 865)›§ 863 - Professionals—Duties and responsibilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36C - Good Samaritan Assistive Technology Act (§§ 861 — 865) › § 863 - Professionals—Duties and responsibilities | (a) Modifications or alterations to assistive technology equipment shall meet the purpose of enabling a better use of the equipment, based on the needs and strengths of the user or potential user.
(b) The professional or professionals making such modifications or alterations may not charge for services rendered in alte... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36c/864/ | 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 36C - Good Samaritan Assistive Technology Act (§§ 861 — 865)›§ 864 - Person with disabilities—Duties and responsibilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36C - Good Samaritan Assistive Technology Act (§§ 861 — 865) › § 864 - Person with disabilities—Duties and responsibilities | (a) He/she shall agree to the creation, alteration or modification of the equipment, provided said procedure suits a specific need.
(b) He/she shall participate in and agree to the creation, alteration or modification of the equipment.
(c) He/she shall release the professional from any liability for damages that may ar... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36c/865/ | 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 36C - Good Samaritan Assistive Technology Act (§§ 861 — 865)›§ 865 - Other actions reserved | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36C - Good Samaritan Assistive Technology Act (§§ 861 — 865) › § 865 - Other actions reserved | The release does not exempt the professional from any kind of personal liability for negligent or intentional acts or other acts carried out in disregard of the parameters and regulations adopted by the Puerto Rico Assistive Technology Program, §§ 831–837 of this title, pursuant to its organic act or to this chapter.
H... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36d/871/ | 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 36D - Gas Service Station Online Assistance Directory for Persons with Disabilities (§§ 871 — 874)›§ 871 - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36D - Gas Service Station Online Assistance Directory for Persons with Disabilities (§§ 871 — 874) › § 871 - Public policy | It is the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to watch over the interests of our disabled citizens. The residents of the various communities of the Island have the right to be informed on the existence of gas service stations that offer assistance at [sic] when filling their automobiles with gas. Through t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36d/872/ | 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 36D - Gas Service Station Online Assistance Directory for Persons with Disabilities (§§ 871 — 874)›§ 872 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36D - Gas Service Station Online Assistance Directory for Persons with Disabilities (§§ 871 — 874) › § 872 - Definitions | The following terms shall have the meaning expressed below:
(a) Person with disabilities.— Shall mean any person who has a physical, mental or sensorial disability that substantially limits one or more essential activities of life; has a medical history or record of physical, mental or sensorial disability; or is consi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36d/873/ | 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 36D - Gas Service Station Online Assistance Directory for Persons with Disabilities (§§ 871 — 874)›§ 873 - Provisions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36D - Gas Service Station Online Assistance Directory for Persons with Disabilities (§§ 871 — 874) › § 873 - Provisions | (a) The Investigating Official is hereby empowered to take the necessary steps for the creation of the Online Directory in its webpage already established. The Online Directory shall contain the physical address and the telephone number of the participating stations, so that persons are able to contact the same beforeh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36d/874/ | 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 36D - Gas Service Station Online Assistance Directory for Persons with Disabilities (§§ 871 — 874)›§ 874 - Applicability | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36D - Gas Service Station Online Assistance Directory for Persons with Disabilities (§§ 871 — 874) › § 874 - Applicability | This chapter shall apply to all gas service stations dispatching gasoline and diesel that voluntarily agree to be part of the Online Directory, in order to provide full gas service to persons with disabilities who so request free of charge. This chapter shall also apply to persons with disabilities duly identified as s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36e/881/ | 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 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890)›§ 881 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890) › § 881 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Person with significant disabilities.— Every person over the age of twenty-one (21) who is not employable and who cannot live independently.
(b) Overseeing agency.— Means the agency in charge of seeing over the implementation... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36e/882/ | 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 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890)›§ 882 - Purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890) › § 882 - Purpose | This chapter is hereby created for the purpose of establishing the Fund of Opportunities and Access to Essential Services for Persons with Significant Disabilities between the ages of twenty-one (21) and fifty-nine (59) who are neither employable nor able to live on their own. The families or individuals who are eligib... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36e/883/ | 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 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890)›§ 883 - Eligibility | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890) › § 883 - Eligibility | For the purposes of this chapter, persons with significant disabilities between the ages of twenty-one (21) and fifty-nine (59) who are neither employable nor able to live on their own shall be eligible to receive the services provided in this chapter. The size of the family, their income and the expenses related to se... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36e/884/ | 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 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890)›§ 884 - Executive Committee—D... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890) › § 884 - Executive Committee—Designation | An Executive Committee consisting of six (6) members is hereby constituted. The members’ positions shall be permanent. The Executive Committee shall be constituted by: one (1) representative appointed by the Administrator of the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration; one (1) representative appointed by the Secretary... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36e/885/ | 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 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890)›§ 885 - Executive Committee—D... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890) › § 885 - Executive Committee—Duties and responsibilities | The Executive Committee shall create procedures for its internal operation and works.
The Executive Committee shall establish the parameters, concepts and regulations for the operation of the program which shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas: definition of services, eligibility criteria and requir... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36e/886/ | 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 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890)›§ 886 - Benefits | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890) › § 886 - Benefits | Eligible participants shall receive a voucher to pay for services for persons with disabilities, based on the needs of the individual and his/her family. Cases shall be evaluated individually, and the services for which the voucher should be used shall be selected in coordination with the family. Vouchers shall be issu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36e/887/ | 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 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890)›§ 887 - [Demonstration] Proje... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890) › § 887 - [Demonstration] Project | The Executive Committee, directed by the Institute on Developmental Deficiencies, shall design a [Demonstration] Project for rendering the services as provided in this chapter. The same shall be established in the area or areas in which, in the judgment of the members of the Committee, the conditions for the developmen... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36e/888/ | 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 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890)›§ 888 - Duties and responsibi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890) › § 888 - Duties and responsibilities of persons with disabilities who receive fu... | The duties and responsibilities of the beneficiaries of the services pursuant to this chapter shall be consigned in the regulations that the Executive Committee may develop and that the Overseeing Agency may promulgate to such effects.
History —Aug. 6, 2008, No. 176, § 8, eff. July 1, 2009. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36e/889/ | 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 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890)›§ 889 - Evaluation of the ser... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890) › § 889 - Evaluation of the services | Services offered and provided pursuant to this chapter shall be evaluated by consumers and the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall establish the parameters for the design of guidelines for the evaluation of services by consumers. Services shall be evaluated after a year these services have been rendered.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-36e/890/ | 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 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890)›§ 890 - Evaluation of the ini... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 36E - Puerto Rico Act for Access to Essential Services for Persons Over the Age of 21 with Significant Disabilities (§§ 881 — 890) › § 890 - Evaluation of the initial project | For the purposes of assessing the effectiveness of the initial project so as to allow for the inclusion of any budgetary request in addition to the funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter, such request shall enclose a full evaluation of the services offered and the communities served. The evaluation shall include t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Shelter.— Day or night centers which provide the homeless with a place to stay the night, eat and keep up personal hygiene daily. It includes various modalities, such as emergency shelters, nontraditional safe havens, transit... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006a/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006a - Statement of purpose—Grounds for public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006a - Statement of purpose—Grounds for public policy | The Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is aware of the fact that the issue of homelessness is one of the most serious and complex situations encountered by our society. In developing the public policy to be established on this matter, whether short-termed or immediate, emphasis should be given to attending t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006b/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006b - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006b - Public policy | The Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico recognizes the need to propitiate, promote, plan and implement the development of services and facilities to address the needs of these persons, in order to enable their participation in the Puerto Rican community and allow them to continue and/or maintain a social and ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006c/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006c - Declaration of the rights of the homeless | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006c - Declaration of the rights of the homeless | The Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico recognizes that homeless persons are an integral part of our society, for which reason they are protected by certain inalienable rights which guarantee their integrated development, as any other citizen and resident of Puerto Rico.
The services guaranteed through the fo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006c-1/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006c-1 - Medical emergency | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006c-1 - Medical emergency | The person who holds office as the Medical Director of any municipality of the Island, or the corresponding mayor, in coordination with a physician authorized to practice medicine in Puerto Rico, is hereby empowered to act in emergency situations and after the person affected gives his/her consent, to provide assistanc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006d/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006d - Council—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006d - Council—Creation | The Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council is hereby created for the purpose of implementing and developing the public policy regarding homeless persons. The Council, together with the municipalities of Puerto Rico through the Municipal Liaison Official for Interagency Homeless Assistance, shall be responsibl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006e/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006e - Council—Responsibilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006e - Council—Responsibilities | The Council shall be constituted within a term of sixty (60) days after the date of approval of this act and shall continue the proceedings of the Commission repealed herein. The Council shall have the following responsibilities and powers:
(a) To coordinate the implementation and establishment of interagency assistanc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006f/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006f - The Homeless Population Program and Service Liaison and Coordination—Function... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006f - The Homeless Population Program and Service Liaison and Coordination—Functions | The Homeless Population Program and Service Liaison and Coordination Office (the Office) shall be responsible for discharging the following functions for the general operation of the Council:
(a) To coordinate the meetings of the Council and its work committees.
(b) To prepare and keep the official documents of the Cou... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006f-1/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006f-1 - The Homeless Population Program and Service Liaison and Coordination—Execut... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006f-1 - The Homeless Population Program and Service Liaison and Coordination—Executive Director; functions | The Executive Director of the Homeless Population Program and Service Liaison and Coordination Office shall have the following duties:
(a) To have all the powers and duties as assigned by the Council.
(b) To be responsible for the implementation of the public policy and the general supervision of the operational phases... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006f-2/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006f-2 - Municipal Liaison Official for Interagency Homeless Assistance—Duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006f-2 - Municipal Liaison Official for Interagency Homeless Assistance—Duties | (a) To coordinate with the Council the services to be provided to the homeless in the municipality.
(b) To implement and diffuse the public policy set forth in this chapter in the assigned municipality.
(c) To devise a work plan taking into account preventive aspects.
(d) To attend the trainings offered by the Council.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006g/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006g - Strategic plans to have accessible and proper housing available for the homel... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006g - Strategic plans to have accessible and proper housing available for the homeless | The Council and the Municipal Liaison Official for Interagency Homeless Assistance shall integrate the plans existing in Puerto Rico into a single document and facilitate the implementation thereof, emphasizing in the following areas, but not limited to the following areas:
(a) Prevention.—
(1) Designing and carrying o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37a/1006h/ | 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 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h)›§ 1006h - Conflicts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37A - Multi-Sector Homeless Population Support Council (§§ 1006 — 1006h) › § 1006h - Conflicts | Any provision inconsistent with this chapter shall be amended by the same.
History —Sept. 27, 2007, No. 130, added as § 15 on Dec. 10, 2010, No. 191, § 12; renumbered as § 16 on Feb. 18, 2011, No. 8, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37b/1007/ | 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 37B - Act for the Rendering of Services to Homeless Persons (§§ 1007 — 1010)›§ 1007 - Obligation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37B - Act for the Rendering of Services to Homeless Persons (§§ 1007 — 1010) › § 1007 - Obligation | (a) Every department, agency, public corporation and instrumentality of the Government of Puerto Rico that renders services, relates to or intervenes with homeless persons shall be under the obligation to develop a service protocol for the homeless. The service protocol shall be developed in harmony with the organic ac... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37b/1008/ | 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 37B - Act for the Rendering of Services to Homeless Persons (§§ 1007 — 1010)›§ 1008 - Ad Hoc Committee; review and approval of protocols | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37B - Act for the Rendering of Services to Homeless Persons (§§ 1007 — 1010) › § 1008 - Ad Hoc Committee; review and approval of protocols | (a) Commission for the Implementation of the Public Policy on Homeless Persons of the Department of the Family and the Civil Rights Commission shall be responsible for the creation of an Ad Hoc Committee constituted by seven (7) members distributed as follows: one (1) member representing the Commission for the Implemen... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37b/1009/ | 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 37B - Act for the Rendering of Services to Homeless Persons (§§ 1007 — 1010)›§ 1009 - Notification, training; publication | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37B - Act for the Rendering of Services to Homeless Persons (§§ 1007 — 1010) › § 1009 - Notification, training; publication | (a) Once the services protocol has been approved by the Ad Hoc Committee, every department, agency, public corporation and instrumentality of the Government of Puerto Rico shall be responsible for notifying all officers of its existence. It shall be the responsibility of every agency and instrumentality of the Governme... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-37b/1010/ | 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 37B - Act for the Rendering of Services to Homeless Persons (§§ 1007 — 1010)›§ 1010 - Ethical fault | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 37B - Act for the Rendering of Services to Homeless Persons (§§ 1007 — 1010) › § 1010 - Ethical fault | Every officer or public servant who fails to observe any of the provisions of this chapter shall incur an ethical fault in accordance to the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of § 1822 of Title 3, known as the “Government Ethics Act”, and shall be punished pursuant to the same.
History —Dec. 14, 2007, No. 199, § 9. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-38/1011/ | 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 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018)›§ 1011 - Purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018) › § 1011 - Purpose | (a) Generally.— The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its agencies, and instrumentalities to operate programs designed for:
(1) The administration and rendering of social and economic services by means of the establishment of contracts with community charity, rel... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-38/1012/ | 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 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018)›§ 1012 - Community, charity, and religion-based organizations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018) › § 1012 - Community, charity, and religion-based organizations | The purpose of this chapter is to allow the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to establish contracts with community, charity, and religion-based organizations, and to allow such organizations to receive certificates or other forms of disbursements under any program described in § 1011(b) of this title under... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-38/1013/ | 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 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018)›§ 1013 - Nondiscrimination policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018) › § 1013 - Nondiscrimination policy | If the Government, its agencies, or its instrumentalities exert their authority under § 1011 of this title, the religious organizations are eligible under the same basis as any other private organization as contractors to provide assistance, or to accept certificates, or any other form of disbursement, under the progra... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-38/1014/ | 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 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018)›§ 1014 - Religious nature and freedom | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018) › § 1014 - Religious nature and freedom | (1) Religious organizations.— A community, charity, or religion-based organization having a contract with the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its agencies, or its instrumentalities shall maintain its freedom from the Government, including its control over the definition, development, practice, and expres... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-38/1015/ | 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 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018)›§ 1015 - Rights of assistance beneficiaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018) › § 1015 - Rights of assistance beneficiaries | (1) In general.— If a benefits recipient pursuant to this chapter has any objection regarding the nature of the community, charity, or religious-based organization from which it receives or may receive assistance, the Government shall provide said individual, if eligible for such assistance, within a reasonable term af... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-38/1016/ | 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 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018)›§ 1016 - Nondiscrimination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018) › § 1016 - Nondiscrimination | A community, charity, or religion-based organization participating in any program under this chapter shall not discriminate against any individual, shall not cease to render services and to provide assistance under any of the programs described herein on the basis of his/her religion, religious beliefs, or because same... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-38/1017/ | 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 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018)›§ 1017 - Fiscal responsibility | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018) › § 1017 - Fiscal responsibility | (1) Generally.— Any community, charity, or religion-based organization contracted to provide assistance under any of the programs described in § 1011(b)(1) of this title shall be subject to the same regulations that apply to private entities that establish contracts with the Government to be accountable for the use of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-38/1018/ | 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 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018)›§ 1018 - Limitation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 38 - Contracts with Government for Social Assistance (§§ 1011 — 1018) › § 1018 - Limitation | The funds received by organizations for the promotion of their services pursuant to this chapter shall not be used for activities geared toward the advancement of a certain religion or credo, nor for sectarian religious instruction or [proselytizing] activities.
Any entity that receives funds or resources pursuant to t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-39/1025/ | 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 39 - Volunteerism (§§ 1025 — 1037)›§ 1025 - Concept of volunteerism | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 39 - Volunteerism (§§ 1025 — 1037) › § 1025 - Concept of volunteerism | (a) For the purposes of this chapter, volunteerism is understood to be the recruiting of citizens freely and voluntarily to participate in social interest or community activities, with no obligation other than mere civic duty and no remuneration whatsoever, provided said participation exists within the scope of public ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-39/1026/ | 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 39 - Volunteerism (§§ 1025 — 1037)›§ 1026 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 39 - Volunteerism (§§ 1025 — 1037) › § 1026 - Definitions | (a) Social interest or community activities.— Service, assistance, cultural and educational activities, those that are community-based, community development, for the promotion of causes and any others of similar nature.
(b) Health facilities.— Establishments that are certified and authorized to operate as such by the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-39/1027/ | 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 39 - Volunteerism (§§ 1025 — 1037)›§ 1027 - Scope of application | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 39 - Volunteerism (§§ 1025 — 1037) › § 1027 - Scope of application | This chapter shall be applied to volunteers who render services without compensation within the scope of projects or formal and specific programs directed in whole or in part to addressing social and community interests, as described in § 1026 of this title, developed by the following types of organizations:
(a) Nonpro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-39/1028/ | 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 39 - Volunteerism (§§ 1025 — 1037)›§ 1028 - Volunteerism in public service | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 39 - Volunteerism (§§ 1025 — 1037) › § 1028 - Volunteerism in public service | The municipalities, agencies, departments, and instrumentalities of the Government of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized to establish volunteer programs pursuant to the concept of volunteerism defined in § 1025 of this title.
Also, the Presiding Officers of both Legislative Houses are hereby directed to establish volunt... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-39/1029/ | 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 39 - Volunteerism (§§ 1025 — 1037)›§ 1029 - Inapplicability of labor laws | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 39 - Volunteerism (§§ 1025 — 1037) › § 1029 - Inapplicability of labor laws | The labor laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, except as set forth in this chapter, shall not be applicable to volunteers because they are not employees.
History —Sept. 8, 2004, No. 261, § 7, eff. 90 days after Sept. 8, 2004. |
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