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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-3/chapter-317/4174/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196)›Chapter 317 - Act Prohibiting the Sale in Puerto Rico of Gasoline Containing Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether as a Duel Additive (§§ 4171 — 417... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 317 - Act Prohibiting the Sale in Puerto Rico of Gasoline Containing Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether as a Duel Additive (§§ 4171 — 4175) › § 4174 - Creation of the Special Fund | The income derived from the fines imposed by DACO pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in a Special Fund to be created in the books of the Department of the Treasury. This Fund shall be used by DACO to comply with the purposes of this chapter.
History —Jan. 11, 2012, No. 16, § 5, eff. 90 days after Jan. 11, 2012... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-3/chapter-317/4175/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196)›Chapter 317 - Act Prohibiting the Sale in Puerto Rico of Gasoline Containing Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether as a Duel Additive (§§ 4171 — 417... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 317 - Act Prohibiting the Sale in Puerto Rico of Gasoline Containing Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether as a Duel Additive (§§ 4171 — 4175) › § 4175 - Rulemaking authority | DACO shall promulgate regulations as are necessary, if any, to achieve the purposes of this chapter within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this act.
History —Jan. 11, 2012, No. 16, § 6, eff. 90 days after Jan. 11, 2012. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-3/chapter-319/4191/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196)›Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196)›§ 4191 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196) › § 4191 - Definitions | For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Bank.— Means a commercial bank organized and authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under §§ 1 et seq. of Title 7, better known as the “Banking Law”.
(b) Maintenance fees.— Means the costs charged by the com... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-3/chapter-319/4192/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196)›Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196)›§ 4192 - Expiration date | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196) › § 4192 - Expiration date | Gift cards may have an expiration date limiting the use of funds, which shall not be less than five (5) years as of the date of issue. This expiration date shall be clearly stated in the card in order to be valid. Otherwise, it shall be understood that the card has no expiration date.
History —Mar. 19, 2015, No. 31, § ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-3/chapter-319/4193/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196)›Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196)›§ 4193 - Charges; prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196) › § 4193 - Charges; prohibition | No gift card initial issue or activation fee, inactivity fee or maintenance fee with respect to a gift card shall be charged.
History —Mar. 19, 2015, No. 31, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-3/chapter-319/4194/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196)›Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196)›§ 4194 - Cash balance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196) › § 4194 - Cash balance | When the balance of a gift card is less than five dollars ($5.00), the cardholder shall be entitled to redeem it for cash. The business for which the gift card was issued shall have the exclusive obligation to issue the reimbursement.
History —Mar. 19, 2015, No. 31, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-3/chapter-319/4195/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196)›Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196)›§ 4195 - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196) › § 4195 - Rulemaking authority | The Department of Consumer Affairs shall be entrusted with overseeing faithful compliance with this chapter and shall promulgate regulations to such purposes within a term of ninety (90) days after the approval of this act. This regulation shall include the penalties to be imposed on the issuer or business that fails t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-3/chapter-319/4196/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196)›Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196)›§ 4196 - Exclusions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 3 - Business Regulations Generally (§§ 2001-2016 — 4196) › Chapter 319 - Gift Card Act (§§ 4191 — 4196) › § 4196 - Exclusions | The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to certificates issued in paper form, prepaid telecommunications cards, open loop gift cards, rechargeable cards, and card that are not marketed or identified as gift cards, cards issued as an award or promotional program, which do not require a disbursement of money in ex... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 1 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 1 - Short title | This chapter shall be known as “Compensation System for Work-Related Accidents Act”.
History —Apr. 18, 1935, No. 45, p. 250, § 1; Oct. 29, 1992, No. 83, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/1a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 1a - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 1a - Public policy | The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in Article II, § 16 of its Bill of Rights, acknowledges the right of every employee to protection against risks to his/her health in his/her work or employment. It may be construed that this right provides the inclusion of a social security system for the employee for... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/1b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 1b - State Insurance Fund Corporation—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 1b - State Insurance Fund Corporation—Creation | A corporation, as an instrumentality of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is hereby created in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, to act, by authority of the same, under the name of “State Insurance Fund Corporation”.
History —Apr. 18, 1935, No. 45, p. 250, added as § 1B on Oct. 29, 1992,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/1b-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 1b-1 - State Insurance Fund Corporation—Authority and general powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 1b-1 - State Insurance Fund Corporation—Authority and general powers | The corporate powers shall be exercised by a Board of Directors hereby created that shall be responsible for insuring that the provisions of this chapter are enforced.
The Corporation shall have all the necessary or convenient powers to carry out and accomplish the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, wi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/1b-2/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 1b-2 - State Insurance Fund Corporation—Board of Directors | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 1b-2 - State Insurance Fund Corporation—Board of Directors | (a) Appointment and composition of the Board.— The Governing Board shall be composed of seven (7) members, of which three (3) shall be ex officio members; one (1) shall be a doctor of medicine; one (1) shall be a lawyer with at least seven (7) years of experience practicing the profession in Puerto Rico; one (1) shall ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/1b-3/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 1b-3 - State Insurance Fund Corporation—Authority and obligations of the Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 1b-3 - State Insurance Fund Corporation—Authority and obligations of the Board | The Board shall have the authority and the obligation to do the following:
(a) Appoint an Executive Secretary.
(b) Appoint an Administrator who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, who shall have those duties and functions assigned to him/her by the Board of Directors, according to the powers confer... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/1b-4/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 1b-4 - State Insurance Fund Corporation—Duties and functions of the Administrator | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 1b-4 - State Insurance Fund Corporation—Duties and functions of the Administrator | In addition to the duties assigned to the Administrator by the Board of Directors in accordance with the powers conferred by it, the Administrator shall carry out the following duties and functions:
(a) Take any administrative and managerial actions that may be necessary and convenient for the implementation of this ch... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/1c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 1c - Medical-Industrial Council—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 1c - Medical-Industrial Council—Creation | (a) The Medical-Industrial Council is hereby created, consisting of seven (7) members, four (4) of which shall be doctors in medical sciences, of which one shall have experience in occupational medicine. These first four (4) members, whose professional training enables them to evaluate the medical services offered by t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/2/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 2 - Workers and employees covered in this chapter | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 2 - Workers and employees covered in this chapter | The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all workers and employees working for their employers to whom the following paragraph refers, who suffer injuries, are disabled or lose their lives by reason of accidents caused by any act or function inherent to their work or employment, when such accidents happen in the c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/2-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 2-1 - Workers’ insurance policy for truck drivers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 2-1 - Workers’ insurance policy for truck drivers | The State Insurance Fund Corporation is hereby authorized to issue a worker’s insurance policy on behalf of that natural person who is a truck driver authorized by the Public Service Commission to engage in offering or rendering freight transportation service to the general public or private person for pay on the publi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/2-2/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 2-2 - Claim for accident or occupational disease by the truck driver | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 2-2 - Claim for accident or occupational disease by the truck driver | When any truck driver who has availed himself of the worker’s insurance policy suffers an injury or work related disease, he/she shall file the claim for his case in the term provided by law, using the form provided by the State Insurance Fund Corporation. In it shall be included the detailed circumstances of how the a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/2-3/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 2-3 - Administrative penalty for undue filing and claims | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 2-3 - Administrative penalty for undue filing and claims | Any truck driver who avails him/herself of the benefits of this chapter without having suffered an injury or condition derived from his/her work shall be bound to reimburse the expenses incurred by the State Insurance Fund Corporation.
History —Apr. 18, 1935, No. 45, p. 250, added as § 2C on Sept. 8, 2004, No. 263, § 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/2a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 2a - Benefits for employers performing manual labor | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 2a - Benefits for employers performing manual labor | The Manager of the State Insurance Fund shall extend, subject to such regulations as he may promulgate for such purpose, and by request of the interested party, the medical and hospital benefits provided by this chapter to persons appearing as employers under the State Insurance Fund who, as owners, sharecroppers or le... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/2b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 2b - Benefits for employers performing manual labor—Affidavit as to injuries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 2b - Benefits for employers performing manual labor—Affidavit as to injuries | Whenever a person covered by the provisions of § 2a of this title may sustain an injury while at work, he shall make an affidavit setting forth in detail the circumstances surrounding his alleged accident, as well as the name of the eyewitnesses thereof. If the injury is of such a nature as not to permit the employer t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/3/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 3 - Workers’ and employees’ rights | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 3 - Workers’ and employees’ rights | Any worker or employee who is injured or suffers [an] occupational disease within the conditions of this chapter as established in § 2 of this title thereof shall be entitled to:
(a) Medical assistance.— To medical attendance and such medicine as may be prescribed, including hospital services when necessary; but when, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/4/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 4 - Diseases of respiratory system | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 4 - Diseases of respiratory system | In addition to the occupational diseases set forth in § 3 of this title, there shall be considered as such, for compensation purposes, any disease of the respiratory system of a tuberculous origin acquired in the course of work and as a consequence thereof by a person exposed to contact in the course of his daily work ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/4a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 4a - Additional compensation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 4a - Additional compensation | In those cases that the injury, occupational disease or death which entitles the worker, employee, or their beneficiaries to compensation pursuant to this chapter, have been caused as a result of violations to §§ 361—361aa of Title 29, or of the rules and regulations approved by virtue thereof, duly notified and not co... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/5/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 5 - Excepted cases of accidents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 5 - Excepted cases of accidents | Accidents occurring under the following circumstances are not compensable labor accidents, and, therefore, shall not entitle a workman or employee, or his heirs, to compensation under this chapter:
(1) When the workman or employee attempts to commit a crime or to injure his employer or any other person, or when he wilf... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/6/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 6 - Medical examination and treatment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 6 - Medical examination and treatment | During the period of disability, the workman or employee who is injured or sick under the circumstances covered by this chapter shall submit to treatment and examination, at reasonable times and places, by a competent physician designated by the Manager; Provided, That if the Manager does not provide the workman or emp... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/7/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 7 - Reinstatement following disability | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 7 - Reinstatement following disability | In the cases of working disability according to the provisions of this chapter, the employer shall be under the obligation to reserve the job filled by the laborer or employee at the time the accident occurred, and to reinstate him/her therein, subject to the following conditions:
(1) That the laborer or employee deman... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/8/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 8 - Organization of Workers’ Compensation Services; Administrator of the State Insurance Fund; Ind... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 8 - Organization of Workers’ Compensation Services; Administrator of the State Insurance Fund; Industrial Commission | I. Services organizations.— The following entities shall be in charge of rendering compensation services to workers and employees:
(a) The Office of the Administrator of the State Insurance Fund, which is hereby created, shall be in charge of the following duties and functions:
The Administrator shall establish the adm... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/9/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 9 - Delay in deciding cases | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 9 - Delay in deciding cases | In case the Manager of the State Fund delays for more than one month, without justified cause, the decision of a complete case submitted for its consideration, the workman or the employer, who are necessary parties to said case, or any interested party may complain to the Industrial Commission compelling the Manager to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/10/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 10 - Depositions and rogatory letters | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 10 - Depositions and rogatory letters | Upon written request of the Manager of the State Fund or of the Industrial Commission or of any commissioner thereof, together with interrogatories and cross-interrogatories, if any, filed with the secretary of any part of the First Instance or District Court, or of any justice of the peace, the pertinent judge shall i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/11/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 11 - Appeal from the Administrator’s decision | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 11 - Appeal from the Administrator’s decision | If the worker, or employee, or his/her beneficiaries are not satisfied with the decision rendered by the Administrator of the State Insurance Fund Corporation in their case, he/she may appeal before the Industrial Commission within a term of thirty (30) days after a copy of the decision of the Administrator has been se... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/13/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 13 - Proceedings for tutorship and declaration of heirs | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 13 - Proceedings for tutorship and declaration of heirs | The Industrial Commission may take cognizance of the proceedings for tutorship in the case of minors and mentally disabled adults covered by this chapter, exclusively as regards payment of the compensations awarded by the Manager.
In cases where it may be necessary to determine the heirs of a deceased workman or employ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/14/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 14 - Record and report of all accidents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 14 - Record and report of all accidents | Every employer shall keep a record of all injuries whether serious or slight, suffered by his/her workers or employees in the course of their employment or of such diseases as are covered under the chapter. Within five days after an accident occurs, the employer shall file a written report with the Administrator of the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/15/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 15 - Hospital records as admissible evidence | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 15 - Hospital records as admissible evidence | Copies of hospital records kept in accordance with law and certified by the persons in custody thereof to be true and complete, shall be admissible as evidence in proceedings before the Manager, the Supreme Court, the Industrial Commission, or any commissioner.
History —Apr. 18, 1935, No. 45, p. 250, § 14, renumbered a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/16/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 16 - Uninsured employers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 16 - Uninsured employers | In case of an accident to a workman or employee while working for an employer who, in violation of law, is not insured, the Manager of the State Insurance Fund shall determine the proper compensation plus the expenses in the case, and shall collect from the employer, to be covered into the Uninsured-Employer Cases Fund... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/17/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 17 - Accidents not included | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 17 - Accidents not included | In all cases of disease, injury, or death occurring to workmen or employees not subject to the provisions of this chapter, the liability of said employer is and shall be the same as if this chapter did not exist, regardless of any action which the prejudiced workman or employee may have in accordance with the provision... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/18/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 18 - Penalty for failure to insure | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 18 - Penalty for failure to insure | Failure to insure the payment of the compensation as provided in § 19 of this title, shall constitute a misdemeanor to be sanctioned with a term of imprisonment of not more than six (6) months or with a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or with both penalties at the discretion of the court. In case ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/19/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 19 - Compulsory insurance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 19 - Compulsory insurance | Every employer included in the provisions of this chapter shall be bound to insure his/her workers or employees in the State Insurance Fund concerning the compensation they may receive for injuries, illness or death, and shall post a clearly legible written or/and printed notice in a conspicuous place announcing the fa... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/20/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 20 - Employer to report all wages | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 20 - Employer to report all wages | Every insured employer shall, on reporting his annual payrolls, include in said payrolls the wages paid to all the workmen and employees working for or employed by him, whether by the job or under some person with whom the employer contracted for the job, or under a contractor or independent subcontractor employed or c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/21/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 21 - Exclusiveness of remedy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 21 - Exclusiveness of remedy | When an employer insures his workmen or employees in accordance with this chapter, the right herein established to obtain compensation shall be the only remedy against the employer, even in those cases where maximum compensations and benefits have been granted in accordance thereof; but in case of accident to, or disea... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/22/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 22 - Assignment of insurance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 22 - Assignment of insurance | If any employer, whether an individual, a firm, a partnership, an association, or a corporation, transfers the business during the period for which such employer is insured, to another employer, whether an individual, a firm, a partnership, an association, or a corporation, the Manager of the State Fund may, by means o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/23/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 23 - Agreement between employers and workers, prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 23 - Agreement between employers and workers, prohibited | No agreement made by an employee or a worker to pay any portion of the premiums paid by his/her employer shall be valid; and any employer who, for such a purpose makes a deduction from the wages or salary of any employee or worker entitled to the benefits of this chapter, or who obtains from the employee or worker a re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/24/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 24 - Schedule of classifications and premium rates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 24 - Schedule of classifications and premium rates | Before June 1 of each year it shall be the duty of the Manager of the State Insurance Fund, in the exercise of the power and discretion hereby conferred upon him, to prepare a schedule of classifications according to the occupations or industries to which this chapter refers. He shall also fix for each class of occupat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/25/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 25 - Review of rates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 25 - Review of rates | The decisions of the Manager, fixing and regulating the premium rates for each group of occupations or industries, and the rate classifications to govern each group or industry in particular, or any order increasing the premium rate for a certain employer, as provided in the preceding section, may be reviewed by the In... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/26/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 26 - Insurance policies and taxation and collection of premiums | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 26 - Insurance policies and taxation and collection of premiums | Under no circumstances shall a policy be issued to cover only a part of the operations of an employer and leaving other activities uninsured. All of the operations of the employer shall be covered by one single policy; Provided, That in case the employer, at the time of executing the policy, or of extending it, or of r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/27/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 27 - Adjustment of premiums | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 27 - Adjustment of premiums | At the end of each fiscal year, the Manager shall compare the payroll of each employer paying premiums in accordance with this chapter for such fiscal year, with the payroll of the preceding fiscal year on the basis of which the premiums were assessed, levied and collected; and if the payroll for the year during which ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/28/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 28 - Annual statement of number of employees of the employer | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 28 - Annual statement of number of employees of the employer | It shall be the duty of every employer to file with the Administrator, not later than July 20 of each year, a statement showing the number of workers employed by said employer, the type of occupation or trade of said workers, and the total amount of wages paid to said workers for said trades during the preceding fiscal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/28a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 28a - Exemption as to technical personnel protected by laws of other jurisdictions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 28a - Exemption as to technical personnel protected by laws of other jurisdictions | The Manager of the State Insurance Fund is hereby empowered to exempt any employer from the payment of premiums on the salaries of the technical personnel he may employ, for a period which shall not exceed two (2) years, if there be satisfactory evidence that such employees are, and shall continue to be, protected agai... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/29/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 29 - Register of workers and employees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 29 - Register of workers and employees | It shall be the duty of any employer entitled to the benefits of this chapter to keep a complete register showing the name of all such workers or employees, their age, gender, the nature of the work they perform and the wages paid to each. Should any employer fail to meet these requirements, he/she shall incur a misdem... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/30/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 30 - Public policy on investments | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 30 - Public policy on investments | The Board shall adopt, within ninety (90) days following the date of its creation, the norms, criteria and procedures for the investment of the resources of the Corporation. For the adoption of such norms, criteria and procedures, the Board shall take into consideration the fiduciary nature of the functions of the Corp... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/30a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 30a - Types of authorized investments | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 30a - Types of authorized investments | The Corporation shall keep invested all available resources not required for its current operation and may invest in the following securities:
(a) Flat yield securities.—
(1) Money market instruments (short term).—
(A) Money market instruments issued by the Government of the United States, its agencies and instrumental... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/30b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 30b - Restrictions and miscellaneous authorizations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 30b - Restrictions and miscellaneous authorizations | (a) Investments in foreign countries shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the total resources of the Corporation.
(b) For the purpose of making the investments authorized in this chapter, the Board shall contract any specialized professional services that may be necessary, including those of consultants and money mana... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/30c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 30c - Authorization to incur debt | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 30c - Authorization to incur debt | The Board may authorize the Administrator to take out loans from any financial institution of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the federal government of the United States of America, or through direct debt placements, solely to carry out the goals and purposes of the Corporation, guaranteeing such a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/30d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 30d - Depository | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 30d - Depository | All obligations of the Government of the United States or its states or subdivisions, or any other investments originated within the limits of the United States and Puerto Rico owned by the Corporation shall be placed under the custody of a special depository who provides the proper security and who is within the limit... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/31/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 31 - Revision of premiums and rebates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 31 - Revision of premiums and rebates | Not later than July 1 of each year, the Manager of the State Fund, giving consideration to the experience obtained in the administration of the law, shall principally revise the rates in force so as to make an equitable distribution of the losses among occupations and industries, and so that rebates in premiums shall a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/32/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 32 - Third party liability; subrogation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 32 - Third party liability; subrogation | In case where the injury, the professional disease, or the death entitling the workman or employee or his beneficiaries to compensation in accordance with this chapter has been caused under circumstances making a third party responsible for such injury, disease, or death, the injured workman or employee or his benefici... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/33/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 33 - Cession of rights, prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 33 - Cession of rights, prohibited | The rights and actions arising from this chapter cannot be negotiated, transferred, or assigned; nor shall they be the object of attachment or claims of third persons, and no judge shall authorize any order for such purposes.
Notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph, the Manager of the State Insurance F... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/34/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 34 - Fines, and penalties, interest and surcharges covered into State Insurance Fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 34 - Fines, and penalties, interest and surcharges covered into State Insurance Fund | All fines collected on account of the infractions of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be covered into the accounts of the State Insurance Fund Corporation.
Likewise, said corporation is hereby empowered to impose interest, penalties and surcharges to those employers who fail to comply with the processes invo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/35/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 35 - Pending litigation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 35 - Pending litigation | The provisions of this chapter shall in no way affect pending litigations or claims relative to workmen’s compensation under previous laws. The procedure followed in such litigations or claims, until their termination, shall be in accordance with the laws in force on the date of the accident, and the workmen shall be e... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/36/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 36 - Attorneys or agents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 36 - Attorneys or agents | For the prosecution, liquidation, or decision of their cases before the Manager of the State Fund or before the Industrial Commission, workmen or employees do not require the services of attorneys, but if they decide to obtain the services of one for the better direction and defense of their cases, the Industrial Commi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/37/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 37 - Industrial Commission and fund employees’ non-interest in claims | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 37 - Industrial Commission and fund employees’ non-interest in claims | No member of the Industrial Commission nor any officer, employee, or agent in the service of the Industrial Commission or of the Manager of the State Fund shall represent any person or be in any way interested in any action, claim, or matter within the competency of the Manager of the State Fund or of the Industrial Co... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/38/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 38 - Information shall be confidential; closing cases | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 38 - Information shall be confidential; closing cases | Information acquired by virtue of the provisions of this chapter by the Industrial Commission, by the Manager of the State Insurance Fund, or by any officer or employee to whom the performance of some duty under this chapter has been entrusted, shall be considered as of a private nature when so resolved by the Industri... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/39/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 39 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 39 - Definitions | Special equipment.— Shall be understood to mean orthopedic supports, crutches, walkers, canes, wheelchairs, position beds and any other equipment that facilitates the functioning of the totally and permanently disabled employee so that he/she can tend to his/her daily needs.
Administrator or Insurer.— Wherever this cha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/40/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 40 - Advance appropriation by Government | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 40 - Advance appropriation by Government | The sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or such part thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Treasury of Puerto Rico not otherwise appropriated, in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter; and such sum, together with all other sums collected for premiums from th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/41/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 41 - Savings provision covering Industrial Commission | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 41 - Savings provision covering Industrial Commission | Nothing herein prescribed shall be construed as restricting the powers of the Industrial Commission hereby created, as successor to, and liquidator of, the extinguished Industrial Commission, to continue the liquidation of the actions and claims as well as the obligations of the extinguished Liquidating Board of the Wo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-1/42/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42)›§ 42 - Expert assistance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 1 - Workmen’s Accident Compensation (§§ 1 — 42) › § 42 - Expert assistance | The Manager of the State Insurance Fund is hereby authorized to utilize, chargeable to the budgetary authorizations, the services of actuaries of recognized ability to advise him in the revision and fixing of premium rates and in the general operation of the workmen’s compensation system; and likewise to use the servic... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-2/60/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65)›§ 60 - Commission intervention on behalf of workers injured in the United States | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65) › § 60 - Commission intervention on behalf of workers injured in the United States | The Industrial Commission is hereby authorized to intervene in the cases of migrant Puerto Rican workers who have sustained or may sustain labor accidents in any state or territory of the United States when the injured laborers, upon their return to the Commonwealth, or their dependents if they have died, are unable to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-2/60a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65)›§ 60a - Commission intervention on behalf of workers injured in the United States—Duties on behalf o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65) › § 60a - Commission intervention on behalf of workers injured in the United States—Duties on behalf of workers injured in the United States | The intervention of the Industrial Commission in the cases to which § 60 of this title refers shall be limited to perform such acts as are requested of or entrusted to it by the workmen’s compensation commissions or boards having jurisdiction over said cases including those relative to obtaining evidence through medica... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-2/61/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65)›§ 61 - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Medical and hospital benefits for migra... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65) › § 61 - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Medical and hospital benefits for migrant workers | The Manager of the State Insurance Fund is hereby authorized to extend the medical and hospital benefits provided by the Workmen’s Accident Compensation Act, §§ 1—42 of this title, until their rehabilitation, to migrant workers under contract of hire approved by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, when in need ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-2/61a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65)›§ 61a - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Appeals to Industrial Commission | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65) › § 61a - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Appeals to Industrial Commission | The workman shall be entitled to appeal to the Industrial Commission of Puerto Rico from any decision made in his case under this chapter by the Manager of the State Insurance Fund with which he does not agree. Said appeal shall be filed within the term of thirty (30) days after service of notice on the workman with a ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-2/62/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65)›§ 62 - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Duties of Manager of State Insurance Fu... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65) › § 62 - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Duties of Manager of State Insurance Fund | The services referred to in § 61 of this title shall be rendered by the Manager of the State Insurance Fund, at the behest of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources or of the person by him designated.
History —June 23, 1958, No. 77, p. 173, § 2, eff. July 1, 1958. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-2/63/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65)›§ 63 - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Reimbursement of State Insurance Fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65) › § 63 - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Reimbursement of State Insurance Fund | At the close of the fiscal year the Manager shall certify to the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, for reimbursement purposes, an invoice covering the expenditures incurred pursuant to the provisions of §§ 61 and 62 of this title, and such expenditures shall be repaid into the State Insurance Fund, as provided in... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-2/64/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65)›§ 64 - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Budgetary provisions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65) › § 64 - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Budgetary provisions | The appropriations made to the Department of Labor and Human Resources for meeting such expenditures as may be incurred by the State Insurance Fund in complying with the provisions of this chapter during each fiscal year shall be included in the Operating Budget Act.
History —June 23, 1958, No. 77, p. 173, § 4, eff. Ju... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-2/65/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65)›§ 65 - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Subrogation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 2 - Injured Migrant Workers (§§ 60 — 65) › § 65 - Injured migrant workers returning to the Commonwealth—Subrogation | The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall be subrogated in the rights of the worker against his employer’s insurer for the recovery of the expenditures incurred on account of the medical and hospital services rendered to the worker under the provisions of this chapter. The contracts of hire shall carry a stipula... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-3/71/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 3 - Special Compensation Policies and Medical Contracts (§§ 71 — 75)›§ 71 - Consolidated premium rate for War Emergency Program [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 3 - Special Compensation Policies and Medical Contracts (§§ 71 — 75) › § 71 - Consolidated premium rate for War Emergency Program [Repealed] | History ; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-3/73/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 3 - Special Compensation Policies and Medical Contracts (§§ 71 — 75)›§ 73 - Professional services of physicians not authorized to practice | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 3 - Special Compensation Policies and Medical Contracts (§§ 71 — 75) › § 73 - Professional services of physicians not authorized to practice | The Manager of the State Insurance Fund is hereby authorized to contract for, in connection with the enforcement of the Workmen’s Accident Compensation Act, §§ 1—42 of this title, the professional services of physicians of American or alien citizenship not heretofore authorized to practice medicine in Puerto Rico, enga... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-3/74/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 3 - Special Compensation Policies and Medical Contracts (§§ 71 — 75)›§ 74 - Professional services of physicians not authoried to practice—Conditions of contract | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 3 - Special Compensation Policies and Medical Contracts (§§ 71 — 75) › § 74 - Professional services of physicians not authoried to practice—Conditions of contract | The services referred to in § 73 of this title shall be contracted for under the same conditions and limitations provided in the said Act.
History —May 14, 1947, No. 437, p. 910, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-3/75/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 3 - Special Compensation Policies and Medical Contracts (§§ 71 — 75)›§ 75 - Group policies for certain nonprofit and cooperative associations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 3 - Special Compensation Policies and Medical Contracts (§§ 71 — 75) › § 75 - Group policies for certain nonprofit and cooperative associations | The Administrator of the State Insurance Fund is hereby authorized to issue, according to the conditions he/she deems justifiable, collective insurance policies to:
(a) Employers of farm workers that are members of a nonprofit association, or
(b) members or shareholders of a marketing, credit or production cooperative ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-5/101/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105)›§ 101 - Construction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105) › § 101 - Construction | The Manager of the State Insurance Fund is hereby authorized to invest from the reserve and surplus funds of the State Insurance Fund created by §§ 1—42 of this title, the sum of one million seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($1,760,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, in the construction and equipment ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-5/101a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105)›§ 101a - Use | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105) › § 101a - Use | The said hospital shall be used for the hospitalization and treatment of workmen injured in labor accidents or workmen who contract occupational diseases covered by §§ 1—42 of this title, and it may likewise be used with nonprofit purposes for the hospitalization and specialized treatment of all kinds of traumatic inju... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-5/102/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105)›§ 102 - Personnel for hospital; scholarships | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105) › § 102 - Personnel for hospital; scholarships | The Manager of the State Insurance Fund is authorized to appoint, through contract, the necessary technical and administrative personnel and assistants for the purpose of organizing the services and operating the Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery and of Physical Rehabilitation, as well as to fix the salaries ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-5/103/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105)›§ 103 - Amortization of cost | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105) › § 103 - Amortization of cost | The sums which for the purpose of §§ 101—103 of this title may be set aside from the reserve and surplus funds of the State Insurance Fund shall be reimbursed to their respective accounts, chargeable to the item for operating expenses of the State Insurance Fund, at the rate of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-5/104/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105)›§ 104 - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy School; expenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105) › § 104 - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy School; expenses | The Manager of the State Insurance Fund is hereby authorized to make, and he shall make, with the approval of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or of the official designated by him, the necessary arrangements for providing from time to time out of his regular funds the sums required to pay the salary of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-5/105/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105)›§ 105 - Use of personnel of School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 5 - Hospital of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, and Physical Rehabilitation (§§ 101 — 105) › § 105 - Use of personnel of School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico | The School of Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico shall furnish the State Insurance Fund with the necessary technical supervisory personnel for the performance of any research work within the special field of physical therapy and rehabilitation.
History —June 19, 1956, No. 63, p. 264, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-6/111/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 6 - Regional Dispensary in the Metropolitan Area (§§ 111 — 112)›§ 111 - Plans, designs and specifications | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 6 - Regional Dispensary in the Metropolitan Area (§§ 111 — 112) › § 111 - Plans, designs and specifications | The Manager of the State Insurance Fund of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to use from the unencumbered funds in the General Fund of the State Insurance Fund, created by §§ 1—42 of this title, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or the part thereof that may be necessary, for the preparation of plans, designs ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-6/112/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 6 - Regional Dispensary in the Metropolitan Area (§§ 111 — 112)›§ 112 - Equipment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 6 - Regional Dispensary in the Metropolitan Area (§§ 111 — 112) › § 112 - Equipment | After the plans for the Regional Dispensary of the Metropolitan Area have been completed and approved by the pertinent agencies, the Manager of the State Insurance Fund is hereby authorized to use from the unencumbered funds in the General Fund of the State Insurance Fund the sums that he may deem advisable for its con... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-7/131/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140)›§ 131 - Liability of employer | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140) › § 131 - Liability of employer | Where, after the effectiveness of this act, personal injury is caused to an employee who is himself in the exercise of due care and diligence at the time:
(1) By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, or machinery, connected with, or used in the business of the employer, which arose from or had not b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-7/132/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140)›§ 132 - Measure of damages | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140) › § 132 - Measure of damages | When an employee receives a personal injury under any of the conditions enumerated in § 131 of this title he may bring an action against his employer, before the Court of First Instance, to recover damages for such injury. In assessing the amount of such damages the court shall take into consideration the degree of cul... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-7/133/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140)›§ 133 - Survivorship of action | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140) › § 133 - Survivorship of action | In case of the death of the employee before the termination of the action so brought against the employer, it may be continued in the name of his widow or children, and if there be no such widow or children, then in the name of his parents, if they, or either of them, were dependent upon such employee for support at th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-7/134/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140)›§ 134 - Action for death of employee—Damages | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140) › § 134 - Action for death of employee—Damages | When, before having commenced an action hereunder, an employee dies as the result of personal injury received under any of the conditions enumerated under § 131 of this title, his widow, children, or both of them, or if there be no such widow or children, then his parents, provided such parents were dependent upon such... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-7/135/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140)›§ 135 - Action for death of employee—Division of damages | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140) › § 135 - Action for death of employee—Division of damages | The court, when fixing the amount of damages to be paid in case of death by personal injury under this chapter, shall determine the amount due to each of the claimants in proportion to the material damages incurred by each of them in accordance with the actual needs which each of them had to depend upon the wages of th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-7/136/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140)›§ 136 - Notice of injury or death | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140) › § 136 - Notice of injury or death | No action for the recovery of damages for injury or death under the provisions of this chapter shall be maintained unless notice of the time, place and cause of the injury is given to the employer within thirty days after the injury is received or unless it is commenced within six months from the date of the injury. Th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-7/137/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140)›§ 137 - Employees of independent contractors or subcontractors | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140) › § 137 - Employees of independent contractors or subcontractors | Whenever an employe(r) enters into a contract, either written or verbal, with an independent contractor to do part of such employer’s work, or whenever such contractor enters into a contract with a subcontractor to do all or any part of the work comprised in such contractor’s contract with the employer, such contract o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-7/138/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140)›§ 138 - Contributory negligence | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140) › § 138 - Contributory negligence | No employee, or his widow or children, or either of them, or his parents, if there be no such widow or children, shall be entitled under this chapter to any right of compensation or remedy against the employer in any case where such employee knew of the defect or negligence which caused the injury, and failed within a ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-7/139/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140)›§ 139 - Employer’s contribution to insurance fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140) › § 139 - Employer’s contribution to insurance fund | Any employer who shall have contributed to an insurance fund created and maintained for the mutual purpose of indemnifying an employee for personal injuries for which compensation may be recovered under this chapter, or who has insured the said employee in any insurance company against the accidents of labor, shall be ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-7/140/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140)›§ 140 - Scope | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 7 - Employer’s Liability (§§ 131 — 140) › § 140 - Scope | This chapter shall not apply to injuries caused to domestic servants, or farm laborers, by fellow employees.
History —Mar. 1, 1902, p. 150, § 10. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-9/201/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 9 - Temporary Disability Benefits (§§ 201 — 212)›§ 201 - Short title and rule of statutory construction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 9 - Temporary Disability Benefits (§§ 201 — 212) › § 201 - Short title and rule of statutory construction | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Temporary Disability Benefit Act. This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose of paying compensation to workmen for the loss of wages as a result of disability due to illness or accident not connected with employment.
History —June 26, 1968, No... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-9/202/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 9 - Temporary Disability Benefits (§§ 201 — 212)›§ 202 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 9 - Temporary Disability Benefits (§§ 201 — 212) › § 202 - Definitions | Unless otherwise deduced from the context, the terms stated below shall have the following meanings:
(a) Base year.— Means the first 4 of the last 5 calendar quarters as defined in § 203(b)(1) of this title.
(b) Disability benefit.— Means the sum payable to an individual under this chapter with respect to his disabilit... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eleven/chapter-9/203/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268)›Chapter 9 - Temporary Disability Benefits (§§ 201 — 212)›§ 203 - Benefit payments | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ELEVEN - Workmen’s Compensation (§§ 1 — 268) › Chapter 9 - Temporary Disability Benefits (§§ 201 — 212) › § 203 - Benefit payments | (a) Benefit payment.— Disability benefits shall be paid in the amount indicated in subsection (d) of this section to an insured worker who suffers the loss of wages as a result of disability due to illness or injury not connected with employment, subject to all conditions, limitations and provisions of this section. Pr... |
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