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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/359b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 359b - Establishment of protocol | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 359b - Establishment of protocol | The Department of Health is hereby directed to establish the following protocol to manage information related to epidemic diseases and environmental accidents:
(1) Initial assessment. — The Department of Health shall establish priorities to accurately determine the existence of epidemic diseases and environmental accid... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/359c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 359c - Coordination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 359c - Coordination | The Department shall coordinate with agencies related to emergency management for the compilation of data and the publication of information through all communication media when any type of epidemic or environmental accident occurs.
History —Oct. 1, 2007, No. 137, § [4], eff. 90 days after Oct. 1, 2007. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/359d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 359d - Report | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 359d - Report | The Department of Health shall prepare a complete report which shall include, without it being construed as a limitation, risk factors, forms of contagion, prevention and protection against or environmental accident that entails a health risk. This report shall be available for the purposes of scientific research and f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/360/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 360 - Kidney disease: calculation of glomerular filtration rate | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 360 - Kidney disease: calculation of glomerular filtration rate | (a) Clinical laboratories are hereby directed to calculate the glomerular filtration rate when examining seric creatinine concentration for the early detection of kidney disease; the results thereof shall be remitted to the physician who ordered the test, and that a report of said results shall be remitted on a monthly... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/361/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 361 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 361 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Department. — The Department of Health of Puerto Rico.
(b) Health facilities. — Hospitals, health centers, diagnosis and treatment centers, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, medical facilities ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/362/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 362 - Powers and duties of the Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 362 - Powers and duties of the Secretary | The Secretary shall have those duties and powers which are necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, without it being construed as a limitation, the following:
(a) He/she shall be the official responsible for compliance with the public policy set forth in this chapter... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/363/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 363 - Obligation to notify | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 363 - Obligation to notify | Any person in charge of a health facility or person or health facility shall be under the obligation to notify the Department of any case of nosocomial infection detected which occurred at a health facility of Puerto Rico within two (2) days [following] the occurrence of the same.
History —June 21, 2007, No. 52, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/364/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 364 - Duties and responsibilities of health facilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 364 - Duties and responsibilities of health facilities | All health facilities have under this chapter the following duties and responsibilities:
(a) To notify the Department of any case of nosocomial infection occurring at their facilities pursuant to the provisions of § 363 of this title.
(b) They shall be under the obligation to take the necessary measures in order to pre... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/365/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 365 - Confidentiality | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 365 - Confidentiality | The information received by the Department through reports, inspections or by any other means authorized by the provisions of this chapter shall be confidential. Provided, however, That said information may be reported by the Department to any division or dependency of the government of the United States or of Puerto R... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/366/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 366 - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 366 - Rulemaking authority | The Secretary shall promulgate and adopt, within ninety (90) days [after] the approval of this act, all those norms, rules and regulations necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
History —June 21, 2007, No. 52, § 7. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/367/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 367 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 367 - Penalties | The Secretary of Health is hereby empowered to impose administrative sanctions and fines on any natural or juridical person or health facility who is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations issued thereunder or who refuses to comply with the obligations imposed by virtue of this chapter or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/368/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 368 - Release from civil liability | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 368 - Release from civil liability | All persons or institutions which, in compliance of the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted thereunder, provide information to the Department, are hereby released from any civil liability.
History —June 21, 2007, No. 52, § 9. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/381-383c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 381–383c - Repealed. Act July 30, 2010. No. 113, art. 18, eff. July 30, 2010 | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 381–383c - Repealed. Act July 30, 2010. No. 113, art. 18, eff. July 30, 2010 | History Jan. 1, 1952, No. 28, —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1952; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/382/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 382 - Report of cancer—Persons making reports; time; content [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 382 - Report of cancer—Persons making reports; time; content [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 2; May 13, 1953, No. 17, p. 52, § 1; July 11, 1988, No. 74, p. 325, § 1; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/383/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 383 - Report of cancer—Confidential nature [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 383 - Report of cancer—Confidential nature [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1952; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/384/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 384 - Report of cancer—Rules and regulations [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 384 - Report of cancer—Rules and regulations [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 4; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 217, § 1, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1999; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/385/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 385 - Report of cancer—Patient under no compulsion [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 385 - Report of cancer—Patient under no compulsion [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1952; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/386/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 386 - Report of cancer—Penalties [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 386 - Report of cancer—Penalties [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 217, § 2, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1999; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/386a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 386a - Funds [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 386a - Funds [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, added as § 7 on Aug. 6, 1999, No. 217, § 3, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1999; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/386b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 386b - Guidance and diffusion campaign [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 386b - Guidance and diffusion campaign [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, added as § 8 on Aug. 6, 1999, No. 217, § 4, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1999; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/386c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 386c - Release from civil liability [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 386c - Release from civil liability [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, added as § 9 on Aug. 6, 1999, No. 217, § 5, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1999; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/387/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 387 - Assistance in treatment of cancer in Ponce | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 387 - Assistance in treatment of cancer in Ponce | The amount that shall be deemed necessary for assistance to the Municipality of Ponce to aid in covering the technical expenses and maintenance of the electrotherapeutic equipment for the treatment of cancer, which said municipality has already established in the Trioche Hospital of said municipality, shall be included... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/388/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 388 - Assistance in treatment of cancer in Ponce—Money at disposal of Ponce | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 388 - Assistance in treatment of cancer in Ponce—Money at disposal of Ponce | Said sum shall be placed preferentially at the disposal of the Municipality of Ponce by the Secretary of the Treasury.
History —May 15, 1939, No. 162, p. 810, § 2; May 12, 1945, No. 245, p. 826, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/389/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 389 - Tax exemption | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 389 - Tax exemption | The properties belonging to the Liga Puertorriquena Contra el Cancer are hereby exempted from the payment of taxes.
History —June 23, 1958, No. 89, p. 198, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/389a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 389a - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 389a - Definitions | For purposes of §§ 389a-389c of this title, the words and phrases used herein shall have the following meanings:
(a) Automated blood analyzer.— Refers to a fully automated or semi-automated device used to perform complete blood counts.
(b) Hematologist-Oncologist.— Refers to a physician that specializes in hematology-o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/389b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 389b - Authorization to hemalogists-oncologists | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 389b - Authorization to hemalogists-oncologists | Hemalogists-oncologists are hereby authorized to own and operate automated cell counters in their offices so that they can perform the complete blood counts necessary for the administration of chemotherapy exclusively to their cancer patients who are undergoing such treatment.
History —May 25, 2012, No. 99, § 3, eff. 9... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/389c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 389c - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 389c - Rulemaking authority | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to draft the regulations needed to govern the use and maintenance of automated cell counters so that said devices may comply with the standards provided by the Secretary for them to operate at their optimum condition. The Secretary is also directed to amend or repeal those r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/390/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 390 - Powers and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 390 - Powers and duties | The Registry shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To determine the annual incidence of cancer in Puerto Rico by age group, sex, ethnicity, anatomical location, histological type, and stage of the disease. Likewise, it shall provide case distribution statistics based on the aforementioned variables.
(2) To st... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/391/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 391 - Requirement to report to the Registry | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 391 - Requirement to report to the Registry | (1) It shall be required to report to the Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry any case of cancer, carcinoma, lymphoma (including Hodgkin's disease), sarcoma, leukemia, benign and malignant tumor in the central nervous system, or any other malignant growth or neoplastic disease, as well as any other related information ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/392/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 392 - Reporting | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 392 - Reporting | (a) The Registry shall establish the data elements it deems necessary to guarantee compliance with its duties and responsibilities as set forth herein, as well as with federal and Commonwealth regulatory agency requirements. Said elements shall also be established to conduct epidemiologic studies aimed at researching t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/393/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 393 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 393 - Penalties | (a) Every entity, person, physician, or institution that fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder shall be sanctioned by the Registry, for the first violation, by an administrative fine of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per unreported case and, for subsequent violat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/394/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 394 - Confidentiality | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 394 - Confidentiality | (a) Information provided to the Registry that can or may be used to identify a particular cancer patient shall be strictly confidential, and shall be used exclusively for statistical, public health, or scientific purposes.
(b) All Registry employees and researchers shall sign a confidentiality agreement whereby they sh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/395/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 395 - Disclosure of information for scientific and research purposes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 395 - Disclosure of information for scientific and research purposes | (a) For cancer prevention, control, and research, the Registry is hereby authorized to provide the minimum data to researchers and scientists that is necessary to answer the research question while preserving the confidentiality of both the patient and the reporting entities pursuant to the appropriate federal and Comm... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/396/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 396 - Cancer data sharing | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 396 - Cancer data sharing | (1) The Registry is hereby authorized to enter into data sharing agreements for cancer patient health information, insofar as the confidentiality of the data reported and the entity's information is guaranteed. Such agreements shall be entered into with the following entities:
(a) Entities that report to the Registry r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/397/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 397 - Medical supervision or evaluation prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 397 - Medical supervision or evaluation prohibited | None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to coerce a patient who suffers from any of the diseases listed herein into submitting him/herself to the medical supervision or evaluation of the Registry.
History —July 30, 2010, No. 113, art. 10. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/398/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 398 - Official data | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 398 - Official data | The official statistical data on cancer incidence in Puerto Rico shall be those published by the Registry.
History —July 30, 2010, No. 113, art. 11. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/399/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 399 - Educational campaign | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 399 - Educational campaign | It shall be the responsibility of the Registry to develop an educational and awareness campaign about the importance of complying with the complete, accurate, and timely cancer case reporting and the need to meet the requirements set forth in this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
History —July 30, 20... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/400/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 400 - Hold harmless provision | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 400 - Hold harmless provision | Any person or institution that provides information to the Registry in compliance with this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder is hereby held harmless from all civil and criminal liability.
History —July 30, 2010, No. 113, art. 13. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/401/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 401 - Donations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 401 - Donations | The Registry is hereby authorized to solicit, accept, and receive donations or aid as money, goods, or services in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. These resources shall be covered into the Special Fund of the Registry.
History —July 30, 2010, No. 113, art. 14. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/402/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 402 - Funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 402 - Funds | (a) Commonwealth funds.— The Government of Puerto Rico, through the Department of Health, shall continue guaranteeing an annual recurring appropriation of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the Registry's operation. This chapter does not impair the Registry from receiving or soliciting funds or aid as mo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/403/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 403 - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 403 - Rulemaking authority | The Registry shall adopt rules and regulations as necessary to ensure full compliance with the provisions of this chapter, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedure Act”. The Registry shall provide a copy of such regulations to all parties required to compl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/404/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 404 - Supplementary provisions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 404 - Supplementary provisions | (a) The parties required to report cancer information and data under the herein repealed Act No. 28 of March 20, 1951, as amended, shall continue to report such information and data to the Registry through the means and in the medium and format set forth in Act No. 28, supra, until the new regulations take effect as es... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/417/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 417 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 417 - Definitions | For purposes of this chapter, the phrases and terms used herein shall have the following meanings:
(a) Department.— Refers to the Department of Health created by virtue of §§ 171 et seq. of Title 3.
(b) Secretary.— Refers to the Secretary of the Department of Health.
(c) Comprehensive cancer control.— Refers to the coo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/418/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 418 - Duties and powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 418 - Duties and powers | In addition to the ministerial duties that the Secretary is required to comply with pursuant to the powers conferred to him/her by the act of the Department of Health, the following duties are entrusted to him/her as germane to the Public Policy herein established:
(a) To ensure faithful compliance with this chapter an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/419/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 419 - Declaration of public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 419 - Declaration of public policy | The public policy for Comprehensive Cancer Control in Puerto Rico provided in this chapter shall encompass six (6) broad areas and shall be set forth as follows:
Prevention comprises the mindset of and the activities carried out by individuals and communities to promote healthy lifestyles and behavioral changes. It sha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/420/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 420 - Declaration of public policy—Screening and early detection | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 420 - Declaration of public policy—Screening and early detection | Early detection of cancer refers to the application of strategies to determine when pre-cancerous or cancerous cells are present in an individual before he/she has any symptoms. It shall be the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico to contribute to early cancer detection by means of screening tests so that ind... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/421/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 421 - Declaration of public policy—Diagnosis and treatment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 421 - Declaration of public policy—Diagnosis and treatment | Both, a correct diagnosis and treatment of the highest quality are essential for a patient to recover, as well as to increase his/her life expectancy. It shall be the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico to promote cancer treatment of the highest quality, and thus reduce cancer mortality, by complying with th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/422/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 422 - Declaration of public policy—Rehabilitation, survivorship, and palliative ca... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 422 - Declaration of public policy—Rehabilitation, survivorship, and palliative care | The rehabilitation and survival of a cancer patient is the main objective of early detection and treatment: to allow any human being who has suffered from cancer to live life to the fullest by minimizing any potential physical and emotional disabilities that this disease could have caused. This approach should address ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/423/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 423 - Declaration of public policy—Data and epidemiological surveillance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 423 - Declaration of public policy—Data and epidemiological surveillance | Epidemiological surveillance and the collection of data of the highest quality is essential not only for making decisions regarding public policy, but also for developing research proposals that shall, in turn, facilitate the award of federal grants to Puerto Rico. The Central Cancer Registry, which is charged with col... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/424/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 424 - Declaration of public policy—Research and training | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 424 - Declaration of public policy—Research and training | Scientific research pursues the reduction of cancer incidence and mortality, since it contributes to a better understanding of cancer, innovations in existing treatments, and the creation of new ones. Furthermore, training of healthcare professionals specialized in cancer ensures that we shall have the workforce necess... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/425/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 425 - Interpretation of this public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 425 - Interpretation of this public policy | This chapter shall be construed as a public policy to be progressively developed rather than being immediately complied with regards to those activities that the Department has yet to carry out due to financial constraints. However, the Department is required to show reasonable and progressive efforts, according to fin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/426/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 426 - Annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 426 - Annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly | The Secretary, in collaboration with the Comprehensive Cancer Center, shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly on the activities conducted and the progress achieved to attain the purposes of this chapter. This report may be submitted together with or enclosed with the general report th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/427/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 427 - Supplementarity of legal provisions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 427 - Supplementarity of legal provisions | (a) To the maximum extent possible, it is hereby directed that all public policies, programs, plans, laws, rules and regulations, and executive orders in effect or to take effect in the future shall be construed, implemented, and administered in strict compliance with the public policy set forth in this chapter.
(b) Th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/441/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 441 - Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium—Public institution | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 441 - Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium—Public institution | For the purposes of §§ 441 and 442 of this title the sanatorium established by the Department of Health in the vicinity of Río Piedras is hereby declared a public institution, which shall be known hereafter as the Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 129, p. 270, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/442/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 442 - Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium—Under jurisdiction of Secretary of Health | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 442 - Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium—Under jurisdiction of Secretary of Health | The said sanatorium shall be under the jurisdiction, for all purposes of management, administration and development, of the Secretary of Health.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 129, p. 270, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/443/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 443 - Sanatorium trust fund—Source; use | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 443 - Sanatorium trust fund—Source; use | From the date of the approval of this act, §§ 443—444 of this title, all moneys received from pay-patients under treatment in the Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium, in accordance with the regulations of said Institution prepared by the Secretary of Health, shall be deposited in the Treasury of Puerto Rico in a special tr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/444/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 444 - Sanatorium trust fund—Construction of sanatorium buildings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 444 - Sanatorium trust fund—Construction of sanatorium buildings | All the constructions chargeable to this fund shall be made by the Department of Transportation and Public Works upon request of the Secretary of Health and in accordance with the plans prepared for the purpose by the Department of Health.
History —May 12, 1960, No. 12, p. 96, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/445/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 445 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Establishment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 445 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Establishment | The establishment of a shop is hereby authorized for the preparation of articles made of cloth, leather, wood, fibre, etc., to be used in the tuberculosis hospitals of the Government of Puerto Rico.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 215, p. 419, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/446/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 446 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Personnel from convalescing patients | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 446 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Personnel from convalescing patients | The operatives of this shop shall be selected by the Secretary of Health, or his representatives whom he may delegate, from among patients who have been discharged from the tuberculosis hospitals, and those who are under treatment in antituberculosis centers; Provided, That such patients shall have a negative sputum an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/447/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 447 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Management of shop | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 447 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Management of shop | The organization and management of the shop shall be in charge of the Social Welfare Bureau of the Department of Health.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 215, p. 418, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/448/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 448 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Use of money from sale of products | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 448 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Use of money from sale of products | The moneys received from the sale of articles made in this shop shall be deposited in a trust fund in the Treasury of Puerto Rico and shall be at the disposal of the Secretary of Health for the purchase of materials and equipment and for the payment of the quarters in which the shop shall be established; it being under... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/449/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 449 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Exemption from labor laws | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 449 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Exemption from labor laws | The shop hereby authorized, being a means for the rehabilitation of tuberculosis patients who have been discharged from antituberculosis hospitals, shall not be governed by the labor laws but by rules drafted for the purpose by the Secretary of Health.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 215, p. 418, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/450/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 450 - Hospital employment—For arrested tuberculosis patients | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 450 - Hospital employment—For arrested tuberculosis patients | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to provide remunerated employment on a wage basis in the tuberculosis hospitals of the Government of Puerto Rico to those persons who have been hospitalized as tuberculosis patients therein and who have been discharged as arrested cases by the medical staff.
History —July 1,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/451/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 451 - Hospital employment—Arrested case defined | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 451 - Hospital employment—Arrested case defined | By arrested case shall be understood all cases of pulmonary tuberculosis which:
(a) During the last six (6) months of hospitalization have shown no adverse changes in their pulmonary lesions according to clinical and radiographic studies;
(b) during the last six (6) months of hospitalization, have shown a negative sput... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/452/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 452 - Hospital employment—Eligibility qualifications | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 452 - Hospital employment—Eligibility qualifications | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to determine the number of arrested cases who can take advantage of this plan of work in accordance with the needs and the resources of the institutions where the work can be offered to them; it being understood that there shall be eligible only those who:
(a) Have observed ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/453/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 453 - Hospital employment—Employment, hours, duration and type | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 453 - Hospital employment—Employment, hours, duration and type | The Secretary of Health shall determine the hours of employment and the duration of employment in accordance with the physical condition of the arrested case. He shall determine further, the type of work in which he may engage.
History —July 1, 1947, No. 19, p. 96, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/454/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 454 - Hospital employment—Compensation for patient | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 454 - Hospital employment—Compensation for patient | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to fix the remuneration in accordance with the functions discharged by the employee, and in accordance with the number of hours he is able to work daily; It being understood That such remuneration shall be computed in accordance with the number of hours worked, and on the ba... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/455/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 455 - Hospital employment—Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 455 - Hospital employment—Regulations | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to establish regulations for these arrested cases employed by the institutions, so that all the activities of the individual will contribute to his physical improvement; Provided, That a periodic medical examination shall be made in order to determine if, and to what extent,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/456/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 456 - Hospital employment—Appropriation for wages; eligible for competitive service | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 456 - Hospital employment—Appropriation for wages; eligible for competitive service | The Secretary of Health shall use funds out of those appropriated for the functioning of said hospitals, out of the regular items for salaries, in order to pay the arrested employees on a wage basis; Provided, however, That those so employed shall not be considered regular employees for any purposes; Provided, That an ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/460/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 460 - Advance on lottery receipts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 460 - Advance on lottery receipts | The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place at the disposal of the Secretary of Health, at his request, regular funds in the nature of an advance of the tax levied by § 16 of Act No. 29 of 1935, as well as an advance of such of the receipts from the Lottery of Puerto Rico as are allocated t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/461/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 461 - Procedure for advance of funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 461 - Procedure for advance of funds | These funds in the nature of advances of taxes and receipts shall be transferred from the regular funds following such accounting procedure as may be deemed advisable by the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall be covered into the “T.B. Fund, S.O. Fd.” and the “Hospital Fund, S.O. Fd.,” in such amounts as the Secretary... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/462/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 462 - Reimbursement of advances | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 462 - Reimbursement of advances | The amounts so advanced shall be reimbursed to the regular funds from succeeding collections for or receipts in the corresponding funds, in the manner the Secretary of the Treasury may deem advisable, provided it does not prejudice the functioning of the Institutions of the Department of Health.
History —Apr. 20, 1946,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-29/491/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 29 - Malaria (§ 491)›§ 491 - Financial cooperation for Malaria Control Program | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 29 - Malaria (§ 491) › § 491 - Financial cooperation for Malaria Control Program | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to accept financial cooperation in aid of the Malaria Control Program from private individuals and likewise to accept financial cooperation from the federal government, the municipal governments, and the various public corporations of the Government of Puerto Rico.
History —... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-30/495/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497)›§ 495 - Commonwealth Plan—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497) › § 495 - Commonwealth Plan—Creation | (a) Within ninety (90) days after the date of effectiveness of this act, the Department of Health, with the advice and cooperation of the Environmental Quality Board, the Puerto Rico Mayors Association, the Puerto Rico Federation of Municipalities and the Department of Education shall develop, approve and publish a pla... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-30/496/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497)›§ 496 - Municipal plans—Adoption | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497) › § 496 - Municipal plans—Adoption | (a) Within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of effectiveness of this act, every municipality shall develop and formulate a plan to prevent, face, control and attempt to eradicate the dengue virus in said municipality, as well as any other mosquito-borne diseases. Said plan shall include a cost estimate ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-30/497/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497)›§ 497 - The Commonwealth and Municipal Fund—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497) › § 497 - The Commonwealth and Municipal Fund—Creation | A non-recurring fund is hereby established in the Department of Health to be administered by the Secretary and separate from any other funds or accounts of the Department of Health, which shall be known as the “Commonwealth and Municipal Fund for the Control of the Dengue Virus and other Mosquito-borne Diseases”. The m... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/531/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 531 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 531 - Definitions | The following words shall have the meaning expressed below:
(a) Tattoo artist. — Means the person who fixes drawings, designs or markings on human skin by introducing coloring substances under the epidermis with needles or scalpels in previously made punctures.
(b) Department. — Means the Department of Health of Puerto... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/532/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 532 - Tattoo artists—License and regist... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 532 - Tattoo artists—License and register | No person may make tattoos nor call himself or herself a tattoo artist unless he or she possesses a license according to the provisions of this chapter and is registered in the Register of Tattoo Artists to be established by the Secretary of the Department of Health for that purpose.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, § ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/533/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 533 - Registering | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 533 - Registering | The application for registering in the Register shall be filled out in the form provided by the Department and shall be accompanied by the following documents:
(a) A certified copy of the birth certificate of the person;
(b) if the person is a foreigner, he or she shall present his or her passport and the immigration v... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/534/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 534 - Examination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 534 - Examination | Those persons applying for a tattoo artist license shall be given an examination administered by the Department so as to determine whether they have the necessary knowledge concerning the aseptic techniques that would allow them to make tattoos without jeopardizing the health of a client.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 31... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/535/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 535 - License—Term and renewal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 535 - License—Term and renewal | Should the Secretary determine that the applicant meets the requirements, he or she shall issue a license to authorize the latter to practice tattoo art, in the form of a certificate which shall be fixed to a visible wall of the tattoo studio. The license shall be valid for two (2) years, after which term it must be re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/536/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 536 - Health standards | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 536 - Health standards | The licensed tattoo artist shall meet the following health standards:
(a) Wear a clean gown (medical type) or surgical robe during the tattooing process.
(b) Wash and scrub fingernails with antiseptic soap and hot water before beginning and after finishing working on a client.
(c) Wear disposable gloves, [and use] ster... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/537/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 537 - Information and statement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 537 - Information and statement | The tattoo artist as well as the owner or administrator of a tattoo studio shall inform the client, verbally and in writing, about how to care for the tattooed area and that the tattoo is permanent and irreversible. The client shall sign a statement indicating that he or she has read and understood the instructions giv... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/538/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 538 - Prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 538 - Prohibition | It is hereby prohibited to fix tattoos on any mentally disabled person or on minors under twenty-one (21) years of age. Violations of this provision shall entail the revocation of the license indefinitely, pursuant to the provisions of the effectiveness note under § 531 of this title.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, §... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/539/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 539 - Tattoo studio—Licenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 539 - Tattoo studio—Licenses | No person acting independently or jointly with another, and no firm, corporation or partnership shall operate a tattoo studio without a license issued by the Department of Health authorizing said operation.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, § 10, eff. 90 days after Oct. 18, 1999. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/540/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 540 - Tattoo studio—License application... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 540 - Tattoo studio—License application and fee | (a) The application for a license to operate a tattoo studio shall be filled out [on] the form provided by the Department, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The application shall include the location and address of the studio and the address of the owner or the administrator with the following information... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/541/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 541 - Tattoo studio—Term and renewal of... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 541 - Tattoo studio—Term and renewal of license | The tattoo studio license shall be valid for a term of four (4) years and must be renewed before said term has expired by paying a fee of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150).
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, § 12, eff. 90 days after Oct. 18, 1999. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/542/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 542 - Tattoo studio—Change of ownership... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 542 - Tattoo studio—Change of ownership or location | The owner or administrator of the studio shall notify the Department in writing about any change in ownership or location of the tattoo studio. The change in ownership of the studio shall entail the cancellation of the license which must be returned to the Department.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, § 13, eff. 90 days... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/543/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 543 - Tattoo studio—Inspections | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 543 - Tattoo studio—Inspections | Tattoo studios shall be inspected before the license is granted, while the same is in effect and when renewed. Authorized representatives of the Department may enter the studio premises during reasonable hours in order to inspect and investigate whether the requirements established in this chapter and [in] the regulati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/544/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 544 - Tattoo studio—Administration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 544 - Tattoo studio—Administration | The owner or administrator of a tattoo studio must meet the health standards established by the Department as well as the following additional standards:
(a) Equipment. — If the owner administrator of the studio is not [the] licensed tattoo artist, the former shall provide the latter with an individual set of sterilize... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/545/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 545 - License—Denial | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 545 - License—Denial | The Secretary may deny issuing a license, after notifying the interested party and giving the latter the opportunity to be heard, when said party:
(a) Has operated a tattoo studio or illegally practiced tattooing in Puerto Rico;
(b) has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor implying moral turpitude; Provided, Tha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/546/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 546 - License—Suspension or revocation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 546 - License—Suspension or revocation | The Secretary may deny, revoke or suspend temporarily or permanently a license issued according to the provisions of this chapter, after notifying the interested party and giving the latter the opportunity to be heard, when said party:
(a) Has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor implying moral turpitude;
(b) ha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/547/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 547 - Client register | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 547 - Client register | The owner or administrator of a tattoo studio shall keep a written record of each work performed on a client containing the following information:
(a) The full name, address, telephone number, age and birth date of the client;
(b) the pigments used;
(c) the date on which the tattoo was made;
(d) the name of the tattoo ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/548/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 548 - [Disposal] of biomedical waste | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 548 - [Disposal] of biomedical waste | The [disposal] of biomedical waste shall be conducted according to the standards established by the Environmental Quality Board for such a purpose.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, § 19, eff. 90 days after Oct. 18, 1999. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/549/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 549 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 549 - Penalties | Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall incur a misdemeanor and if convicted shall be sanctioned with a fine of not more that five thousand dollars ($5,000) or a term of imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months or with both penalties at the discretion of the court and with the suspensi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550 - Definitions | The following words shall have the following meaning:
(a) Body piercer. — Means the person who performs body piercing, making perforations in human skin, except when such person is a certified surgeon.
(b) Body piercing. — Means the creation of an opening or body perforation on a person with the purpose of inserting je... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550a - License and registration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550a - License and registration | No person may perform body piercing, or call himself a body piercer without having a license pursuant to with the provisions of this chapter, and without being registered in the Body Piercers Registry that shall be established by the Secretary of the Department of Health for this purpose.
History —Feb. 8, 2003, No. 73,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550b - Registration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550b - Registration | The application for registration in the Registry shall be made as provided by the Department, and the following documents shall be filed:
(a) Certified copy of the person’s birth certificate;
(b) if the person were a foreigner, he will file his passport and a certificate showing his status as an immigrant authorized to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550c - Licence—Examination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550c - Licence—Examination | People requesting a body piercer license shall submit to an examination, administered by the Department, to determine if they have the necessary knowledge of asepsis techniques that allows them to perform body piercing without placing the client’s health at risk.
(a) Each person applying for a license and for its renew... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550d - License—Term and renewal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550d - License—Term and renewal | If the Secretary determines that the applicant complies with the requirements, a license, in the form of a certificate, shall be issued authorizing him to perform body piercing, which shall be placed on a visible wall of the body piercing studio. The license shall be valid for three (3) years, at the end of which term,... |
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