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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/923/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 923 - Sale of tuberculin—Reports on sales and stocks
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 923 - Sale of tuberculin—Reports on sales and stocks
Every natural or [juridical] person, manufacturer, or dealer, whether or not he sells tuberculin in Puerto Rico, must submit to the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, within the first five (5) days of each month, a statement showing the sales and stocks of tuberculin at the end of the last day of the preceding month; ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/924/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 924 - Sale of tuberculin—Declaration of importation
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 924 - Sale of tuberculin—Declaration of importation
Every importer of tuberculin shall file a declaration of its importation with the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico on the date of the receipt of the tuberculin in Puerto Rico, or prior thereto, if possible. History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 4, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/925/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 925 - Sale of tuberculin—Free sale prohibited
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 925 - Sale of tuberculin—Free sale prohibited
The free sale of tuberculin in Puerto Rico is hereby prohibited. History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 5, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/926/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 926 - Sale of tuberculin—Permit to purchase
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 926 - Sale of tuberculin—Permit to purchase
Any natural or [juridical] person wishing to buy tuberculin in Puerto Rico must make his application to the Secretary of Health, and the permit to buy tuberculin shall be authorized by said Secretary and by a veterinarian of the Department of Health or of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. History —Apr. 30, 19...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/927/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 927 - Sale of tuberculin—Inspection of factories, warehouses, books
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 927 - Sale of tuberculin—Inspection of factories, warehouses, books
Any employee of the said Departments of Health or of Agriculture and Commerce authorized by the respective Secretary shall have free access to the factories, warehouses, or depots where tuberculin is kept; he shall also have access to the registration books in which the receipt and the dispatch of tuberculin are entere...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/928/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 928 - Sale of tuberculin—Regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 928 - Sale of tuberculin—Regulations
The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to prescribe rules for enforcing §§ 921—929 of this title. History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 8, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/929/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 929 - Sale of tuberculin—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 929 - Sale of tuberculin—Penalties
Every violation of §§ 922—924, 926 and 927 of this title shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200); and in default of the payment of said fine, by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) month. Every violation of § 925 of this title shall likewise be consid...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/930/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 930 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Short title
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 930 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Short title
Sections 930—949 of this title shall be known as the “Barbiturates and Other Dangerous Drugs Act”. History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/931/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 931 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 931 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Definitions
The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless otherwise defined in the text of §§ 930—949 of this title: (1) Antibiotics. — Includes the chemical compound or mixture of chemical compounds or derivatives thereof, salts and mixtures of said derivatives or salts, obtained from natural or synthet...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/932/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 932 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Sale of compounds which do not have...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 932 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Sale of compounds which do not have hypnotic effects
(a) The provisions of §§ 930—949 of this title, unless otherwise provided, shall not apply to the compounds, mixtures or preparations which are used as irrigation, inhalation, atomization, liniment or gargles or in any other reasonable form for external use only; provided said compounds, mixtures or preparations are ex...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/933/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 933 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Sale of barbiturates and dangerous ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 933 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Sale of barbiturates and dangerous drugs
(a) Every natural or [juridical] person who in any manner sells, gives, negotiates, exchanges or distributes any of the barbiturates and dangerous drugs defined in § 931 of this title may do so exclusively on a practitioner’s order or prescription, which shall be dispensed by a pharmacist or pharmacy aide, as prescribe...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/934/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 934 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Practitioner’s order or prescriptio...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 934 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Practitioner’s order or prescription, requirements
When a physician prescribes the use of a dangerous drug or a barbiturate, he shall state in the order the correct name and address of the person to whom it has been issued, the age of the patient, the directions for the use of the drug, and the date of issuance of the order. When the prescription is for some animal it ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/935/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 935 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Labeling of containers
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 935 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Labeling of containers
(a) The pharmacist or pharmacy aide who dispenses a dangerous drug or a barbiturate shall set forth on the label or band affixed to the container the following information: (1) Name and exact location of the establishment. (2) Corresponding serial number of the order and the date it is filled. (3) Name of the patient. ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/936/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 936 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Regulation for the sale of antibiot...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 936 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Regulation for the sale of antibiotics
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, penicillin and the other antibiotics, and preparations containing antibiotics and mixtures of antibiotics shall not be sold at retail, except on a medical or practitioner’s order or prescription, and such prescription shall be filled by a pharmacist or pharmacy ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/937/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 937 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Filling and copies of orders
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 937 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Filling and copies of orders
(a) The repetition of a medical or practitioner’s order or prescription is hereby prohibited, except when it includes the written and signed order of a person empowered by §§ 930—949 of this title to issue the same authorizing its repetition and also stating the number of times it may be repeated. (b) The filling of a ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/938/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 938 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Inventory and records by pharmaceut...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 938 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Inventory and records by pharmaceutical establishments
Every pharmaceutical establishment shall: (a) Not later than thirty (30) days from the date of the effectiveness of this act, prepare an inventory of the barbiturates and of the dangerous drugs in its possession, specifying the name of the barbiturate and of the dangerous drug and the corresponding quantity. This inven...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/939/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 939 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Inventory and records by manufactur...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 939 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Inventory and records by manufacturers, vendors, etc
Every manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor of barbiturates and dangerous drugs shall: (a) Not later than thirty (30) days from the effective date of this act, prepare an inventory of the barbiturates and dangerous drugs in his possession, specifying the name of the barbiturates and dangerous drugs and the correspond...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/940/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 940 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Records by hospitals
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 940 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Records by hospitals
Every hospital, clinic, laboratory, private or public institution, which uses, receives or transfers in any manner any of the dangerous drugs or barbiturates covered by §§ 930—949 of this title in the regular course of its business shall comply with subsection (a) of § 938 of this title, and shall furthermore: (a) With...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/941/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 941 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Names of barbiturates and dangerous...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 941 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Names of barbiturates and dangerous drugs
In keeping records of the incoming and outgoing of barbiturates and dangerous drugs, as required in §§ 938, 939 and 940 of this title, there shall be used as names thereof the nomenclature of the official books or their supplements, or that of the nonofficial books, or the name of the patent of the corresponding pharma...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/942/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 942 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Sale to pharmacies and professional...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 942 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Sale to pharmacies and professionals
(a) No practitioner’s or medical order or prescription shall be necessary for the sale at wholesale of the dangerous drugs or barbiturates referred to in §§ 930—949 of this title by manufacturers, vendors and wholesalers to pharmacists, pharmacies, hospitals, medical centers, physicians, dentists and veterinarians. (b)...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/943/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 943 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Possession in original container
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 943 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Possession in original container
(a) Possession and control of the drugs referred to in §§ 930—949 of this title shall only be legal if the drugs are enclosed in the original container in which they were dispensed by the person empowered to deliver them, and the burden of any exception shall fall on the person charged with violating this subsection. H...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/944/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 944 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Use of fictitious name, false addre...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 944 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Use of fictitious name, false address
No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain, or prescribe any of the drugs referred to in §§ 930—949 of this title by means of a fictitious name or by giving a false address. History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 15, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/945/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 945 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Enforcement
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 945 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Enforcement
(a) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Secretary of Health to see to the observance of §§ 930—949 of this title and to report to the Secretary of Justice such violations as may come to his knowledge. (b) The Secretary of Justice shall prosecute and sustain in court all cases of violations of §§ 930—949 of t...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/946/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 946 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Approval and judicial review of reg...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 946 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Approval and judicial review of regulations
(a) The Secretary of Health shall approve and promulgate the regulations governing and controlling the sale, possession, prescription and distribution of the barbiturates, antibiotics and other dangerous drugs to which §§ 930—949 of this title refer; the labeling of the containers in which same are dispensed; the filli...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/946a/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 946a - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Drugs for use of animals; human co...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 946a - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Drugs for use of animals; human consumption of products derived from animals
The articles or drugs exclusively intended for the use of animals shall not be subject to the provisions of §§ 933, 934, 935, 936, 938, 939 and 940 of this title, provided same are manufactured or packed expressly for said purposes in such a manner that they may not have alternate or interchangeable use in human beings...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/947/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 947 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Offenses and penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 947 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Offenses and penalties
(a) Any natural or artificial person who sells, gives, negotiates, exchanges, distributes or possesses dangerous drugs or barbiturates in the Commonwealth, except as expressed in §§ 933 and 946a of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be sentenced to imprisonment in jail for a term not...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-63/948/
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 948 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Administrative fines
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 948 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Administrative fines
Any person who shall violate any provision of §§ 930—949 of this title or its regulations and which violation is a purely technical one, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Health through regulation to that effect, may avail himself of an administrative fine which shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for e...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 949 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Dispensing of drugs
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 949 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Dispensing of drugs
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 930—949 of this title, the Secretary of Health is hereby empowered, through special regulations promulgated for the purpose, to authorize the dispensing of dangerous drugs, barbiturates or antibiotics, as defined in § 931 of this title, under the following circumstances: (1) By ...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 950 - Informative posters on anabolic steriods
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 950 - Informative posters on anabolic steriods
(a) Display of informative poster. — Any person, firm, corporation or partnership that owns or administers public or private gymnasiums, courts, parks or sports practice or training centers, as well as any business or commercial establishment where vitamins, vitamin supplements, natural foods or diet or food supplement...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 950a - Prohibitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 950a - Prohibitions
For purposes of §§ 950a—950d of this title, the following prohibitions are hereby established: (a) No person shall place, or allow to be placed, any commercial advertisement, sign or announcement of products made with Ma huang, guaraná, kola nut, chromium picolinate and sacred bark, found in weight loss products, sexua...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 950b - Warning on labels
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 950b - Warning on labels
All products that contain Ma huang, guaraná, kola nut, chromium picolinate and sacred bark, found in weight loss products, sexual stimulants or muscle building products, or for any other use, shall contain a written notice on the back of the package stating a warning on the possible noxious effects of their use on the ...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 950c - Department of Consumer Affairs; powers
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 950c - Department of Consumer Affairs; powers
The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall adopt the necessary rules and regulations to enforce the provisions in §§ 950a—950d of this title. In the exercise of the powers granted pursuant to § 950a of this title, the Secretary shall issue orders to cease and desist and impose administrative fines up to ...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d)›§ 950d - Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 950d - Penalties
When a person incurs in violations against the provisions in §§ 950a—950d of this title and/or any orders or resolutions issued thereunder, the Secretary shall file criminal action against the offender without limiting the capacity stated in § 950b of this title. Said infraction shall be considered a misdemeanor with t...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 65 - Narcotics (§§ 951 — 974s)›§ 974r - Druggists, filling prescription
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 65 - Narcotics (§§ 951 — 974s) › § 974r - Druggists, filling prescription
Druggists and pharmacy aides duly authorized by law may dispense narcotic drugs to any person on an order or prescription written by a physician, dentist, or veterinarian. In every prescription, such practitioners shall state the date on which issued, the name and address of the patient, the signature of the physician,...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006)›§ 1001 - Poisonous substances—Labels; sales precautions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006) › § 1001 - Poisonous substances—Labels; sales precautions
No natural or [juridical] person, association, or firm shall sell, give, or dispose of poisonous substances unless the box, bottle, pasteboard box, cylinder, plate, package, or container in which it is dispatched has, attached thereto, a label with a skull and cross-bones printed below it, and on which shall appear the...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006)›§ 1002 - Poisonous substances—Record of sales
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006) › § 1002 - Poisonous substances—Record of sales
Before the seller delivers any poisonous substance to the purchaser, he shall make an entry in a book that he shall keep expressly for that purpose, in which he shall note the date of the sale, the name and residence of the purchaser, the name and amount of the poison sold, and the purpose or object for which it was pu...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006)›§ 1003 - Poisonous substances—Exceptions to record
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006) › § 1003 - Poisonous substances—Exceptions to record
It shall not be necessary to make any entry whatever in the record book [that is mentioned in § 1002 of this title] when a pharmacist fills prescriptions for physicians, dentists, and veterinarians who are duly admitted to practice their professions in Puerto Rico. History —May 5, 1939, No. 115, p. 600, § 3, eff. 90 da...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006)›§ 1004 - Poisonous substances—Other exceptions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006) › § 1004 - Poisonous substances—Other exceptions
Nothing stated in this chapter shall apply to establishments devoted exclusively to selling at wholesale and in the original containers of the manufacturer; or to patent or proprietary medicine factories; or to stores or commercial houses which are not strictly drugstores or pharmacies but which dispatch poisonous subs...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006)›§ 1005 - Poisonous substances—Regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006) › § 1005 - Poisonous substances—Regulations
The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to prescribe rules for enforcing this chapter, to define poisons, and to classify them in accordance with local requirements and conditions. History —May 5, 1939, No. 115, p. 600, § 5, eff. 90 days after May 5, 1939.
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006)›§ 1006 - Poisonous substances—Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006) › § 1006 - Poisonous substances—Penalties
Any person violating this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for the first violation he shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100); and for subsequent violations he shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more tha...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 69 - Plastic Cement and Lacquer Thinner (§§ 1021 — 1024)›§ 1021 - Sale of plastic cement prohibited
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 69 - Plastic Cement and Lacquer Thinner (§§ 1021 — 1024) › § 1021 - Sale of plastic cement prohibited
No person shall sell, offer for sale, deliver or give away to another person, any glue, cement or paste, known as plastic cement, or any other similar substance, either separately or as part of a set used for the construction of model airplanes, model boats, model automobiles, model trains or other similar models, if s...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 69 - Plastic Cement and Lacquer Thinner (§§ 1021 — 1024)›§ 1021a - Lacquer thinner
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 69 - Plastic Cement and Lacquer Thinner (§§ 1021 — 1024) › § 1021a - Lacquer thinner
The Administrator of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is hereby empowered to regulate the sale and/or distribution of the mixture of toluence and acetone, known commercially as “lacquer thinner.” History —June 25, 1965, No. 84, p. 196, added as § 1-A on May 27, 1976, No. 64, p. 184.
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 69 - Plastic Cement and Lacquer Thinner (§§ 1021 — 1024)›§ 1024 - Penal clause
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 69 - Plastic Cement and Lacquer Thinner (§§ 1021 — 1024) › § 1024 - Penal clause
Any violation of this chapter shall be punished by a minimum fine of fifty dollars ($50) and a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500), but subsequent violations shall be punished by a minimum fine of two hundred dollars ($200) and a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by confinement in jail for thirt...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 70 - Alcohol Vaporizing Device (§§ 1025 — 1027)›§ 1025 - Short title
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 70 - Alcohol Vaporizing Device (§§ 1025 — 1027) › § 1025 - Short title
This chapter shall be known as the “Act to Prohibit the Sale, Distribution and Use of Alcohol Vaporizing Devices in public places”. History —Dec. 22, 2006, No. 278, § 1.
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 70 - Alcohol Vaporizing Device (§§ 1025 — 1027)›§ 1026 - Definition
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 70 - Alcohol Vaporizing Device (§§ 1025 — 1027) › § 1026 - Definition
For purposes of this chapter, the term “alcohol vaporizing device” means any device, machine or process that mixes spirit drinks, liquor, alcohol, or any derivative thereof with oxygen or other gas with the intention of producing a vaporized product for human consumption by means of inhalation. History —Dec. 22, 2006, ...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 70 - Alcohol Vaporizing Device (§§ 1025 — 1027)›§ 1027 - Prohibition
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 70 - Alcohol Vaporizing Device (§§ 1025 — 1027) › § 1027 - Prohibition
The use of alcohol vaporizing equipment by any person in a public place engage in the sale of alcoholic beverages is hereby prohibited. For the purposes of this chapter, the owner of the business in which the use of alcohol vaporizing equipment is allowed and the person using the same shall be held responsible. A perso...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 71 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (§§ 1031 — 1031d)›§ 1031 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 71 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (§§ 1031 — 1031d) › § 1031 - Definitions
For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning set forth below: (a) Information material.— Means any brochure, pamphlet, videotape, or handout that details the importance of preventing lead poisoning. (b) Media.— Means any mechanism that can be used for the dissemination of adverti...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 71 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (§§ 1031 — 1031d)›§ 1031a - Duties and responsibilities of the Department of Health
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 71 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (§§ 1031 — 1031d) › § 1031a - Duties and responsibilities of the Department of Health
The duties and responsibilities of the Department of Health include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Conduct an annual prevention campaign through the media in order to inform and educate the people about the importance of knowing risk factors, signs, and symptoms associated with lead poisoning. (b) Draft in...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 71 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (§§ 1031 — 1031d)›§ 1031b - Duties and responsibilities of pediatricians
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 71 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (§§ 1031 — 1031d) › § 1031b - Duties and responsibilities of pediatricians
The duties and responsibilities of every pediatrician’s office include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Handing out, free of charge, information material about the importance of learning about risk factors, signs, and symptoms associated with lead poisoning provided by the Department of Health in accordance ...
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 71 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (§§ 1031 — 1031d)›§ 1031c - Rulemaking authority
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 71 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (§§ 1031 — 1031d) › § 1031c - Rulemaking authority
The Department of Health is hereby authorized to adopt regulations as are necessary and convenient to achieve the purposes of this chapter. History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 39, § 5.
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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 III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 71 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (§§ 1031 — 1031d)›§ 1031d - Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 71 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (§§ 1031 — 1031d) › § 1031d - Penalties
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute an administrative offense subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 39, § 6.
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 81 - General Provisions (§§ 1041 — 1042)›§ 1041 - Short title
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 81 - General Provisions (§§ 1041 — 1042) › § 1041 - Short title
This part shall be known as the “Vital Statistics Registry Act of Puerto Rico”. History —Apr. 22, 1931, No. 24, p. 228, § 1, eff. 90 days after Apr. 22, 1931.
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 81 - General Provisions (§§ 1041 — 1042)›§ 1042 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 81 - General Provisions (§§ 1041 — 1042) › § 1042 - Definitions
When used in this part: (1) Vital Statistics Registry. — Shall mean the General Registry of Vital Statistics of Puerto Rico established in the Department of Health of Puerto Rico, which shall be charged with the registry, compilation, custody, conservation, amendment and certification of vital records; the compiling of...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 83 - General and Local Registries (§§ 1071 — 1074)›§ 1071 - General Registry; enforcement; regulations
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 83 - General and Local Registries (§§ 1071 — 1074) › § 1071 - General Registry; enforcement; regulations
The General Registry of Vital Statistics of Puerto Rico is hereby created, to be established in the Division of Demographic Registry and Vital Statistics of the Department of Health of Puerto Rico. Said Department shall be in charge of all matters connected with the registration of the births, marriages and deaths whic...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 83 - General and Local Registries (§§ 1071 — 1074)›§ 1071a - Regulations; fees
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 83 - General and Local Registries (§§ 1071 — 1074) › § 1071a - Regulations; fees
The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to establish through regulations to such effect, the fees to be paid for any certificate or document issued or service rendered by the Civil Registry of Puerto Rico, its subregistries or subordinate registries. Provided, That the amounts to be paid shall never be greater tha...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 83 - General and Local Registries (§§ 1071 — 1074)›§ 1072 - Registry districts; compensation for keepers of registry
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 83 - General and Local Registries (§§ 1071 — 1074) › § 1072 - Registry districts; compensation for keepers of registry
Each municipality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the Commonwealth Capital, shall constitute a primary registry district, but the Secretary of Health may, if he deems it necessary in order to facilitate registration, divide any municipality or the Capital into two (2) or more districts, and may likewise establis...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 83 - General and Local Registries (§§ 1071 — 1074)›§ 1073 - Registrar for every district; compensation; appointment; remo...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 83 - General and Local Registries (§§ 1071 — 1074) › § 1073 - Registrar for every district; compensation; appointment; removal
(a) In each primary registry district there shall be at least one registrar, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Health in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 345, approved May 12, 1947. The minimum salary in the compensation schedule which the Director of Personnel may establish for the classes to which t...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 83 - General and Local Registries (§§ 1071 — 1074)›§ 1074 - Correction of defects and control of registry by Secretary of...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 83 - General and Local Registries (§§ 1071 — 1074) › § 1074 - Correction of defects and control of registry by Secretary of Health
In case that at any time the registration in any district under the direction of a keeper of a register is defective, the Secretary of Health shall notify said officer of such defects which shall be corrected within ten (10) days after such notice, and in case the same are not so corrected, the Secretary of Health shal...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111)›§ 1101 - Record of death; burial and removal-and-burial permits
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111) › § 1101 - Record of death; burial and removal-and-burial permits
No corpse shall be buried, or deposited in a niche or tomb, or cremated, or otherwise removed or transported out of the municipality where the death occurred, unless a record of such death is previously made in the registry of the place where the same occurred or of the place where the corpse has been found, and unless...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111)›§ 1102 - Record of stillborn children
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111) › § 1102 - Record of stillborn children
The Department of Health shall prepare a special certificate for the registration of stillborn children, who shall be recorded in a special book and the certificates filed separately in the Department of Health in the usual form. Instead of the name of the child the certificate shall bear the word “stillborn”; Provided...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111)›§ 1103 - Information for death certificates
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111) › § 1103 - Information for death certificates
Death certificates shall contain the following information, which is hereby declared necessary for the legal, social and sanitary purposes to be served by the documents to be recorded: (1) Place of death, which shall include, when occurring in the urban zone, the street and number of the house; when occurring in a subu...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111)›§ 1104 - Medical certificate; information required
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111) › § 1104 - Medical certificate; information required
The medical certificate shall be drafted and signed by the physician who attended the decedent for the last time and shall specify the duration of such attendance, the date on which the physician saw him alive for the last time and the date and hour of the death, and shall also specify the cause of the death in such a ...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111)›§ 1105 - Order of certification of deaths
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111) › § 1105 - Order of certification of deaths
Physicians in the legal exercise of their profession in Puerto Rico are obliged to certify deaths in the following order: (1) The physician who attended the deceased in his last sickness. (2) The corresponding physician of municipal-charities service, if there has not been an attending physician. (3) In default of both...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111)›§ 1106 - Registration of death without medical certificate
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111) › § 1106 - Registration of death without medical certificate
In case it is impossible to obtain a physician to authorize the medical certificate, the same may be substituted by the examination of the corpse made by the keeper of the register in the presence of the person presenting the death certificate, and said officer shall set forth in a special blank to be prepared for the ...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111)›§ 1107 - Death certificate where crime suspected
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111) › § 1107 - Death certificate where crime suspected
In case of death due to an unknown cause, when there is suspicion or indication of a crime, the prosecuting attorney or other officer authorized to investigate the death, shall issue the death certificate required for the issuance of a burial permit, setting forth in said certificate the name of the disease causing dea...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111)›§ 1108 - Delivery of death certificate to keeper of registry
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111) › § 1108 - Delivery of death certificate to keeper of registry
A person’s death certificate, to which § 1101 of this title refers, shall be delivered to the registrar within the shortest possible time and not later than twenty-four hours after the time of death, by any of the relatives or residents in the house of the decedent who is of legal age, or by the undertaker or the perso...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111)›§ 1109 - Burial permit; removal-and-burial permit; embalming certificate
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111) › § 1109 - Burial permit; removal-and-burial permit; embalming certificate
If the interment or any other disposition to be made of the corpse is to take place within the Island of Puerto Rico, the burial permit or removal-and-burial permit shall be limited to a declaration by the registrar to the effect that a death certificate prepared and filled out in accordance with the requirements of th...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111)›§ 1110 - Register of interments by cemetery keeper; endorsement on burial permits
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111) › § 1110 - Register of interments by cemetery keeper; endorsement on burial permits
Gravediggers or cemetery keepers shall not inter, nor shall they permit the interment, cremation or other final disposition of any corpse, unless a burial permit or a removal-and-burial permit, as the case may be, is delivered to them. In each cemetery, the cemetery keeper shall keep a register of all interments made, ...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111)›§ 1111 - Deaths—Notice to the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 85 - Deaths (§§ 1101 — 1111) › § 1111 - Deaths—Notice to the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works
The Registrar of each District Vital Statistics Registry shall have the obligation of notifying, on a monthly basis, the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works on the deaths within his/her District in order for the latter to cancel all removable placards that had been granted to the deceased per...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1131 - Declaration of birth; time
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1131 - Declaration of birth; time
Within a period of thirty (30) days computed from the date on which the birth of a human being has occurred, the declaration thereof shall be made before any keeper of the Vital Statistics Registry, to whom a birth certificate shall be delivered for its due registration in the manner hereinafter provided. When the decl...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1132 - Persons required to make declaration; order
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1132 - Persons required to make declaration; order
The following have the obligation to make the declaration of the birth certifying the same with his/her signature and/or to respond to the check process of the Vital Statistics Registry to complete the same, in the following order, and ones in the absence of others, for legitimate reasons: (1) The attending physician a...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1132a - Birth in institution; signature in birth certificate by the father or mother who v...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1132a - Birth in institution; signature in birth certificate by the father or mother who voluntarily wishes to recognize the child
The administrator or director of the institution, when a birth occurs in a hospital, sanatorium, asylum, penitentiary, or any other public or private institution established in Puerto Rico, shall be under the obligation to provide the certificate of birth to the father or mother who voluntary wishes to recognize the ne...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1133 - Information required for birth certificates
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1133 - Information required for birth certificates
The certificate of birth that the Registrar of Vital Statistics shall keep in his/her archives shall include the following information, which is hereby declared to be necessary for the legal, social and health purposes sought by registering the birth: (1) Place of birth, including city, town, or barrio, if in the urban...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1133a - Recording of birth acknowledged by only one parent
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1133a - Recording of birth acknowledged by only one parent
If the birth is acknowledged by only one of the parents, it shall be the Registry of Vital Statistics’ obligation to register the birth stating both surnames of the only parent to recognize it, if so requested by said father or mother at the moment it is registered. If after the registration there were an intention of ...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1135 - Special file for documents modifying civil status
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1135 - Special file for documents modifying civil status
On petition of an interested person, documents showing the juridical acts modifying in any manner the civil status or the condition of a person registered, shall be kept in a special file in the Department of Health, in which reference shall be made to the birth certificate to which they correspond. History —Apr. 22, 1...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1136 - Adoptions; change in registration; confidential
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1136 - Adoptions; change in registration; confidential
If the birth of an adoptee had previously been registered in the Vital Statistics Registry, the registration certificate of such birth shall be substituted for another showing the new juridic status of the registered child, as if he were a legitimate child of the adopters; Provided, That the original registration certi...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1137 - Registration based upon adoption
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1137 - Registration based upon adoption
In case the adoptee was born in Puerto Rico and does not find his birth registered in the Vital Statistics Registry, the registration shall be made on the basis of the facts arising from the adoption. History —Apr. 22, 1931, No. 24, p. 228, added as § 21B on June 15, 1953, No. 84, p. 296, § 2, eff. 90 days after June 1...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1138 - Registration of adoptions made outside of Commonwealth
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1138 - Registration of adoptions made outside of Commonwealth
Any adoption made outside of Puerto Rico of a person born in Puerto Rico shall, at the request of an interested party, be recorded in the Vital Statistics Registry upon previous presentation of an authenticated copy of the decision or decree authorizing the adoption, following the same procedure set forth in § 1137 of ...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1139 - Special registry of adoptees born outside and adopted in commonwealth
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1139 - Special registry of adoptees born outside and adopted in commonwealth
In case the adoptee was born outside of Puerto Rico, but was adopted in Puerto Rico, it shall be the duty of the Chief of the Division of Demographic Registry and Vital Statistics of the Department of Health to transmit to the proper officer of the adoptee’s birth place, a certified copy of the decision issued by the c...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1161 - Record of marriage where celebrated
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1161 - Record of marriage where celebrated
Every marriage contracted in Puerto Rico in accordance with Section II, Chapter I, Title VI, of the Civil Code, shall be recorded in the Registry of Vital Statistics of the district in which the marriage is celebrated. History —Apr. 22, 1931, No. 24, p. 228, § 22, eff. 90 days after Apr. 22, 1931.
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1162 - Marriage license; issuance
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1162 - Marriage license; issuance
There can be no marriage if the contracting parties have not previously obtained a marriage license, which the contracting parties have provided themselves with a marriage license which shall be issued, at the request of either of the parties by the registrar of the district in which either of the contracting parties r...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1163 - Delivery of marriage license, affidavit, and certificate to keeper ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1163 - Delivery of marriage license, affidavit, and certificate to keeper of register
Every person with legal authority before whom a marriage has been celebrated shall be obliged to deliver, within ten (10) days after such celebration, to the keeper of the Register of the district in which said ceremony took place, the marriage license and the affidavit presented by the contracting parties in accordanc...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1164 - Transcription of marriage certificate
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1164 - Transcription of marriage certificate
Upon the receipt of said documents, the Keeper of the Register shall make a transcription of the marriage certificate in the book kept for such purpose in his office, and he shall send the original documents to the Department of Health of Puerto Rico, as hereinafter provided. History —Apr. 22, 1931, No. 24, p. 228, § 2...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1165 - Information for marriage documents
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1165 - Information for marriage documents
To facilitate compliance with §§ 1161—1164 of this title, it shall be required that the marriage license, as well as the sworn statement to be presented by the contracting parties and the marriage certificate, contain, at least, the following details: (1) The place, hour, day, month and year in which the marriage took ...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1166 - Original marriage documents to Secretary of Health
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1166 - Original marriage documents to Secretary of Health
The originals of the marriage licenses, of the affidavits given by the contracting parties, of the marriage certificates, and of any other documents which may have been necessary to present for its celebration, shall be forwarded to the Department of Health by the keeper of the Register not later than the fifth (5th) d...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1168 - Annotations of decrees of divorce or annulments of marriages by Sec...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1168 - Annotations of decrees of divorce or annulments of marriages by Secretary of Health
(a) The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to annotate, as he may deem convenient, in the originals of marriage certificates and transcriptions thereof filed in the Civil Registry or in the Vital Statistics Registry, the decrees of divorce or annulments of marriages rendered by the Court of First I...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 91 - Register of Physicians, Midwives, and Undertakers (§ 1191)›§ 1191 - Registration of physicians, midwives, and undert...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 91 - Register of Physicians, Midwives, and Undertakers (§ 1191) › § 1191 - Registration of physicians, midwives, and undertakers
On or before the day on which this act takes effect, every physician in the legal exercise of his profession in Puerto Rico, every midwife and every undertaker established in Puerto Rico shall register his name and address in the Office of the keeper of the Register of the district in which he resides or has an open of...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 93 - Register of Patients and Inmates in Hospitals and Institutions (§ 1211)›§ 1211 - Register of patients and inmates in...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 93 - Register of Patients and Inmates in Hospitals and Institutions (§ 1211) › § 1211 - Register of patients and inmates in hospitals and institutions
On or before the date on which this act takes effect, a register shall be kept in every hospital, sanatorium, asylum or other public or private institution established in Puerto Rico, or which may be established in the future, where patients are admitted for the treatment of diseases or for cases of maternity, or where...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1231 - Supervision by Secretary of Health; changes in registers
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1231 - Supervision by Secretary of Health; changes in registers
The Secretary of Health shall prepare, cause to be printed, and furnish to the keepers of the Registers, all books, printed matter and forms to be used for the registration of births, marriages and deaths occurring or taking place in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or which may be necessary to carry out the purposes o...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1232 - File and index of certificates
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1232 - File and index of certificates
The Secretary of Health shall systematically arrange and permanently keep the certificates; shall prepare and keep an up-to-date alphabetical index thereof classified by the surnames of the deceased in the case of death certificates; by the surnames of the contracting parties in the case of marriage certificates; and b...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1233 - Notice of deaths by contagious diseases
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1233 - Notice of deaths by contagious diseases
The Secretary of Health shall inform the keepers of the Registers of all such diseases as are considered contagious or transmissible and dangerous to public health, and when a death due to any of said diseases is registered, the keeper of the Register shall immediately notify the health officer of the district on a pri...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1234 - Printed forms for certificates; accurate execution
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1234 - Printed forms for certificates; accurate execution
The registrar shall furnish to any person upon request printed forms for the preparation of certificates; he shall examine with the utmost care all birth, marriage and death certificates presented to him for registration in order to ascertain that the same have been filled out pursuant to the provisions of this part an...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1235 - Separate record books; successive numbering
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1235 - Separate record books; successive numbering
The keeper of the Register shall number successively the birth, marriage and death certificates, in three different series, starting with number one for the first birth, the first marriage and the first death in each natural year; besides, he shall set forth the date on which the certificate was registered in his offic...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1236 - Reports and original certificates to Secretary of Health
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1236 - Reports and original certificates to Secretary of Health
On the fifth (5th) day of each month, the keeper of the Register shall forward to the Secretary of Health all the original certificates registered by him during the preceding month, as well as the original of any certificate of a back date which may be in his possession, and if in any one month no certificate shall hav...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1237 - Certified copies of certificates
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1237 - Certified copies of certificates
(a) Petition of certified copies of certificates. — At the request of the interested party, the Secretary of Health or the person authorized by him/her shall issue a certified copy of any birth, marriage or death certificate that has been recorded and registered in the General Registry pursuant to the provisions of thi...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1238 - Certified copies based upon old civil registries
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1238 - Certified copies based upon old civil registries
The registrars of vital statistics in the municipalities of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized and directed to issue certified copies of the certificates or entries contained in said similar books transcribed from the duplicate books of the old Civil Registries, as if they were certified copies of the original certifica...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1239 - Photographic reproductions—Microfilming old civil registers
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1239 - Photographic reproductions—Microfilming old civil registers
The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to copy in photographic film, by means of the process known as “microfilm” and/or any other adequate process, all birth, marriage, and death certificates or registrations entered in the books of the old Civil Registry of Puerto Rico, as organized in the Common...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1240 - Photographic reproductions—Microfilming General Registry of Vita...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1240 - Photographic reproductions—Microfilming General Registry of Vital Statistics
In the same manner as stated in § 1239 of this title, he may make copies of all birth, marriage, and death certificates or registrations entered in the General Registry of Vital Statistics of Puerto Rico, as well as of the affidavits and other documents which may have been presented for making such registrations. The S...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1241 - Photographic reproductions—Preservation of microfilms
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1241 - Photographic reproductions—Preservation of microfilms
A copy of these records obtained as indicated, shall be permanently filed at the Division of the Demographic Registry and Vital Statistics of the Department of Health, and another copy shall be deposited with the Commonwealth or federal government agency which, in the judgment of the Secretay of Health, can offer the s...
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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 IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1242 - Photographic reproductions—Copies available upon payment
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1242 - Photographic reproductions—Copies available upon payment
On petition of the interested party, the Secretary of Health, or the person authorized by him, shall furnish a copy of such documents to any person requesting it, upon payment of the proper fees, pursuant to § 1237 of this title. History —May 13, 1947, No. 370, p. 710, § 4.