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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vi/chapter-121a/2713/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VI - Dangerous Substances (§§ 2701 — 2716)›Chapter 121A - Officers Authorized to Investigate and Seize Dangerous Substances (§§ 2711 — 2716)›§ 2713 - Evidence in judicial procee... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VI - Dangerous Substances (§§ 2701 — 2716) › Chapter 121A - Officers Authorized to Investigate and Seize Dangerous Substances (§§ 2711 — 2716) › § 2713 - Evidence in judicial proceedings | In every judicial proceeding, the representative samples of the dangerous substances, as well as pictures, videotapes, laboratory testing reports, or any other evidence as to the quantity or weight of substance, shall be considered adequate evidence of the presence of the substance that was found at the time of the int... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vi/chapter-121a/2714/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VI - Dangerous Substances (§§ 2701 — 2716)›Chapter 121A - Officers Authorized to Investigate and Seize Dangerous Substances (§§ 2711 — 2716)›§ 2714 - Evidence in judicial proced... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VI - Dangerous Substances (§§ 2701 — 2716) › Chapter 121A - Officers Authorized to Investigate and Seize Dangerous Substances (§§ 2711 — 2716) › § 2714 - Evidence in judicial procedings—Destruction of excess | In every judicial proceeding in which the quantity of the corresponding substance is the element of crime, or in which the weight or quantity is necessary to prove the element of crime, the samples and pictures, videotapes, laboratory testing reports and any other evidence as to the quantity or weight of the substance,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vi/chapter-121a/2715/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VI - Dangerous Substances (§§ 2701 — 2716)›Chapter 121A - Officers Authorized to Investigate and Seize Dangerous Substances (§§ 2711 — 2716)›§ 2715 - Custody | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VI - Dangerous Substances (§§ 2701 — 2716) › Chapter 121A - Officers Authorized to Investigate and Seize Dangerous Substances (§§ 2711 — 2716) › § 2715 - Custody | After an agent of Police Corps, Municipal Police Corps, Rangers of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, Penal Guards, Firefighters Corps, and other duly authorized representatives and officers of the public order has obtained the sample and the pictures, videotapes, laboratory testing reports or any o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vi/chapter-121a/2716/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VI - Dangerous Substances (§§ 2701 — 2716)›Chapter 121A - Officers Authorized to Investigate and Seize Dangerous Substances (§§ 2711 — 2716)›§ 2716 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VI - Dangerous Substances (§§ 2701 — 2716) › Chapter 121A - Officers Authorized to Investigate and Seize Dangerous Substances (§§ 2711 — 2716) › § 2716 - Penalties | Any person who incurs in the following acts thus obstructing the work of the defense or of the prosecutor shall incur a crime pursuant to the provisions of this chapter:
(a) Alter, destroy, suppress or conceal any registry, document or object with the purpose of causing detriment to its credibility, legality or availab... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3001/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3001 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3001 - Short title | This chapter shall be known as “Health Services Integral Reform Act of Puerto Rico.”
History —June 23, 1976, No. 11, p. 672, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3002/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3002 - Statement of public policy and legisla... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3002 - Statement of public policy and legislative purpose | Health problems have always been a cause of deep concern for the people, the health professionals and the Government of Puerto Rico. Because of that concern, a high priority has been given and substantial resources have been devoted to the solution of those problems [throughout the years]. This is evinced by the achiev... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3003/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3003 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3003 - Definitions | The following terms and phrases, where used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the meanings stated below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Administration. — Means the Health, Services and Facilities Administration created by Act No. 26 of November 13, 1975.
(b) Council. — Means the Coordinati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3004/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3004 - General Health Council—Creation and co... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3004 - General Health Council—Creation and composition | The General Health Council is hereby created as an advisory body for the planning, coordination, revision and evaluation of the health services in Puerto Rico within the public as well as the private sectors, to advise the Secretary of Health in matters concerning the public policy of that Department; draft recommendat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3005/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3005 - Coordinating Health Council—Organizati... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3005 - Coordinating Health Council—Organization | The Council may create any special committees it deems necessary to carry out its functions.
The Council, as well as any of its committees may seek outside professional or technical counsel with the purpose of fulfilling its functions or duties. Government agencies related to the field of health shall be bound to furni... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3006/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3006 - Coordinating Health Council—Functions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3006 - Coordinating Health Council—Functions | The Council shall be an advisory body for the planning, coordination, revision and evaluation of all matters concerning the area of health in Puerto Rico. It shall be organized internally and function so as to constitute an effective mechanism to achieve the positive interaction of the main components of the health sys... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3007/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3007 - Coordinating Health Council—Powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3007 - Coordinating Health Council—Powers | The Council shall have, without being limited to, the following powers:
(a) To formulate, adopt, amend and repeal rules and bylaws to govern its internal activities in general, and to exercise and discharge the powers, faculties and duties imposed by this chapter or entrusted to it by the Secretary.
(b) To contract suc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3008/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3008 - Priorities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3008 - Priorities | For the purpose of giving immediate effectiveness to the public policy declared in this chapter, the Council is hereby authorized and directed to give priority to the following areas within the framework of its responsibilities and functions:
(1) Preventive health; availability, accessibility, acceptance, visibility an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3009/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3009 - Transfers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3009 - Transfers | All the functions of the Secretary of State and of the Department of State related to the following bodies, and to any other to be created in the future and which are related to health professionals, are hereby transferred to the Department of Health:
(a) Board of Medical Examiners.
(b) Board of Dental Examiners.
(c) B... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3010/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3010 - Regulation and evaluation of professio... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3010 - Regulation and evaluation of professionals | The Council shall recommend the regulation it deems necessary in connection with the rendering of professional health services and the evaluation of such services, subject to the provisions stated hereinafter. The corresponding Examining Board shall be in charge of the public hearings for the regulations in connection ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3011/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3011 - Professional regulation and evaluation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3011 - Professional regulation and evaluation organizations | (a) For each health profession, the Department shall designate a professional organization which meets the requirements indicated below and shall delegate to each one of them the power to draft all the regulations applicable to their respective professions, as to the quality of the service rendered by the health profes... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3012/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3012 - Professional regulation and evaluation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3012 - Professional regulation and evaluation organizations—Approval procedures and standards | (a) The regulations prepared by each professional regulation and evaluation organization shall be submitted to the Council. The Council shall study the proposed regulations, shall discuss them with the pertinent organization, shall hold public hearings pursuant to § 3030 of this title and shall recommend the necessary ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3013/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3013 - Professional regulation and evaluation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3013 - Professional regulation and evaluation organizations—Other functions | The professional regulation and evaluation organizations shall perform the following additional functions:
(a) They shall establish and maintain a close relationship with the examining boards corresponding to the professions they represent, and shall collaborate mutually to see that first-rate health services be offere... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3014/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3014 - Professional regulation and evaluation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3014 - Professional regulation and evaluation organizations—Contracting and remuneration of p... | The Secretary of Health, in consultation with the professionals concerned, shall establish the criteria and standards for the hiring and remuneration of health professionals who are interested in rendering services to the public sector. Furthermore, it shall set the pay mechanisms, which may be any of the following:
(1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3015/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3015 - Professional regulation and evaluation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3015 - Professional regulation and evaluation organizations—Terms and conditions | The Department shall set, in agreement with the different professional regulation organizations, the terms and conditions under which they shall discharge their mission and it shall provide them with the funds necessary to carry out their work.
History —June 23, 1976, No. 11, p. 672, § 22, renumbered as § 15 on June 29... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3016/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3016 - Health Institutions and Facilities Acc... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3016 - Health Institutions and Facilities Accreditation and Certification Advisory Board—Crea... | (a) A Health Institutions and Facilities Accreditation and Certification Advisory Board is hereby created, composed of nine (9) members to be appointed by the Secretary of Health as follows:
(1) One physician authorized to practice his profession in Puerto Rico, in consultation with representative organizations represe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3017/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3017 - Health Institutions and Facilities Acc... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3017 - Health Institutions and Facilities Accreditation and Certification Advisory Board—Powe... | The Consulting Board for the Accreditation of Institutions and Health Facilities shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) It shall revise and recommend to the Secretary the necessary regulation for the licensing of health facilities in Puerto Rico. These regulations shall include the organizational, administr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3018/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3018 - Health Institutions and Facilities Acc... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3018 - Health Institutions and Facilities Accreditation and Certification Advisory Board—Term... | The Department shall determine, in consultation with this Board, the terms and conditions under which it shall discharge its mission and shall provide the resources it needs to carry out its work.
History —June 23, 1976, No. 11, p. 672, § 27, renumbered as § 18 on June 29, 1977, No. 124, p. 338, § 23. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3020/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3020 - Health Institutions and Facilities Acc... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3020 - Health Institutions and Facilities Accreditation and Certification Advisory Board—Regu... | The Council shall advise the Secretary and the Accreditation and Certification Consulting Board on the proposed regulations, after public hearings and consultations are held with the professional groups concerned.
The regulations promulgated by the Secretary for these purposes shall provide, among other things, the cri... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3024a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3024a - Fixing of prices of medication | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3024a - Fixing of prices of medication | The Department of Consumer Affairs shall fix reasonable maximum prices and/or profit margins for medications pursuant to the criteria recommended by the Secretary.
The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall draft, approve and promulgate the rules and regulations that are necessary and convenient to imple... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3026/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3026 - Reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3026 - Reports | The Council shall submit complete and detailed reports on its operations and financial status for each fiscal year to the Secretary and the Legislature within forty-five (45) days following the close of the corresponding fiscal year. In addition, the Council shall submit to the Secretary duly documented quarterly repor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3027/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3027 - Reports to House and Senate Health Com... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3027 - Reports to House and Senate Health Committees | The Senate and House Health Committees shall receive and evaluate the annual reports submitted to them by the Council and by the Secretary, and shall take such action as they deem pertinent to insure that the act which created said Council is being duly enforced.
Each Committee shall render at least one report to the L... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3028/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3028 - Authorization of funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3028 - Authorization of funds | The sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Health from the General Fund of the Government for the purpose of facilitating the organization and operation of the Council hereunder, during fiscal year 1976-77. For subsequent years, the operating expenses of the Council ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3029/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3029 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3029 - Penalties | (a) Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining payment for services rendered, presents false information or documents to the Administration, to the Department of Health or to the Council, or who assists other persons in achieving such purposes, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by a fi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-131/3030/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030)›§ 3030 - Rules and regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 131 - Health Services Integral Reform (§§ 3001 — 3030) › § 3030 - Rules and regulations | Every regulation adopted by virtue of this chapter, which is not a bylaw, must be approved according to the following procedure, in addition to complying with Act June 30, 1957, No. 112.
Before recommending that the Secretary of Health give his/her final approval, the Council or the corresponding examining board shall ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3041/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3041 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3041 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated below:
(a) Insurer.— Means any person or entity authorized by the Insurance Commissioner to conduct insurance business as such in Puerto Rico that assumes a contractual risk in consideration of or exchange for the payment of a premiu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3042/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3042 - Rights—High quality... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3042 - Rights—High quality health services | Any patient shall be entitled to receive health services of the highest quality, consistent with generally accepted medical practice principles.
History —Aug. 25, 2000, No. 194, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3043/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3043 - Rights— Acquisition... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3043 - Rights— Acquisition and disclosure of information | Concerning the acquisition or disclosure of information, any patient, guardian, user or consumer of medical and hospital health services and facilities in Puerto Rico shall be entitled to:
(a) Receive true, reliable, timely, sufficient, and easily understood information fitting to his/her needs concerning those health ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3044/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3044 - Rights—Plan and pro... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3044 - Rights—Plan and provider selection | Concerning the selection of health care plans and medical and hospital health care service providers, all patients, guardians, consumers, or users of such plans and services in Puerto Rico are entitled to:
(a) An adequate and sufficient selection of healthcare plans and medical and hospital healthcare service providers... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3045/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3045 - Rights—Continuation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3045 - Rights—Continuation of healthcare services | All patients, consumers or users of medical and hospital health care services in Puerto Rico are entitled to:
(a) Health care plans that include in their contract or policy a provision stating that such healthcare plans may not be rescinded or amended, once the beneficiaries are covered under such plans or coverage, un... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3046/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3046 - Rights— Access to e... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3046 - Rights— Access to emergency services and facilities | All patients, consumers, and users of medical and hospital health care services in Puerto Rico are entitled to:
(a) Have free, direct and unrestricted access to emergency services and facilities whenever and wherever the need may arise for such services and facilities, regardless of the social or financial status or th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3047/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3047 - Rights— Participati... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3047 - Rights— Participation in decisions on treatment | All patients, guardians, consumers, or users of medical and hospital health care services in Puerto Rico are entitled to:
(a) Participate fully in all decisions concerning their medical and health care, including the right to choose and demand that their foot conditions be treated by a podiatrist. In the case of patien... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3048/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3048 - Rights—Respect and ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3048 - Rights—Respect and equal treatment | All patients, consumers, or users of medical and hospital health services in Puerto Rico are entitled to be treated equally, courteously, and with respect by all members of the health care industry, including but not limited to health care professionals, health care plans, and health care facility operators and provide... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3049/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3049 - Rights—Confidential... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3049 - Rights—Confidentiality of medical records and information | All patients, guardians, consumers and users of medical and hospital healthcare services in Puerto Rico are entitled to:
(a) Communicate freely, at ease, and in strict confidentiality with their medical and hospital services health care providers.
(b) Feel fully confident that their medical and health information will ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3050/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3050 - Rights— Complaints ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3050 - Rights— Complaints and grievances | All patients, consumers and users of medical and hospital health care services in Puerto Rico are entitled to:
(a) Be afforded simple, fair, and effective mechanisms or procedures to settle any differences with their health care plans, health care professionals, and medical and hospital facilities and services health c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3051/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3051 - Responsibilities of... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3051 - Responsibilities of patients, consumers, or users of medical and ho... | The vital nature of health care services calls for patients, consumers, or users of medical and hospital health care facilities, and their guardians and relatives, to participate in their care. However, patient satisfaction and health care effectiveness is partially contingent upon the patients’ adequate fulfillment of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3052/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3052 - Powers and responsi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3052 - Powers and responsibilities for implementing this chapter | The Department of Health shall be responsible for implementing the provisions of this chapter. The Department shall therefore adopt and promulgate the regulations necessary to meet these purposes, including but not limited to the mechanisms for filing, processing, and settlement of complaints and grievances.
History —A... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3053/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3053 - Informative sign re... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3053 - Informative sign required | The Secretary of Health shall prepare and distribute sufficiently in advance to the effective date of this act, and in sufficient amounts to be distributed among the persons and entities indicated below, chargeable to the regular expenses budget of the Department, an official sign, announcement, or notice, in Spanish a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3054/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3054 - Statement by user o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3054 - Statement by user or consumer required | All insurers, health care plans, health care professionals, and medical and hospital health care services providers authorized to conduct business as such in Puerto Rico shall require and demand from all their patients, insured parties, or service users or consumers, or in the case of disabled or underage persons from ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3055/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3055 - Complaints and rela... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3055 - Complaints and related procedures | (a) Any patients, guardians, insured parties, consumers, or users of medical and hospital health care services and facilities who deem that their rights or those of their wards have been violated under this chapter may file an administrative complaint against the provider or insurer in question with the Department, con... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3056/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3056 - Effect on other law... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3056 - Effect on other laws and regulations | None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to be excluding, curtailing, limiting, undermining, or otherwise impairing the rights of any natural or juridical person concerning the filing or claiming of any rights, remedies, causes of action, or proceedings as granted, recognized, or allowed under other la... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3057/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3057 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3057 - Penalties | Any insurer, healthcare plan, healthcare professional, or medical-hospital healthcare service provider or any person or entity that fails to comply with any of its responsibilities or obligations imposed by this Act, shall be guilty of a civil penalty and punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132/3058/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058)›§ 3058 - Appointed guardian | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132 - Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of the Patient (§§ 3041 — 3058) › § 3058 - Appointed guardian | The parents, children of legal age, custodians, persons in charge, spouses, relatives, legal representatives, proxies, or any other person appointed by court or by patients themselves, shall be able to exercise these rights if patients are not capable of making decisions, are declared legally incompetent, or are undera... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132a/3071/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080)›§ 3071 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080) › § 3071 - Definitions | For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Insurer.— Means any entity engaged in the business of entering into insurance contracts, as defined in the Puerto Rico Insurance Code.
(b) Early detection.— Means preventive cancer screening in a determined and asymptomatic popul... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132a/3072/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080)›§ 3072 - Rights | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080) › § 3072 - Rights | Cancer patients and survivors shall have the following rights:
(1) General rights.—
(a) Any person with a suspicious tissue growth that has a reasonable probability of being malignant shall have the right of immediate referral to specialists certified in cancer diagnosis (surgeons, pathologists, among others), and unde... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132a/3073/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080)›§ 3073 - Responsibilities of pub... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080) › § 3073 - Responsibilities of public and private cancer patient service providers | (a) At the time the patient is diagnosed, the healthcare provider shall notify the Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry if the case in order to keep real statistics on this population and prevent any penalties provided in §§ 390 et seq. of this title, better known as the “Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act.”
(b) He... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132a/3074/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080)›§ 3074 - Faculties of the Office... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080) › § 3074 - Faculties of the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and the Insurance Co... | The Office of the Healthcare Advocate and the Insurance Commissioner are hereby empowered to:
(a) Act on complaints related to noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Carry out detailed investigations on the grounds and circumstances resulting in, without it being limited to, services that agencies are n... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132a/3075/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080)›§ 3075 - Advisory Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080) › § 3075 - Advisory Board | (a) The Cancer Patient and Survivor Care and Treatment Advisory Board is hereby created to advise the Governor of Puerto Rico with regard to devising and implementing the public policy on cancer control and the rights of cancer patients, survivors, and their families. The Board shall be composed of individuals and publ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132a/3076/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080)›§ 3076 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080) › § 3076 - Penalties | Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). If the violation to the provisions of this chapter affects a pediatric or geriatric cancer patient, the same shall be deemed to be aggravating... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132a/3077/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080)›§ 3077 - Funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080) › § 3077 - Funds | The funds that may be necessary for the administration or implementation of any of these provisions shall be consigned in the Joint Resolution of the General Expense Budget of the Department of Health of Puerto Rico and may be matched with state, municipal, federal, or private funds. The revenues on account of fines pa... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132a/3078/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080)›§ 3078 - Construction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080) › § 3078 - Construction | This chapter shall be construed in the broadest and most beneficial manner for cancer patients, survivors, and their families. Furthermore, it shall be understood that every right granted under this chapter shall be in addition to any other right already granted. In the event that the provisions of this chapter are in ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132a/3079/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080)›§ 3079 - Signs | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080) › § 3079 - Signs | The various agencies, instrumentalities, public or quasi public corporations of the state and municipal governments, as well as private businesses, shall post conspicuous signs bearing the provisions of this chapter to ensure that all citizens are aware of the same.
History —Sep. 27, 2012, No. 275, § 10, eff. 180 days ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-132a/3080/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080)›§ 3080 - Written report | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 132A - Cancer Patients and Survivors’ Bill of Rights (§§ 3071 — 3080) › § 3080 - Written report | Six (6) months after this act takes effect, the Department of Health, the Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Office of the Healthcare Advocate or equivalent juridical entity, the Office of the Ombudsman, the Department of Labor, the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, and the Department of Education shall f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-133a/3111/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117)›§ 3111 - Defi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117) › § 3111 - Definitions | The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow:
(a) Medical emergency. — Shall mean that health condition in which immediate medical assistance or first aid is unexpectedly required in order to preserve the health or reduce the damage or disability which could arise from a car a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-133a/3112/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117)›§ 3112 - Dete... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117) › § 3112 - Determination of medical emergency condition | Any hospital, whether public or private, to whose emergency room a patient goes and requests medical treatment, shall perform the pertinent medical evaluation in order to determine whether there is a medical emergency condition or, in the case of a woman with apparent symptoms of labor, to determine if she is, indeed, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-133a/3113/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117)›§ 3113 - Tran... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117) › § 3113 - Transfers | If the patient has a medical emergency condition which cannot be stabilized, or the woman is in labor, the hospital shall not transfer him/her to another medical institution unless the patient, or the person legally responsible for him/her and acting on his/her behalf, insists on the transfer. Furthermore, the transfer... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-133a/3114/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117)›§ 3114 - Adeq... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117) › § 3114 - Adequate inter-hospital transfer | An inter-hospital transfer is deemed to be adequate:
(a) When the medical institution that receives the patient has available space and qualified personnel to provide treatment, accepts the transfer, and agrees to provide adequate medical treatment;
(b) when the hospital transferring the patient provides the receiving ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-133a/3115/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117)›§ 3115 - File... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117) › § 3115 - File of complaint | Any patient whose condition constitutes a medical emergency and any woman who is in labor, who goes to an emergency room of a hospital and is denied medical assistance for being unable to pay for medical services, or is transferred to another hospital in violation of the provisions of this chapter, may file a complaint... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-133a/3116/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117)›§ 3116 - Info... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117) › § 3116 - Information to the public | All hospitals, whether public or private, shall have the obligation to post a sign in their emergency, first aid and stabilization rooms to make the people aware of their rights and guarantees with regard to this chapter.
History —June 28, 1994, No. 35, § 6, eff. 60 days after June 28, 1994. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-133a/3117/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117)›§ 3117 - Pena... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 133A - Medical Assistance in Hospitals for Cases of Medical Emergencies (§§ 3111 — 3117) › § 3117 - Penalties | Any natural or juridical person who knowingly violates the provisions of this chapter shall incur a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished with a fine to range from five thousand dollars ($5,000) to a maximum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), to be determined at the discretion of the court... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3121/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3121 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3121 - Definitions | The following terms, whenever used or mentioned in this chapter, shall have the meaning stated below, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Settlement Agreement. — Shall mean the Global Settlement Agreement signed on November 23, 1998, by the tobacco companies previously mentioned in the statement of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3122/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3122 - Creation of the Trust | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3122 - Creation of the Trust | A public trust fund is hereby created, attached to the Bank, which shall maintain said fund as fiduciary, apart from other public funds under its custody. Said trust constitutes a nonprofit, irrevocable and in perpetuity body corporate with an independent legal capacity. The trust, which shall be known as the “Children... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3123/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3123 - Board of Directors of the Trust | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3123 - Board of Directors of the Trust | The powers of the Trust shall be exercised by a Board of Directors which shall be constituted by seven (7) members. Four (4) of the members of the Board of Directors shall be ex officio members: the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the President of the Bank, the Director of the Office of Management and Budg... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3124/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3124 - Quorum | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3124 - Quorum | Four (4) members of the Board shall constitute quorum and the affirmative vote of at least four (4) of the members present shall be necessary for the Board to take any action, except to bring the session to a close. No absence or vacancy of the members of the Board shall hinder the latter, once there is quorum, from ex... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3125/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3125 - Rights, powers, faculties and functions of the B... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3125 - Rights, powers, faculties and functions of the Board | In addition to any other provisions of this chapter, the Board of Directors shall have the following rights, powers, faculties and functions with regard to the Trust created by virtue of this chapter:
(a) Act as governing body of the Trust.
(b) Draft, adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations to govern its activiti... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3126/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3126 - Executive Director and employees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3126 - Executive Director and employees | The Bank shall provide the Trust’s personnel, and shall be compensated by the Trust for those expenses incurred for personnel contracted to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
The Executive Vice President of the Bank, in charge of the finance area, shall be the Executive Director of the Trust and its Chief Exec... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3127/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3127 - Civil liability | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3127 - Civil liability | The Board and its members in their individual capacity, as well as the officials, agents and employees of the Trust, shall not incur civil liability for any action taken in good faith in the performance of their duties and responsibilities, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and they shall be compensated for a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3128/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3128 - General powers of the Trust | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3128 - General powers of the Trust | The Trust shall have and be able to exercise all rights and powers that are necessary or convenient to achieve the purposes mentioned, including, but without limiting the general nature of the above, the following:
(a) Adopt an official stamp and alter the same at its convenience.
(b) Adopt regulations for the administ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3129/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3129 - Trust projects | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3129 - Trust projects | The Trust, in undertaking any project under the provisions of this chapter, shall be guided by and observe the criteria and requirements established by the Board of Directors. Provided, however, That every benefited entity shall comply with all operational, administrative and budgetary requirements and those that conce... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3130/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3130 - Capitalization and investment of the trust funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3130 - Capitalization and investment of the trust funds | All annual payments received by the Government of Puerto Rico under the Settlement Agreement shall be initially covered into the Trust account. Subsequently:
(a) Any appropriation, legacy, gift or contribution from any person to the Trust, (including any government instrumentality which is expressly authorized to make ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3131/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3131 - Transfer of payments of the Settlement Agreement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3131 - Transfer of payments of the Settlement Agreement | (a) The Government of Puerto Rico hereby assigns and transfers to the Trust all payments it is entitled to receive under the Settlement Agreement and the provisions of this subsection shall confer upon the Trust absolute title free of any lien or claim on said payments.
(b) When the Board determines that it is in the b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3132/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3132 - Funds and accounts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3132 - Funds and accounts | All Trust moneys shall be deposited with the Bank or depositories qualified to receive funds from the Government of Puerto Rico, but they shall be maintained in a separate account or in separate accounts in the name of the Trust. Disbursements shall be made according to the regulations and budgets approved by the Trust... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3133/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3133 - Financing | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3133 - Financing | (a) Financing powers. — The Trust may negotiate and execute contracts, leases and all those other necessary or convenient instruments and agreements with any person, in order to exercise the powers and functions conferred upon the Trust by this chapter. The Trust may also mortgage or pledge any property to pay the prin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3134/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3134 - Tax exemption | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3134 - Tax exemption | (a) It is hereby resolved and declared that the purpose for which the Trust was created and for which it shall exercise its powers are public purposes [for the] benefit of the People of Puerto Rico, and that the exercise of the powers conferred under this chapter constitutes compliance [with] essential government funct... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3135/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3135 - Immunity from liability | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3135 - Immunity from liability | The bonds issued by the Trust shall not constitute a debt of the Government of Puerto Rico nor of any of its instrumentalities or political subdivisions and neither the Government of Puerto Rico nor its political subdivisions shall be liable for the same, and said bonds shall be only payable from those funds pledged fo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3136/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3136 - Reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3136 - Reports | The Trust shall render a report to the Legislature which shall include the following:
(a) A financial statement audited by a recognized company and a complete report of the activities of the Trust for the previous fiscal year.
(b) A complete and detailed list of all contracts executed and transactions conducted during ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3137/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3137 - Legislature; operation and administration of the... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3137 - Legislature; operation and administration of the Trust | The Committees on Finance of the House of Representatives and of the Senate of Puerto Rico shall examine the operations and administration of the Trust. At least once a year, after March but no later than June 30, the Executive Director of the Trust shall appear before a joint session of the Committees on Finance of th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3138/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3138 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3138 - Penalties | The directors, officials and employees of the Trust and of every benefited entity that, in the discharge of their functions, duties and responsibilities under this chapter, incur conduct typified as a crime against the public function, shall be subject to the applicable penalties established in Act No. 115 of July 22, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3139/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3139 - Prescriptive term to file claims with regard to ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3139 - Prescriptive term to file claims with regard to the Settlement Agreement | No municipality of Puerto Rico, nor any instrumentality, public corporation or other dependency of the Government of Puerto Rico which is not a party to the Settlement Agreement with the tobacco companies, may file a claim for damages against any tobacco company which is a party to this agreement, after one year from t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134/3139a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a)›§ 3139a - Exclusion | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134 - Children’s Trust Act (§§ 3121 — 3139a) › § 3139a - Exclusion | The act which creates the Children’s Trust shall be excluded from the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”.
History —July 30, 1999, No. 173, added as § 22 on Dec. 28, 2000, No. 450, § 6. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-134a/3140/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 134A - Ambulance Service (§ 3140)›§ 3140 - Ambulance service | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 134A - Ambulance Service (§ 3140) › § 3140 - Ambulance service | (a) To require that all public and private hospitals in Puerto Rico ensure that ambulance services are available at all times. The hospitals are under the obligation of rendering said services twenty-four (24) hours a day.
(b) The Secretary of Health shall ensure strict compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-135/3151/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158)›§ 3151 - Program for the Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158) › § 3151 - Program for the Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment of Hereditary Diseases—Creation | A Program for the Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment of Hereditary Diseases is hereby created in the Department of Health, which shall be organized and shall have the duties provided hereinafter in this chapter.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 84, p. 318, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-135/3152/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158)›§ 3152 - Program for the Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158) › § 3152 - Program for the Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment of Hereditary Diseases—Compulsory detection tes... | As of the effective date of the regulations of the Program established in § 3155 of this title, blood samples shall be taken from every newborn in Puerto Rico to promptly detect the presence of any of the hereditary diseases included in said regulations.
Those citizens that, due to their religious convictions or belief... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-135/3153/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158)›§ 3153 - Program for the Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158) › § 3153 - Program for the Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment of Hereditary Diseases—Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms or phrases shall have the meaning indicated hereinbelow:
(a) Falciform anemia. — Means the condition caused by the inheriting of falciform hemoglobin or other abnormal hemoglobin, from both parents.
(b) Council. — Means the Puerto Rico Hereditary Disease Council.
(c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-135/3154/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158)›§ 3154 - Hereditary Disease Council—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158) › § 3154 - Hereditary Disease Council—Creation | The Hereditary Disease Council of Puerto Rico is hereby created to advise the Secretary of Health, and which shall be composed of seven (7) members, four (4) of which shall be physicians duly authorized to practice their profession in Puerto Rico, one (1) shall represent the Secretary of the Department of Health, one (... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-135/3155/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158)›§ 3155 - Hereditary Disease Council—Duties and powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158) › § 3155 - Hereditary Disease Council—Duties and powers | The Council shall have the following duties and powers among any others provided in this chapter or inherent to its faculties and responsibilities:
(1) To determine the hereditary conditions for which laboratory or medical tests shall be required for the purpose of detecting and diagnosing the presence of any hereditar... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-135/3156/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158)›§ 3156 - Responsibility; regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158) › § 3156 - Responsibility; regulations | Any person in charge of a public or private health facility or any other entity where a birth takes place, or the physician in charge of a newborn, shall make the pertinent arrangements to take a blood sample from the newborn child within the term established in the Program’s regulations for the purpose of detecting th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-135/3157/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158)›§ 3157 - Donations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158) › § 3157 - Donations | The Secretary of Health is hereby empowered to accept donations from any natural or juridical person and from any department, agency, instrumentality, public corporation or subsidiary thereof, and from the municipalities of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or of the United States of America, to be use... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-135/3158/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158)›§ 3158 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 135 - Hereditary Diseases (§§ 3151 — 3158) › § 3158 - Penalties | Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter, or the regulations adopted by virtue thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not to exceed six (6) months or a fine which shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or both penalties at the di... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-137/3159/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k)›§ 3159 - Defini... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k) › § 3159 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning expressed hereinafter:
(a) Premature thelarche. — An advanced and incomplete form of sexual development characterized by the presence of mammary tissue in girls who are younger than eight (8) years of age in the absence of other sexual develop... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-137/3159a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k)›§ 3159a - Repor... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k) › § 3159a - Report—By pediatrician, endocrinologist or physician | Any pediatrician, endocrinologist or physician who practices his/her profession in Puerto Rico and who diagnoses or has knowledge of any case of premature thelarche or precocious sexual development must inform it to the Assistant Secretariat, in writing, within five (5) working days following the date on which he learn... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-137/3159b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k)›§ 3159b - Repor... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k) › § 3159b - Report—By person in charge of laboratory | Any person in charge of a public or private laboratory, including X-ray and sonogram laboratories or any other facility where tests are made to confirm a diagnosis of premature thelarche or precocious sexual development, or where samples of tissue, urine, blood or other biological specimens are processed to determine h... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-137/3159c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k)›§ 3159c - Repor... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k) › § 3159c - Report—Relief from liability | The physician as well as the person in charge of a laboratory or other facility will be relieved of civil liability upon sending the confidential information requested in this chapter to the Assistant Secretariat.
History —July 22, 1988, No. 137, p. 573, § 4, retroactive to July 1, 1988. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-137/3159d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k)›§ 3159d - Repor... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k) › § 3159d - Report—Forms; content | The reports will be notified to the Department on specially designed forms and will include the information needed for the study and follow up of these cases.
History —July 22, 1988, No. 137, p. 573, § 5, retroactive to July 1, 1988. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-137/3159e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k)›§ 3159e - Repor... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k) › § 3159e - Report—Confidentiality; permissible uses | The reports of cases notified to the Department by virtue of this chapter shall be confidential. Provided, That as long as the patient’s identity is not revealed, they may be used in epidemiological studies, statistical studies, scientific research and for educational purposes.
History —July 22, 1988, No. 137, p. 573, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-137/3159f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891)›Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k)›§ 3159f - Assis... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 137 - Premature Thelarche and Precocious Sexual Development Registry (§§ 3159 — 3159k) › § 3159f - Assistant Secretariat—Powers | The Assistant Secretariat will be charged with establishing and continuing the registration of premature thelarche and precocious sexual development cases with the human and financial resources appropriated for these purposes. The Assistant Secretariat may request and obtain from the pediatricians, endocrinologists, ph... |
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