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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620m/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620m - Transfer to the medical sciences camp... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620m - Transfer to the medical sciences campus; conservation | The Board shall provide all that is necessary for the immediate transfer of these cadavers to the entity designated by the Board for such purpose, and for their conservation for a term of five (5) days. During this term, the Board may not use them in the event that a family member from those previously listed in §§ 362... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620n/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620n - Notice to the Vital Statistics Regist... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620n - Notice to the Vital Statistics Registry | The Board shall have the obligation to notify the Vital Statistics Registry of the place from where the cadavers were removed as well as the transfer thereof to the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 296, § 16. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620o/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620o - Claim; notice | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620o - Claim; notice | The person or entity that requests the delivery of a cadaver that has been removed and preserved by the Board shall have the obligation of previously notifying the Vital Statistics Register of its claim of the cadaver. When the petitioners have sufficient financial resources, they shall pay the Board the expenses incur... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620p/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620p - Not used | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620p - Not used | In those cases in which the Board is not interested in using the cadaver, it shall notify the pertinent municipal authorities so that they may proceed with the burial thereof.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 296, § 18. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620q/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620q - Use | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620q - Use | (a) The cadavers donated to the Board shall be used for the purposes established in the donation.
(b) Those unclaimed cadavers shall be used exclusively for the donation of tissues or for anatomical demonstrations, dissection and other similar purposes pertaining to teaching, health and the progress of medicine.
(c) Wh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620r/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620r - Autopsy or removal of donated organs—... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620r - Autopsy or removal of donated organs—Term | The Board shall have up to seventy-two (72) hours counting from the time of death to perform the autopsy or to remove any organ, tissue or part of the body that is donated to it or to any donee in particular and shall not be civilly or criminally liable for the use of cadavers, clinical autopsy or removal of organs, ti... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620s/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620s - Medical supervision of coordinators i... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620s - Medical supervision of coordinators in the recovery of cadaveric tissues or organs | The organ recovery organizations, tissue banks and eye banks may use coordinators who are registered nurses, medical assistants or other personnel trained in the field of medicine who satisfy the pertinent standards of organ recovery organizations, tissue banks or eye banks, as adopted by the Secretary of Health to ass... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620t/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620t - Recovery of cadaveric organs for tran... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620t - Recovery of cadaveric organs for transplantation by physicians licensed in the United... | Any physician specialized in the practice of obtaining organs to be transplanted and who [has] their license to practice medicine and surgery in the United States up to date may recover cadaveric organs through surgical methods to be transplanted if:
(1) The organs have been recovered for a patient outside of Puerto Ri... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620u/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620u - Hospital protocol of the donor | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620u - Hospital protocol of the donor | Each hospital shall develop a hospital protocol of the donor to identify body, organs and tissue donors. It shall be the duty of the hospital administrator or his authorized representative upon notifying the death of a patient to inquire [of] his/her closest relative whether the deceased was an organ donor or if the la... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620v/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620v - Copy of the protocol | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620v - Copy of the protocol | In the case the autopsy is performed in the same hospital where the death occurred, a copy of the autopsy protocol shall be remitted to the Board for its filing therein.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 296, § 25. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620w/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620w - Education program | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620w - Education program | The Department of Transportation and Public Works shall develop and implement, with the collaboration and advice of the Human Bodies, Organs and Tissues Disposal Board, an education program for the applicants of new licenses and renewal of motor vehicles driving licenses in Puerto Rico. Said program shall be establishe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620w-1/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620w-1 - Donor registry | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620w-1 - Donor registry | (a) The Board will be responsible for creating, developing, and maintaining an online organ, eye, and tissue donor registry, in which all anatomical gifts made in Puerto Rico shall be electronically recorded, allowing organ, eye, and tissue donors to register, as well as all organ, tissue, and eye donations submitted t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620x/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620x - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620x - Penalties | Any person who violates the provisions of §§ 3620—3620y of this title or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months or with a penalty of not less than... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-150/3620y/ | 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 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y)›§ 3620y - Budget | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 150 - Donations and Transplants (§§ 3601-3619 — 3620y) › § 3620y - Budget | The sums needed for the implementation and operation of §§ 3620—3620y of this title shall be consigned in the corresponding item to the University of Puerto Rico Medical Science campus from the general budget for the University of Puerto Rico.
Likewise, and in order to provide the recurrent funds needed to implement §§... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3651/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 365... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3651 - Definitions | The following terms shall have the meaning set forth hereinbelow:
(a) Person of legal age. — Any person that is twenty-one (21) years of age.
(b) Medical treatment. — Any type of medical treatment, procedure or intervention administered to a patient to sustain, restore or establish vital functions of a patient with the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3652/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 365... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3652 - Right to advanced statement of will | Any person of legal age and of sound mind may state, in advance and at any time, his/her will to be submitted or not to a specific medical treatment in the event of suffering a terminal health condition or a persistent vegetative state that would prevent him/her from expressing at the time [sic] said medical treatments... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3653/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 365... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3653 - Statement of will | The statement of will authorized herein shall meet the following requirements:
(a) It shall contain the express will of the declarant ordering the physician or health service institution that keeps him/her under its care and attend to his/her bodily needs while the declarant is suffering a terminal health condition or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3654/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 365... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3654 - Notification | It shall be the duty of the declarant to notify the physician and the health services institution of the existence of his/her statement and deliver a copy thereof to each. If the declarant falls into a persistent vegetative state or is incapable of communicating on his/her own, one (1) of the witnesses referred to in s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3655/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 365... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3655 - Execution | The statement of will prepared pursuant to § 3652 of this title shall be executable once the declarant is diagnosed with a terminal health condition or falls into a persistent vegetative state.
History —Nov. 17, 2001, No. 160, § 6. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3656/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 365... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3656 - Revocation | The statement of will recognized in § 3652 of this title may be revoked in its totality at any time by the declarant through a written or verbal statement for said purpose. When the revocation is made in writing, it shall contain the date of issue, the express will to revoke the provisions set forth in the statement of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3657/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 365... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3657 - Modification | The modification of the statement of will recognized in § 3652 of this title shall only be done through the same means and with the same requirements established in § 3653 of this title for the modified statement of will to be valid.
History —Nov. 17, 2001, No. 160, § 8. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3658/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 365... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3658 - Pregnant woman | In the event that the declarant is a pregnant woman and as such suffers a terminal health condition, the statement of will authorized in § 3652 of this title shall remain ineffective until the pregnancy has ended.
History —Nov. 17, 2001, No. 160, § 9. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3659/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 365... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3659 - Civil or criminal liability | The physician and the health services institution that admits the patient shall faithfully comply with the stated will of the declarant, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. A violation of the provisions of this chapter by the physicians or health service institutions responsible for the care of the declarant sh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3660/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 366... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3660 - Quality of basic health care | The exercise of the rights recognized in this chapter shall not in any manner affect the quality of basic health care, including but not limited to, hygiene, comfort and safety that shall be provided to ensure respect of human dignity and the quality of life until the moment of death.
History —Nov. 17, 2001, No. 160, §... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3661/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 366... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3661 - Insurance | The exercise of the rights recognized in this chapter shall not, in any manner, affect the procedures for the request, sale or adjudication of any life insurance or health insurance policy. No life insurance policy shall be cancelled, annulled or adversely affected in any manner that is prejudicial to the insured due t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3662/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 366... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3662 - Euthanasia—Prohibition | This chapter does not authorize the practice of euthanasia or mercy killing.
History —Nov. 17, 2001, No. 160, § 13. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-152/3663/ | 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 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663)›§ 366... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 152 - Terminal Health Condition; Advanced Statement of Will Regarding Treatment (§§ 3651 — 3663) › § 3663 - Provisions of Civil Code | The provisions of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico on mandates shall constitute suppletory rights to the provisions of this chapter.
History —Nov. 17, 2001, No. 160, § 14. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-153/3671/ | 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681)›§ 3671 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681) › § 3671 - Definitions | The following words and terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the meaning set forth below unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Statements in the present tense also include the future, and those made in the masculine gender include the feminine gender, except in those cases in which ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-153/3672/ | 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681)›§ 3672 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681) › § 3672 - Creation | The “Medical Emergency Corps” of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby created, to be attached to the Department of Health, to be fiscally and administratively independent. The Medical Emergency Corps of Puerto Rico shall be responsible for guaranteeing for citizens in general a top quality service when unforeseeab... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-153/3673/ | 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681)›§ 3673 - Authorities and powers—Responsibilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681) › § 3673 - Authorities and powers—Responsibilities | The Medical Emergency Corps shall have the powers that are necessary and convenient to meet the purposes and comply with the provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to the following:
(a) Adopt, alter and use the official seal of the Medical Emergency Corps of Puerto Rico.
(b) Lease or sublet personal and ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-153/3674/ | 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681)›§ 3674 - Authorities and powers—Responsibilities 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681) › § 3674 - Authorities and powers—Responsibilities of the Secretary | Under this chapter, the Secretary shall have the following functions and powers:
(a) To advise the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Legislature when formulating and implementing the public policy relative to a medical emergency system in Puerto Rico.
(b) To coordinate with the Executive Director in t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-153/3675/ | 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681)›§ 3675 - Executive Director; Organization | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681) › § 3675 - Executive Director; Organization | The Medical Emergency Corps of Puerto Rico shall be headed by an Executive Director, who shall be appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Executive Director shall hold office until his successor is designated. Compensation for the office of Executive D... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-153/3676/ | 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681)›§ 3676 - Bylaws | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681) › § 3676 - Bylaws | The Executive Director is hereby directed to adopt bylaws as necessary for the internal operation of the Medical Emergency Corps and for the implementation of the provisions of this chapter.
Bylaws approved by the Executive Director under this chapter must comply with the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-153/3677/ | 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681)›§ 3677 - Responsibilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681) › § 3677 - Responsibilities | The Executive Director, his/her representatives, administrators, persons in charge o[f] occupying land plots, buildings or structures subject to the provisions of this chapter or the regulations or orders, resolutions or decisions issued thereunder, shall be responsible for enforcing and complying with the provisions o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-153/3678/ | 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681)›§ 3678 - Car fleet | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681) › § 3678 - Car fleet | The Executive Director is hereby empowered to administer the car fleet of the agency. He/she shall be fully responsible for buying, maintaining and repairing the car fleet of the agency. He/she may also organize repair shops or contract with private shops for the maintenance and repair of the units in service and of al... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-153/3679/ | 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681)›§ 3679 - Uniform and equipment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681) › § 3679 - Uniform and equipment | The Executive Director shall determine by regulation the clothing and insignias that are to constitute the official uniform of the Medical Emergency Corps of Puerto Rico. All articles of clothing and the uniform and equipment prescribed shall be supplied to the members of the Corps at the expense of the Government. Pro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-153/3680/ | 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681)›§ 3680 - Funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681) › § 3680 - Funds | Funds received by the Medical Emergency Corps of Puerto Rico under this chapter shall be deposited in a special account to be known as the “Special Fund of the Medical Emergency Corps of Puerto Rico”. Said Fund shall be established by the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-153/3681/ | 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 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681)›§ 3681 - Effectiveness of agreements, compacts and othe... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 153 - Medical Emergency Corps (§§ 3671 — 3681) › § 3681 - Effectiveness of agreements, compacts and others | No provision of this chapter shall be construed to modify, alter or invalidate any agreement, compact or claim in effect as of the date of approval of this act and during the transfer period.
History —Sept. 30, 2004, No. 539, § 14. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-154/3691/ | 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 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696)›§ 3691 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696) › § 3691 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings expressed below:
(a) Partners during the childbirth phases. — Person or persons freely chosen by the woman in labor to accompany or assist her during the various phases of childbirth, among which are: mothers, fathers, relatives, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-154/3692/ | 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 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696)›§ 3692 - Rights of pregnant women | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696) › § 3692 - Rights of pregnant women | All pregnant women shall have the following rights at the time of labor, childbirth and post-partum:
(a) To be informed (by a certified health professional and a physician) about the different medical interventions that may be performed during the process, so that she may choose freely, when there are several alternati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-154/3693/ | 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 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696)›§ 3693 - Rights of newborns | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696) › § 3693 - Rights of newborns | All newborns have the right to:
(a) Be treated in a respectful and dignified manner.
(b) Not to be submitted to any examination or intervention research or teaching purposes, unless express written consent is given by the child’s father and mother with patria potestas.
(c) To have accommodations together with the mothe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-154/3694/ | 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 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696)›§ 3694 - Rights of parents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696) › § 3694 - Rights of parents | The father and mother of a child born in a risk situation shall have the following rights:
(a) To obtain sufficient and continuous easy to understand information in an adequate environment about the process or evolution of the health of their child, including diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
(b) To have continued ac... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-154/3695/ | 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 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696)›§ 3695 - Responsibility of Depart... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696) › § 3695 - Responsibility of Department of Health | The Department of Health of Puerto Rico shall be responsible for the disclosure of this chapter in all public or private hospitals, labor rooms, obstetrics preparation or recovery rooms or any place in which women are cared for during the process of gestation and childbirth.
History —Aug. 10, 2006, No. 156, § 6, eff. 6... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-154/3696/ | 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 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696)›§ 3696 - Complaints; fines | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 154 - Labor, Childbirth and Post-partum Partner Act (§§ 3691 — 3696) › § 3696 - Complaints; fines | The Office of the Women’s Advocate is hereby empowered to receive, handle and settle complaints filed for violations of the rights established in this chapter. Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall entail a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500), nor of more than five thousand dollars ($5,000... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-155/subchapter-i/3701/ | 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 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709)›Subchapter I - Government Entitie... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709) › Subchapter I - Government Entities (§§ 3701 — 3705) › § 3701 - Obligation | Every public agency, corporation or instrumentality, and the municipalities are hereby required to have a defibrillator in their facilities at all times while an activity is taking place or while rendering services to the public when there are more than two hundred (200) persons present. Furthermore, it shall be the re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-155/subchapter-i/3702/ | 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 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709)›Subchapter I - Government Entitie... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709) › Subchapter I - Government Entities (§§ 3701 — 3705) › § 3702 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, except where the context indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(1) Defibrillation. — Means the emergency treatment for the management of ventricular fibrillation or cardiac arrest.
(2) Automated external defibrillator. — Means the portable device... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-155/subchapter-i/3703/ | 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 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709)›Subchapter I - Government Entitie... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709) › Subchapter I - Government Entities (§§ 3701 — 3705) › § 3703 - Immediate use in c... | To allow the right referred to in § 3701 of this title, the immediate use of an automated external defibrillator is hereby required established in every cardiovascular emergency that occurs in any of the places established in this chapter.
History —July 30, 2007, No. 85, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-155/subchapter-i/3704/ | 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 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709)›Subchapter I - Government Entitie... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709) › Subchapter I - Government Entities (§§ 3701 — 3705) › § 3704 - Regulations | (a) The Secretary of Health is hereby empowered to adopt the necessary regulations to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to determine through regulations which public agencies, corporations and instrumentalities shall require the installation of automated external defibrillators and the location thereof. In the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-155/subchapter-i/3705/ | 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 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709)›Subchapter I - Government Entitie... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709) › Subchapter I - Government Entities (§§ 3701 — 3705) › § 3705 - Funds | (a) To attain the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary of the Department of Health and the heads of the concerned agencies and instrumentalities, as well as the municipalities are hereby empowered to request, receive, match and administer Commonwealth, federal and municipal funds and receive donations from private a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-155/subchapter-ii/3706/ | 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 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709)›Subchapter II - Private Instituti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709) › Subchapter II - Private Institutions (§§ 3706 — 3709) › § 3706 - Public policy | It is hereby established as the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to recognize the right of the citizenry to the enjoyment of life and to the improvement of their quality of life. Pursuant to said public policy, every private establishment engaged in receiving or rendering services to people shall have a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-155/subchapter-ii/3707/ | 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 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709)›Subchapter II - Private Instituti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709) › Subchapter II - Private Institutions (§§ 3706 — 3709) › § 3707 - Definitions | For the purposes of this subchapter, except where the context indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(1) Defibrillation. — Means the emergency treatment for the management of ventricular fibrillation or cardiac arrest.
(2) Automated external defibrillator. — Means the portable dev... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-155/subchapter-ii/3708/ | 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 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709)›Subchapter II - Private Instituti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709) › Subchapter II - Private Institutions (§§ 3706 — 3709) › § 3708 - Training of huma... | The Department of Health, in coordination with the personnel in charge of the private establishment, shall be responsible for the training of the human resources who shall administer the defibrillators, who shall be at least three (3) persons. The Department of Health, through regulations, may compel the use of the aut... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-155/subchapter-ii/3709/ | 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 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709)›Subchapter II - Private Instituti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 155 - Act to Require Installation of Defibrillators (§§ 3701 — 3709) › Subchapter II - Private Institutions (§§ 3706 — 3709) › § 3709 - Regulations | The Secretary of the Department of Health shall draft and adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”, not later than one hundred and eighty (180) days after the approval of this act for the enforcement thereof, and shall establish pen... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-156/3711/ | 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 156 - Warning of Harmful Effects of Alcohol Consumption in Pregnant Women (§§ 3711 — 3713)›§ 3711 - Po... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 156 - Warning of Harmful Effects of Alcohol Consumption in Pregnant Women (§§ 3711 — 3713) › § 3711 - Posters | (a) Any business that serves, sells or in which alcoholic beverages are consumed, shall display in visibly prominent places, posters that warn about the harmful effects of alcohol consumption in women of reproductive age who are pregnant or plan to become pregnant and on the consequences of exposing the baby to suffer ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-156/3712/ | 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 156 - Warning of Harmful Effects of Alcohol Consumption in Pregnant Women (§§ 3711 — 3713)›§ 3712 - Po... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 156 - Warning of Harmful Effects of Alcohol Consumption in Pregnant Women (§§ 3711 — 3713) › § 3712 - Powers of Department and Bureau | The Department of Health and the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages of the Department of the Treasury shall be empowered to intervene, sanction and fine any business that does not display said posters in a visibly prominent place; Provided, That the Department of Health shall be empowered to issue an initial notice or warni... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-156/3713/ | 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 156 - Warning of Harmful Effects of Alcohol Consumption in Pregnant Women (§§ 3711 — 3713)›§ 3713 - Us... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 156 - Warning of Harmful Effects of Alcohol Consumption in Pregnant Women (§§ 3711 — 3713) › § 3713 - Use of revenues; regulations | The revenues proceeding from the fines imposed on merchants or business persons shall be destined to efforts for prevention and orientation on the effects of alcohol consumption on women and the fetus, and shall be in the custody of the Mental Health and Drug Addiction Services Administration. The Mental Health and Dru... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-157/3721/ | 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 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726)›§ 3721 - Defin... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726) › § 3721 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow:
(a) Government agencies.— Shall mean any department, agency, instrumentality, office and any other entity of the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including public corporations, their subsidiaries or any ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-157/3722/ | 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 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726)›§ 3722 - Publi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726) › § 3722 - Public policy | Provided, that it shall be the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to sponsor the holding of health fairs in all government agencies to provide information to public employees regarding the diseases and conditions that most affect the Island’s population, as well as their prevention and treatment.
History ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-157/3723/ | 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 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726)›§ 3723 - Organ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726) › § 3723 - Organization of health fairs | Health fairs shall be organized with the purpose of providing information about the following:
(a) Preventive health services for government agency employees, including tests, talks, and orientation.
(b) Orientation about preventing the spread of disease and virus in the public employees’ workplace.
(c) The integration... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-157/3724/ | 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 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726)›§ 3724 - Compl... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726) › § 3724 - Compliance with this public policy | It shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of the Department of Health to ensure compliance with this public policy and to promote compliance with the purposes of this chapter as well. The Secretary is hereby empowered and authorized to adopt the administrative rules and regulations necessary to comply with this c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-157/3725/ | 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 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726)›§ 3725 - Devel... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726) › § 3725 - Development and execution | To develop and execute the public policy set forth herein, government agencies are hereby authorized to establish protocols for compliance. The goal is to hold health fairs at least once a year, either individually or in collaboration between two (2) or more government agencies.
History —Mar. 18, 2010, No. 29, § 6. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-157/3726/ | 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 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726)›§ 3726 - Fundi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 157 - Act to Foster the Holding of Health Fairs in Government Agencies (§§ 3721 — 3726) › § 3726 - Funding for health fairs | The necessary funding to comply with the purposes set forth in this chapter shall be consigned in the budgets of such government agencies. Public corporations are directed to allocate the necessary funding every year in their budgets in order to comply with the purposes of this chapter.
Furthermore, matching funds with... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-158/3731/ | 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 158 - Protocol Code for Emergency Care at Public and Private Health Facilities (§§ 3731 — 3733)›§ 3731... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 158 - Protocol Code for Emergency Care at Public and Private Health Facilities (§§ 3731 — 3733) › § 3731 - Establishment | For safety purposes, the following codes are herein established:
(1) RED.— Code RED shall be immediately activated when there is an actual indication or suspicion of fire, smoke, or unusual heat on walls or doors when detected by an electronic fire alarm upon the activation of smoke detection systems, or any indication... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-158/3732/ | 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 158 - Protocol Code for Emergency Care at Public and Private Health Facilities (§§ 3731 — 3733)›§ 3732... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 158 - Protocol Code for Emergency Care at Public and Private Health Facilities (§§ 3731 — 3733) › § 3732 - Obligation | It is hereby provided that all public or private healthcare facilities shall use said safety codes in their facilities.
History —Aug. 10, 2011, No. 170, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-158/3733/ | 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 158 - Protocol Code for Emergency Care at Public and Private Health Facilities (§§ 3731 — 3733)›§ 3733... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 158 - Protocol Code for Emergency Care at Public and Private Health Facilities (§§ 3731 — 3733) › § 3733 - Regulations | The Department of Health shall adopt said safety codes and establish regulations within sixty (60) days after the implementation of this act.
History —Aug. 10, 2011, No. 170, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3741/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3741 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3741 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Coordinator.— Means the “State Health Information Technology Coordinator”, which office is created under this chapter.
(b) Network.— Means the “Puerto Rico Health Information Network” or PRHIN, a nonprofit corpora... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3742/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3742 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3742 - Creation | The Puerto Rico Health Information Network is hereby created as a nonprofit corporation, independent and separate from any other agency or instrumentality of the Government of Puerto Rico.
The Network shall have administrative and fiscal autonomy, be independent from the Executive Branch, and be deemed to function with... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3743/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3743 - Powers and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3743 - Powers and duties | The Network shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To adopt and implement exchange, security, and interoperability standards for electronic systems and health information, pursuant to federal and Commonwealth requirements within and outside the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico.
(b) To create and manage the Master P... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3744/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3744 - Rights of the Network | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3744 - Rights of the Network | The Network shall have rights over the following:
(a) HIE data ownership, which it may only share in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations of the Government of Puerto Rico and the United States Government.
(b) Copyrights and patents on information system applications designed for the Network, as well as a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3745/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3745 - Board of Directors | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3745 - Board of Directors | The Network shall exercise its powers through a Board of Directors, which shall draft the administrative and operational policy of the Network. Board members must be residing and domiciled in Puerto Rico and have an upstanding reputation. The Board of Directors, as a governing body, shall have the authority to exercise... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3746/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3746 - Expert committees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3746 - Expert committees | The Board of Directors of the Network shall create an Expert Committee on Finance, an Expert Committee on Technological Infrastructure, an Expert Committee on Public/Clinical Health, an Expert Committee on Healthcare Payors, and any other Committees it may deem necessary.
Committee members shall not receive any financi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3747/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3747 - State Health Information Te... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3747 - State Health Information Technology Coordinator | The office of State Health Information Technology Coordinator is hereby created, to be attached to the Department of Health of Puerto Rico for a term of seven (7) years. Initially, the salary of the Coordinator shall be paid for by the federal funding obtained. Thereafter, however, the Department of Health of Puerto Ri... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3748/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3748 - Limitation of liability of ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3748 - Limitation of liability of the board of directors, expert committees, and s... | Any person who, in good faith, relays information or data provided by the HIE or renders services to a patient who sustains damages as a result of such services due to information provided by the HIE shall not be held civilly or criminally liable, depending on the case. This provision does not apply in cases of gross n... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3749/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3749 - Transfer of property to the... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3749 - Transfer of property to the network | The transfer to the Network of staff and of any and all real and personal, tangible and intangible property, rights, and obligations under the custody or administration of the Department of Health that were previously conferred for the purpose of creating the Network, is hereby authorized.
History —Feb. 2, 2012, No. 40... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3750/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3750 - Protection of information | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3750 - Protection of information | If, for any reason, the Network should cease to be a state designated entity, be dissolved, become insolvent, or cease operations pursuant to this chapter, all of its assets shall be transferred to the Department of Health of Puerto Rico.
History —Feb. 2, 2012, No. 40, § 11. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3751/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3751 - Prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3751 - Prohibition | The Network, the members of its Board of Directors or Committees, its employees, or any other representatives may not use the property or instruments of the Network to provide access to health information in violation of the federal and Commonwealth laws and regulations that protect health-related or other information ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-159/3752/ | 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 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752)›§ 3752 - Annual fiscal report | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 159 - Puerto Rico Health Information Network Act (§§ 3741 — 3752) › § 3752 - Annual fiscal report | It is hereby provided that all regulations related to the Network's expenditures and generation of funds shall have the approval of the Office of the Inspector General of Puerto Rico. The Network shall be under the obligation to render an annual fiscal report to the Office of the Inspector General of Puerto Rico and to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-160/3761/ | 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 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765)›§ 3761 - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765) › § 3761 - Public policy | It is hereby established as the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico to promote research and the creation of a Center for the Treatment of Autistic Children and other health conditions (Center), as well as the development of a promotional and financing plan for its development and creation as a laboratory for... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-160/3762/ | 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 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765)›§ 3762 - Strategic Plan to Promote and Develo... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765) › § 3762 - Strategic Plan to Promote and Develop the Center | (a) Interagency Coordination Committee for the Development of the Center.— The Municipality of San Sebastián, in coordination with the Department of Health, the Tourism Company, the University of Puerto Rico, the Government Development Bank, the Industrial Development Company, and the Puerto Rico National Parks Company... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-160/3763/ | 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 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765)›§ 3763 - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765) › § 3763 - Rulemaking authority | The Department of Health is hereby empowered to promulgate the regulations needed to establish the requirements for the approval and endorsement process for the establishment or expansion of the operations of the Center. If necessary, the Department may amend and/or repeal that which is necessary to temper the administ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-160/3764/ | 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 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765)›§ 3764 - Provisions on lands and/or propertie... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765) › § 3764 - Provisions on lands and/or properties | The Municipality of San Sebastián and the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO) shall create and keep an inventory of available land and/or properties with the basic infrastructure necessary, in terms of paths, irrigation, and drainage, which could be available for the Center. These public real properties... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/chapter-160/3765/ | 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 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765)›§ 3765 - Agency regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › Chapter 160 - Puerto Rico Zootherapy Center Act (§§ 3761 — 3765) › § 3765 - Agency regulations | The pertinent agencies shall establish or adjust the corresponding regulations to achieve the purposes of this act within ninety (90) days after its approval. This rulemaking process shall be exempt from the terms established by §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, better known as the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.
Hist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-i/3771/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter I - Title and Public Policy (§§ 3771 — 3772)›§ 3771 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter I - Title and Public Policy (§§ 3771 — 3772) › § 3771 - Short title | This chapter shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Funeral Services Act”.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 1.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-i/3772/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter I - Title and Public Policy (§§ 3771 — 3772)›§ 3772 - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter I - Title and Public Policy (§§ 3771 — 3772) › § 3772 - Public policy | It is the public policy of the People of Puerto Rico to recognize that human dignity is inviolable and that said fundamental principle must prevail in natural life and beyond. Therefore, the treatment of the deceased and the consideration towards their family shall observe the utmost dignity, consideration, and respect... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ii/3781/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783)›§ 3781 - Death certificate | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783) › § 3781 - Death certificate | A death certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of §§ 1041 et seq. of this title, is proof of the death of a human being. The death certificate may be registered in any office of the Vital Statistics Register regardless of the municipality where the death occurred.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 2.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ii/3782/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783)›§ 3782 - Burial-transit permit; death outside ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783) › § 3782 - Burial-transit permit; death outside of Puerto Rico | A burial-transit permit or authorization for cremation issued for any person who has died outside of Puerto Rico shall constitute proof of the death of said person.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 2.02. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ii/3783/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783)›§ 3783 - Certificate; death during catastrophi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter II - Death Certificate (§§ 3781 — 3783) › § 3783 - Certificate; death during catastrophic events | When a person dies during a catastrophic event, the provisions of §§ 1311 et seq. of this title, known as the “Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events Act”, shall govern.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 2.03. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iii/3791/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794)›§ 3791 - Protection of human re... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794) › § 3791 - Protection of human remains | All human remains shall be transported in a body bag, protected from plain sight, so as not to become a hazard to public health.
If more than twenty-four (24) hours after the death have elapsed, human remains shall be embalmed prior to transportation, unless transported in a sealed metal casket.
In accordance with §§ 3... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iii/3792/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794)›§ 3792 - Ground transportation ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794) › § 3792 - Ground transportation vehicles | Human remains may be transported in hearses, ambulances, or other vehicles duly authorized for such purposes by the Public Service Commission. In the event that a patient dies inside an ambulance, the provisions of the General Environmental Health Regulations shall govern.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 3.02. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iii/3793/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794)›§ 3793 - Transport by air or se... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794) › § 3793 - Transport by air or sea; requirements | Every shipping agency, transport company, airline, or entity engaged in maritime or air transport whereby human remains shall be transported shall require the appropriate burial-transit permit or authorization for cremation for said human remains, as well as any documents required by the pertinent jurisdiction.
History... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iii/3794/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794)›§ 3794 - Transportation; requir... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter III - Transportation of Human Remains (§§ 3791 — 3794) › § 3794 - Transportation; requirement to embalm; exception | When human remains are not embalmed due to religious beliefs, such remains may be transported insofar as a sealed metal casket is used therefor. In such cases, a special permit issued by the Department of Health shall be requested.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 3.04. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iv/3801/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805)›§ 3801 - Establishment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805) › § 3801 - Establishment | Every funeral service business shall operate in one or more establishments duly authorized by the Permit Management Office and shall hold a sanitary license issued by the Secretary of Health. In addition, said business shall meet all the requirements provided by the laws and regulations of Puerto Rico, and those provid... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iv/3802/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805)›§ 3802 - Management | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805) › § 3802 - Management | Every funeral home shall be managed by a funeral director duly qualified and certified as such by the Secretary of Health. Said director shall have completed a technical-vocational course in mortuary science or an equivalent course, and submitted adequate proof of good moral character, and a criminal record certificate... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iv/3803/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805)›§ 3803 - Precautions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805) › § 3803 - Precautions | Any person who renders any type of services at a funeral home shall be responsible for taking the following precautionary measures:
(1) To use protective gear or materials when preparing or having any direct contact with the human remains or any of the fluids, secretions, or excretions thereof. This shall include, but ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iv/3804/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805)›§ 3804 - Facilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805) › § 3804 - Facilities | (1) Every funeral home shall provide public restrooms divided by gender, located outside the preparation or embalming area and outside the chapel or viewing area.
(2) In order to engage in the embalming process, the funeral home shall have an embalming room that meets the following requirements:
(a) To be located outsi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-iv/3805/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805)›§ 3805 - Prices and costs of goods and services; d... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter IV - Funeral Homes (§§ 3801 — 3805) › § 3805 - Prices and costs of goods and services; duty to disclose information | Every funeral business or establishment engaged in the rendering of funeral goods and services shall provide every client with a list of the prices or costs of the goods and services offered.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 4.05. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-v/3811/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813)›§ 3811 - Embalmers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813) › § 3811 - Embalmers | A person engaged in the practice of embalming human remains or in the application of partial embalming procedures such as washing and disinfecting a body, aspiring fluids, suturing mouths, closing eyes, or cosmetizing shall hold a valid license issued by the Examining Board of Embalmers of Puerto Rico, created by §§ 10... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-v/3812/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813)›§ 3812 - Mandatory embalming | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813) › § 3812 - Mandatory embalming | Even when embalming human remains is not usually necessary, it shall be mandatory in the following cases:
(1) When human remains are to be buried twenty-four (24) hours or more after death.
(2) In the event of a viewing prior to cremation, and when such viewing will take place twenty-four (24) hours or more after death... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-v/3813/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813)›§ 3813 - Embalmers; precautions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter V - Embalming (§§ 3811 — 3813) › § 3813 - Embalmers; precautions | In addition to the precautionary measures provided in § 3803 of this title, in the discharge of his duties, every embalmer shall:
(1) Discard all safety and protection equipment used during the aforementioned embalming or preparation process, upon completing his work on any human remains.
(2) Clean the floor, table, eq... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3821/ | 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)›3771 — 3891)›Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826)›§ 3821 - Construction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VII - Hospitals, Institutions and Health Programs (§§ 3001 — 3891) › 3771 — 3891) › Subchapter VI - Caskets (§§ 3821 — 3826) › § 3821 - Construction | Caskets shall be made of wood, metal, vulcanized fiber, fiberglass, or plastic and shall have a secure cap or lid that should close completely. Provided, further, That the purchase and sale thereof shall only be completed provided the distributor and the seller comply with the applicable provisions of law.
History —Sep... |
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