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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3822/ | PR | Justia›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)›§ 3822 - Reuse; prohibition | 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) › § 3822 - Reuse; prohibition | The reuse of caskets is hereby prohibited.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 6.02. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3823/ | PR | Justia›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)›§ 3823 - Casket registration and numbering | 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) › § 3823 - Casket registration and numbering | The Secretary of the Department of Health shall create and keep a Casket Register in which each casket built in Puerto Rico or imported, acquired, or otherwise traded for use in Puerto Rico shall be registered with a serial number. Any casket that is transported to Puerto Rico holding human remains for interment or cre... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3824/ | PR | Justia›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)›§ 3824 - Casket Register-Funeral home | 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) › § 3824 - Casket Register-Funeral home | Every business, person, or entity providing caskets shall keep a record of the caskets acquired, sold, or otherwise used. Such record shall bear the same serial number used in the Casket Register of the Department of Health, as provided through regulations by the Secretary of the Department of Health.
History —Sept. 15... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3825/ | PR | Justia›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)›§ 3825 - Casket Register-Cemeteries | 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) › § 3825 - Casket Register-Cemeteries | Every cemetery shall keep a record of the caskets used for the interment of human remains in their facilities. Such record shall bear the same serial number used in the Casket Register of the Department of Health, as provided through regulations by the Secretary of the Department of Health.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vi/3826/ | PR | Justia›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)›§ 3826 - Casket Register-Cremation | 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) › § 3826 - Casket Register-Cremation | Every business, person, or entity providing cremation services and receiving caskets holding human remains or using caskets to conduct viewings shall keep a record of any casket received, used, or destroyed within the facilities under the registration number that appears in the Casket Register of the Department of Heal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vii/3831/ | PR | Justia›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 VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833)›§ 3831 - Ceremony | 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 VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833) › § 3831 - Ceremony | For purposes of this chapter, the viewing of a decedent shall not be restricted to a specific or particular manner and shall have no limitations, except when public health, morality, or order is affected.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 7.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vii/3832/ | PR | Justia›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 VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833)›§ 3832 - Duration | 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 VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833) › § 3832 - Duration | Provided the human remains are embalmed, the viewing may last up to seventy-two (72) hours after the embalming process.
In the event that it is necessary or convenient to extend the duration of the viewing due to justifiable reasons, it shall be required the pertinent authorization of the Secretary of the Department of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-vii/3833/ | PR | Justia›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 VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833)›§ 3833 - Regulations | 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 VII - Viewing (§§ 3831 — 3833) › § 3833 - Regulations | The Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide through regulations the circumstances whereby human remains may not be viewed. It shall be the duty of the Funeral Director to enforce said regulations.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 7.03. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3841/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3841 - Establishment; authorization | 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3841 - Establishment; authorization | To establish a cemetery, there shall be required an authorization from the Permit Management Office endorsed by the Department of Health, approving the location, development, and construction thereof. Moreover, the provisions of §§ 1271, 1272 and 1273 of this title, and § 1274 of this title shall be complied with.
Hist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3842/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3842 - Location | 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3842 - Location | Cemeteries shall be located preferably in well-ventilated, flat or semi-flat land with proper groundwater levels, as established through regulations by the Permit Management Office.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.02. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3843/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3843 - Fence | 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3843 - Fence | Every cemetery shall be completely enclosed by well-built, structurally strong concrete walls or metallic fence not less than five (5) feet high that prevents animals from entering the cemetery.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.03. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3844/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3844 - Access | 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3844 - Access | Any cemetery built after the effective date of this act shall provide a primary access road with a proper turnaround for vehicles to allow traffic in both directions.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.04. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3845/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3845 - Administrative 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3845 - Administrative facilities | Every cemetery shall have the following facilities:
(1) An office with a fireproof safe for keeping cemetery plans, a register of the deceased by lot, and the casket register.
(2) Equipment storage room.
(3) Separate bathrooms for men and women.
(4) A changing room with shower.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.05. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3846/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3846 - Structures | 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3846 - Structures | The construction of above-ground tombs, crypts, or mausoleums shall require the authorization of the Permit Management Office endorsed by the Department of Health.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.06. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3847/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3847 - Repairs | 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3847 - Repairs | When a niche, tomb, crypt, mausoleum, headstone, or any other structure within a cemetery requires any repairs, the Secretary of the Department of Health may require the owners to perform such repair work. If such repairs are not completed within the timeframe established by the Secretary, the Secretary may direct the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3848/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3848 - Maintenance | 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3848 - Maintenance | The owner or administrator of any cemetery shall keep said facility clean and in perfect sanitary conditions.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.09. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3849/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3849 - Closing and reopening | 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3849 - Closing and reopening | The Secretary of the Department of Health shall be empowered to close down a cemetery for noncompliance with the regulations approved for such purposes. The reopening of a closed-down cemetery shall not be considered until five (5) years have elapsed after the closing date.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.09. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3850/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3850 - Private cemeteries; contracts; regulations | 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3850 - Private cemeteries; contracts; regulations | Any contract for burial plot entered into with a private cemetery, whether for the sale, usufruct, emphyteusis, leasing, or any other type of conveyance of deed or ownership, as well as contracts for maintenance or interment services, or installment payment plan shall be governed by the Puerto Rico Civil Code and the r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3851/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3851 - Ossuaries | 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3851 - Ossuaries | The Secretary of the Department of Health shall provide, through regulations, all that pertains to the maintenance of ossuaries in cemeteries. The deposit of bones originating from exhumations or from any other source into open ossuaries is hereby prohibited.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.11. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-viii/3852/ | PR | Justia›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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852)›§ 3852 - Interments in a cemetery; special concessi... | 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 VIII - Cemeteries (§§ 3841 — 3852) › § 3852 - Interments in a cemetery; special concessions | Interments shall be carried out by duly authorized cemeteries. The Secretary of the Department of Health may grant authorization for interment in a specific location outside of a cemetery when just cause is shown and by means of a special permit.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 8.12. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3861/ | PR | Justia›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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3861 - Crematory | 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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3861 - Crematory | The design, construction, opening, and operation of a crematory shall require the authorization of the Permit Management Office, the Department of Health, the Environmental Quality Board, the Puerto Rico Firefighter Corps, and the Public Service Commission.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 9.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3862/ | PR | Justia›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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3862 - Director of the crematory | 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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3862 - Director of the crematory | The Director of the Crematory shall be in charge of the operations of said facilities. The Director shall be a duly qualified professional certified by the Secretary of the Department of Health. Said director must have completed a technical-vocational course in mortuary science or similar course, previously approved by... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3863/ | PR | Justia›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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3863 - Crematory; 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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3863 - Crematory; facilities | Every crematory shall have the following facilities:
(1) A cremation furnace.
(2) A facility to keep human remains prior to cremation.
(3) A refrigeration system to keep human remains prior to cremation.
(4) An electric power generator to ensure electric power supply in case of emergencies.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3864/ | PR | Justia›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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3864 - Register | 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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3864 - Register | Every crematory shall keep a record of the following information on every cremated remains:
(1) Full name, including alias or nickname.
(2) Date, time, and place of death.
(3) Person who received the human remains at the crematory, with the date and time of receipt.
(4) Description of the container or casket where the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3865/ | PR | Justia›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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3865 - Cremation—Authorization | 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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3865 - Cremation—Authorization | An authorization from the Secretary of the Department of Health is required to perform the cremation of human remains. A signed petition from the interested party is required for the issuance of such authorization. If there is no interested party, the Secretary may issue an authorization upon request from the Director ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3866/ | PR | Justia›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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3866 - Cremation—Timeframes | 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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3866 - Cremation—Timeframes | To cremate human remains, at least forty-eight (48) hours must have elapsed from the time of death, except under the following circumstances:
(1) When human remains show early signs of decomposition in the judgment of the director of the crematory.
(2) When the Prosecutor’s Office has investigated the death before fort... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3867/ | PR | Justia›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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3867 - Columbariums and urns: definition | 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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3867 - Columbariums and urns: definition | (a) Columbarium.— A niche or group of niches where inurned cremated remains are entombed.
(b) Urn.— A container, chest, or box made of various materials designed to hold cremated remains.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 9.07. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3868/ | PR | Justia›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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3868 - Columbariums: facilities and structures | 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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3868 - Columbariums: facilities and structures | Columbariums shall be enclosed with glass or other material to protect the urns entombed therein. Every columbarium shall be duly identified with the name of the decedent whose cremated remains are entombed therein.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 9.08. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-ix/3869/ | PR | Justia›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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869)›§ 3869 - Costs or prices of goods and services; duty t... | 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 IX - Cremation (§§ 3861 — 3869) › § 3869 - Costs or prices of goods and services; duty to disclose information | Every business or establishment engaged in the rendering of cremation goods and services shall provide every client with a list of the prices or costs of goods or services offered.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 9.09. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-x/3871/ | PR | Justia›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 X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873)›§ 3871 - 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 X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873) › § 3871 - Management | The exhumation of human remains shall be carried out under the direction of the cemetery director or administrator and a duly certified environmental health representative.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 10.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-x/3872/ | PR | Justia›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 X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873)›§ 3872 - Exhumation; timeframes; exce... | 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 X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873) › § 3872 - Exhumation; timeframes; exceptions | Human remains may be exhumed, provided that, not less than five (5) years have elapsed since the interment, except under the following circumstances:
(1) When the human remains to be exhumed have been embalmed.
(2) When the Secretary of the Department of Health authorizes the exhumation at the request of federal or Com... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-x/3873/ | PR | Justia›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 X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873)›§ 3873 - Transportation of bones outs... | 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 X - Exhumation of Human Remains (§§ 3871 — 3873) › § 3873 - Transportation of bones outside the cemetery | Exhumed bones may be transported to crypts, ossuaries, or tombs located outside the cemetery, provided that, said facilities have been previously approved by the Secretary of the Department of Health and the Permit Management Office. Said bones may also be transported to a crematory for cremation.
History —Sept. 15, 20... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3881/ | PR | Justia›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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3881 - Regulations by the Secretary of th... | 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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3881 - Regulations by the Secretary of the Department of Health | The Secretary of the Department of Health shall adopt regulations to enforce the provisions of this chapter in consultation with the Permit Management Office and the Environmental Quality Board, except for the provisions of §§ 3792, 3805, 3813(3), 3841-3844, 3846, 3850 and 3869 of this title.
The Secretary of the Depar... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3882/ | PR | Justia›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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3882 - Regulations by the Secretary of th... | 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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3882 - Regulations by the Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs | The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall adopt regulations to enforce the provisions of §§ 3805, 3850 and 3867 of this title. In doing so, the Secretary shall take into consideration the contents of the Federal Trade Commission Funeral Rule.
The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall imp... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3883/ | PR | Justia›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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3883 - Regulations by the Permit Manageme... | 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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3883 - Regulations by the Permit Management Office | The Permit Management Office shall adopt regulations to enforce the provisions of §§ 3841-3844 of this title.
The Permit Management Office shall impose sanctions for any violation of these regulations, in accordance with the provisions of §§ 9011 et seq. of Title 23.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 11.03. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3884/ | PR | Justia›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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3884 - Regulations by the Public Service ... | 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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3884 - Regulations by the Public Service Commission | The Public Service Commission shall adopt regulations to enforce the provisions of § 3792 of this title.
The Public Service Commission shall impose sanctions for any violation of these regulations, in accordance with the provisions of § 1101 of Title 27.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 11.04. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3885/ | PR | Justia›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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3885 - Regulations by the Environmental Q... | 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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3885 - Regulations by the Environmental Quality Board | The Environmental Quality Board shall adopt regulations to enforce the provisions of § 3813(3) of this title.
The Environmental Quality Board shall impose sanctions for any violation of these regulations, in accordance with the provisions of § 8002p of Title 12.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 11.05. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xi/3886/ | PR | Justia›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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886)›§ 3886 - Adoption of regulations | 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 XI - Rulemaking Authority (§§ 3881 — 3886) › § 3886 - Adoption of regulations | The regulations provided in this subchapter shall be adopted and shall take effect within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of approval of this act.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 11.06. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-vii/3771/subchapter-xii/3891/ | PR | Justia›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 XII - Transitory Provisions and Effectiveness (§ 3891)›§ 3891 - Casket labeling | 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 XII - Transitory Provisions and Effectiveness (§ 3891) › § 3891 - Casket labeling | Every casket available for sale at the time of approval of this act shall be provisionally labeled for subsequent registration in the Casket Register, in accordance with regulations approved to such effect by the Secretary of the Department of Health.
History —Sept. 15, 2012, No. 258, § 12.01. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-i/6152/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b)›§ 6152 - Principles th... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b) › § 6152 - Principles that shall govern the mental healthcare system | The principles that govern the interpretation of this chapter are the following:
(a) Access to the services. — Which includes the following components:
(1) Availability of the services to be rendered, which shall be in accordance with the needs and characteristics of the population to be served, with their age and stag... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-i/6152a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b)›§ 6152a - Applicabilit... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b) › § 6152a - Applicability of this chapter | This chapter shall apply to any person who needs, requests, receives or has received mental healthcare services, including services for any abuse or dependency-related disorder and substance (drugs and/or alcohol)-induced disorders; to any public or private institution that plans, administers or coordinates such servic... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-i/6152b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b)›§ 6152b - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 6152 — 6152b) › § 6152b - Definitions | Except otherwise provided in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
(a) Abuse. — Means any action or omission by a mental health professional, private or public institution, or by any other person toward the adult or minor who receives mental health services, during his/her process of t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Populations with severe mental diseases, by level of intensity and multiple needs of their conditions, require particular and special attention regarding their mental health care systems in order to make the decision of participating in the treatment and continue with it, as well as to achieve and keep the stabilizatio... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The criteria that shall be considered for severe mental disorders in children and adolescents shall be the following:
(a) That he/she is less than eighteen (18) year old.
(b) That at the present time or during the past year, he/she has been diagnosed with a mental, emotional or behavioral disorder.
(c) That he/she comp... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The lack of interest or the inability of the parent with legal or physical custody, the legal guardian or the person with physical custody or the duty to provide care and shelter to a person, shall not constitute grounds for having him/her placed in a mental healthcare hospital when he/she does not meet hospitalization... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Every mental health professional empowered by this chapter to order restriction, isolation or electroconvulsive therapy shall complete training in the use and application of these therapeutic methods, credited by the applicable certificate. The provisions of this section are subject to the regulations [that the Adminis... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Every entity that provides mental health hospital services that uses therapeutic isolation, restriction and electroconvulsive therapy procedures shall have a protocol that incorporates the best practices and standards in the treatment of persons with mental or emotional disorders, according to the parameters establishe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Every institution that provides ambulatory health services shall have a descriptive services manual, which shall include, as a minimum, the following:
(a) The criteria of admission that must be met any person who requests the services.
(b) The age and level of care of the applicants.
(c) The model of the individualized... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Insofar as the person who receives mental healthcare services is able to communicate rationally, the mental healthcare service provider shall notify him/her in writing and orally, at the time of the initial evaluation or as soon as possible after the same, of his/her right to confidentiality. He/She shall be also infor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Persons who receive mental healthcare services may inspect their clinical records inasmuch as the mental health science professionals who provide outpatient services at their private offices or the inter- or multidisciplinary team within an institution determines that the person who receives the services is capable of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Any report that does not constitute a clinical record and contains direct or indirect information about the person who receives or has received mental health services shall use codes to refer to the person, and shall not include in any of its parts, any name nor nickname. This section does not prohibit the disclosure o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The express authorization required pursuant to this chapter shall meet the following requirements when the information is requested by third parties:
(a) The specific name of the institutional provider authorized to disclose the information;
(b) the name of the natural or juridical person authorized to receive the info... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Any institutional provider of mental healthcare system services shall have a quality assurance system for the services rendered, which shall assess and oversee that the quality of said services is maintained, as well as the adequate use of the procedures administered to patients pursuant to the best practices in the me... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | All mental healthcare service providers shall have offices for people to be offered guidance about their services. As pertains to services offered under the Puerto Rico Government Health Plan and by indirect providers, said offices shall be seated in centrally located places in the area of greater concurrence of the re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153k-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 VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Vis-à-vis the worldwide trends and the federal initiatives as regards to the management of healthcare information by electronic means, all mental healthcare service providers shall record the clinical records for their patients on electronic or computerized media as of January 1, 2010. Such electronic or computerized c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | All institutional providers shall keep and conserve a precise, clear, and legible record on each person who receives mental healthcare services. Such record shall contain all the requirements established under the laws and regulations approved by the Secretary of Health, in addition to the following information:
(a) Th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153m/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Unauthorized disclosure of information related to a person who receives mental healthcare services is hereby prohibited, including any third party who has received this information, be it verbally or in writing, upon express authorization, whether or not said information is contained in the record.
The person who recei... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153n/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Any person who receives confidential information is hereby prohibited from its disclosure to any third party if no express authorization has been given by the person who receives mental healthcare services.
Any confidential information disclosed under the terms of this chapter shall be accompanied by a document stating... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | When the person receives mental health treatment services as a condition established by a court for his/her probation, conditional release, etc., the providing institution may disclose to the personnel so authorized by the Criminal or Juvenile Justice System, as the case may be, only the information needed to carry out... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153p/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | No mental health service provider shall require to the person who receives said services to carry an identification card or any other object that would identify him/her as a person who receives mental health services while outside the institution that provides said services.
History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408, § 2.17, eff.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153q/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | (1) When a person informs a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, professional counselor, or any other healthcare professional of a threat to physically harm a third party, the physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, professional counselor, or healthcare professional shall have the duty to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153r/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | (1) When a person communicates to a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, professional counselor, or other healthcare professional his/her intention to commit suicide or self-mutilation, or when such professional believes, based on the person’s behavior, that said person might attempt to conduct such ac... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153s/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | It is hereby prohibited to carry weapons inside any mental healthcare institution. This prohibition excludes Commonwealth police officers and armed security officers in extraordinary public safety conditions, as well as in methadone treatment centers and their mobile or in-house units. If no extraordinary public safety... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153t/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The director of each institutional provider shall adopt rules, regulations, and procedures as are necessary within the institution to assure compliance with all the provisions of this chapter, and the same may broaden or extend, but they may neither restrict nor impair the rights guaranteed to persons who receive menta... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153u/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | All providing institutions shall develop and implement a procedure for reconsidering and revising all clinical determinations.
When a person is denied entrance or admission, or is notified that he/she shall be transferred or released, or that his/her condition shall change and opposes to it, the director of the institu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153v/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The review committee shall be constituted by a psychiatrist and an inter- or multidisciplinary team different from that which tends to the person, as defined in this chapter, to be appointed by the director of the institution. As part of this committee, a representative from an independent community-based organization ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153w/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | Family members of the adult who receives mental health services shall be treated with respect and dignity. Family members shall have the opportunity to provide information to the professionals in charge of the treatment. They shall also receive educational information related to the nature of the disorders, medications... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153x/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | When a mental healthcare professional requires the presence of a family member or the legal guardian of an adult, or the parent with physical or legal custody or the legal guardian of a minor who receives mental healthcare services, the family member shall respond immediately. When the family member or legal guardian r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ii/6153y/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Provider... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter II - General Responsibilities of Mental Health Service Providers and General Provisions for Adults and Minors (... | The rights stated in this chapter shall be posted in a visible place at all institutions that provide mental health services, and [a] copy of these rights shall be delivered to the persons who receive services by virtue thereof. In addition, the responsibilities of the persons who receive mental health services shall b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154 - Bill of rights | The provisions of this subchapter shall be interpreted so as to protect and promote the dignity of the human being through recognition of the essential rights for his/her treatment and rehabilitation.
History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408, § 3.01, eff. 90 days after Oct. 2, 2000. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154a - Protection of c... | Any adult who receives mental health services shall continue to enjoy his/her rights, benefits and privileges pursuant to the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of Puerto Rico, as well as state and federal laws, while receiving evaluation or treatment and rehabilitation, and during the pr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154b - Presumption of ... | It is presumed that all persons are mentally competent, except otherwise determined by a court. The judicial determination of disability under § 2342 of Title 31, shall be distinct and separate from the judicial proceeding to determine if an adult should be subject to involuntary admission.
It shall be presumed that an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154c - Limitation of r... | The rights established by this chapter for adults who receive mental health services are applicable to those adults serving a sentence or confined in penal or forensic-psychiatric institutions, as long as they are not in conflict with the security measures established in the institution.
History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154d - General rights | Any adult who needs, requires and/or receives mental health services shall have the following rights:
(a) To receive medical, psychiatric and psychological attention in its preventive, clinical, recovery and rehabilitation phases for the protection of his/her health and general well-being.
(b) To practice a profession,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154e - Specific rights | All adults who need, require, or receive mental healthcare services shall be entitled to the following specific rights:
(a) Access to services. — All adults shall have access to mental healthcare services in accordance with the specialties and sub-specialties by stage of life, gender, disorder, age, and level of care, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155 - Levels of care | Mental healthcare services shall be rendered in the level of care affording the greatest autonomy and therapeutically more effective within the mental healthcare system concept, as per the diagnosis and the severity of symptoms and signs at the time the person is evaluated. At any level of treatment, the use of medicat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155a - Adults who require mental healthcare ho... | Any adult with a mental disorder of which the severity of symptoms and signs at the time of the evaluation indicates that he/she may inflict physical harm to him or herself or others or damage property; or any such adult who has made significant threats that substantiate the same outcome; or any such adult requesting s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155b - Initial evaluation; adults placed in in... | (1) Any adult who, voluntarily or involuntarily, begins to receive mental healthcare services at an institutional provider at an emergency room, shall receive, among others, the following services within twenty-four (24) hours:
(a) Medical record;
(b) a physical examination;
(c) laboratory tests when necessary to rule ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155c - Therapeutic restraints | Restraints shall be employed only at hospitals and centers with acute care wards or emergency rooms, and the same is to be employed abiding by the protocols of standards in the good practice of mental healthcare and pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Restraints shall be used for therapeutic purposes, without i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155d - Therapeutic seclusion | Seclusion shall only be employed as a therapeutic measure to keep the adult from inflicting harm upon him or herself or others or from damaging property. Its use shall be circumscribed to hospital institutions and mental healthcare centers that have acute care wards. Under no circumstance shall seclusion be used as pun... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155e - Electroconvulsive therapy | No adult shall receive electroconvulsive therapy treatment without having provided his or her informed consent and express authorization in writing.
In the event that this treatment is indicated for the adult, but that due to his/her condition, he/she is unable to give consent and does not have a designated legal guard... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155f - Voluntary admission | Every person of eighteen (18) years of age or more may request voluntary admission to a mental health service with a written petition signed by him/her and a psychiatrist, after an evaluation and discussion of the case with the inter- or multidisciplinary team determines that said adult should be admitted.
The written ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155g - Petition for release; change of status;... | Within twenty-four (24) hours after the petition for release, the adult shall be evaluated by a psychiatrist in consultation with the inter or multidisciplinary team, who shall determine if the adult represents a danger to the self or others, or to property, as an indicator of a mental disorder. If there is no evaluati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155h - Renewal of consent; revision of record | The psychiatrist, along with the inter- or multidisciplinary team, in charge of the care and treatment of the adult shall have up to ten (10) days, after the involuntary admission, to conduct a re-evaluation in order to determine the need to continue with the hospital treatment, recovery and rehabilitation services or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155i - Other levels of care | The court, before determining whether the adult should be institutionalized involuntarily, shall consider other indicated levels of care according to the diagnosis and severity of symptoms and signs at the time. The court may order that the adult be submitted to treatment in any other level of care of the basic and com... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155j - Compulsory treatment | Any person who, as a result of the initial evaluation, does not require the level of care of hospitalization intensity, but represents a risk to the self or others, and to property, and requires a level of care of greater autonomy, the psychiatrist, along with the inter- or multidisciplinary team of professionals, shal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155k - Involuntary admission; hospitalization | Any adult who meets the necessary requirements to receive mental health services, but does not allow it or is not able to allow it, shall be evaluated to determine involuntary admission to a providing institution. Said evaluation shall require the court’s intervention. The court shall order a direct evaluation by a psy... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155l - Twenty-four hour (24) temporary detenti... | If as a result of a personal observation, a security agent or any other citizen has reason to believe that a person of eighteen (18) years of age or more requires immediate treatment in order to protect him/her from physical damage to the self or others, or to property, he/she may present to the Court of First Instance... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155m/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155m - Petition for a fifteen (15)-day involun... | Every petition for involuntary admission for a maximum term of fifteen (15) days shall be filed in court within the twenty-four (24) hours provided by the order for temporary detention previously issued by the court. The same shall be accompanied by a certification from the psychiatrist, which shall be known, as the fi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155n/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155n - Petition for order to extend involuntar... | When necessary, the court may order an extension for hospitalization, which shall not exceed fifteen (15) additional days. To that effect, the director of the mental health institution or his/her representative, per ser or by request from the person’s family member or legal guardian, shall file in court a petition for ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155o - Petition for release of involuntary adm... | Any adult who has been admitted involuntarily in a providing institution through a court order may file a petition to the court requesting his/her release. The adult subject of involuntary admission, or a family member, legal guardian or representative, may file the petition for release. The petition shall include:
(a)... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155p/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155p - Change of status | Before adjudicating the case in which involuntary admission is being discussed, the adult who receives mental health services who has been so admitted may request a change of status to a voluntary admission. The petition shall be accompanied by a certification by the psychiatrist or physician, as may apply, stating tha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155p-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 VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155p-1 - Petition to change from voluntary to ... | Whenever necessary, if within twenty-four (24) hours following the petition for the discharge of an adult voluntarily institutionalized, the psychiatrist, in consultation with the interdisciplinary team, determines that the adult poses danger, the director of the mental healthcare institution or his/her representative,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155q/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155q - Hearings | (a) Hearings shall be held before a court with venue, pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of Civil Procedure in effect.
(b) The adult shall be present at the hearing, except when he/she has expressly waived to do so, or when he/she has agreed to waive his/her right and expressed so through his/her attorney.
(c) If ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155r/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155r - Right to legal representation | Every adult object of a petition to order involuntary admission shall have the right to be represented by an attorney or family advocate, whoever is available. If the adult is indigent and has not been able to hire an attorney, the court shall appoint a public attorney. The attorney appointed by the court and the defen... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155s/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155s - Transfer protocols | When a mental health patient receiving at an institutional provider is in imminent danger due to a physical condition, such patient shall be transferred to a general hospital and notice shall be given to the closest family member or legal guardian not later than twenty-four (24) hours thereafter.
Likewise, hospital ins... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155t/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155t - Passes | In those mental health cases in which is it clinically necessary or beneficial, the psychiatrist may, jointly with the inter- or multidisciplinary team, grant [a] pass to the adult admitted voluntarily or involuntarily, even if he/she is not fit to be released. In these cases, the court shall not need to be notified, b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155u/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155u - Releases | The psychiatrist in charge of treatment, recovery and rehabilitation may, at any time, release any adult admitted voluntarily or involuntarily, after having notified the inter- or multidisciplinary team.
The psychiatrist and the inter- or multidisciplinary team of the adult to be released shall explain to him/her, his/... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155v/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155v - Unauthorized abandonment of the institu... | When an adult subject to involuntary admission abandons the institution without having been released, the director shall immediately notify a police officer so that he/she may be apprehended and returned to the institution. In addition, he/she shall notify the adult’s family, legal guardian and the person who requested... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-v/6156/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d)›§ 6156 -... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d) › § 6156 - Purposes of the transitional services | Transitional services shall be designed to provide experiences that are structured, consistent and specialized in different levels of supervision according to the severity of the symptoms and signs of the disorder that apply, by age and gender, and to achieve that the adult becomes adapted to his/her environment and is... |
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