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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-iv/7020/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter IV - Executive Director (§§ 7020 — 7023)›§ 7020 - Appointment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter IV - Executive Director (§§ 7020 — 7023) › § 7020 - Appointment | The Board of Directors shall appoint an Executive Director, who shall be responsible for the proper operation of the Administration.
History —Sept. 7, 1993, No. 72, Art. V, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-iv/7021/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter IV - Executive Director (§§ 7020 — 7023)›§ 7021 - Qualifications | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter IV - Executive Director (§§ 7020 — 7023) › § 7021 - Qualifications | The Executive Director shall be a person of known moral probity and expertise in the area of health insurance management.
History —Sept. 7, 1993, No. 72, Art. V, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-iv/7022/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter IV - Executive Director (§§ 7020 — 7023)›§ 7022 - Incumbency of ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter IV - Executive Director (§§ 7020 — 7023) › § 7022 - Incumbency of the appointment and remuneration | The Executive Director shall hold office at the will of the Board of Directors, and shall perform his/her duties in accordance with the norms and conditions established by this chapter. The Board shall also determine the remuneration and other benefits of the Director.
History —Sept. 7, 1993, No. 72, Art. V, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-iv/7023/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter IV - Executive Director (§§ 7020 — 7023)›§ 7023 - Functions and ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter IV - Executive Director (§§ 7020 — 7023) › § 7023 - Functions and duties | The Executive Director shall have all the powers and faculties delegated to him/her by the Board of Directors, including those listed below, without being limited thereto.
(a) Perform any functions that are necessary and convenient to implement this chapter and the regulations adopted by virtue thereof.
(b) To appoint ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7025/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7025 - Selection o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7025 - Selection of health plans | The Administration shall negotiate health plans for one (1) or more geographic areas upon determining that such geographic areas meet the necessary conditions to ensure access to quality health services within a cost effective scheme. To such purposes, we may consider that the territorial delimitation of Puerto Rico as... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7026/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7026 - Contracting | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7026 - Contracting | The Administration shall contract health insurance for the area or areas established with one (1) or more insurers and/or health service organizations authorized to do health insurance business in Puerto Rico by the Insurance Commissioner, or by special laws approved for such purposes. Likewise, the Executive Director ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7029/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7029 - Health insu... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7029 - Health insurance beneficiaries | All residents of Puerto Rico may be beneficiaries of the Health Plan established upon the implementation of this chapter, provided that they meet the following requirements, as pertinent:
(a) Be identified and certified by the Department, as provided by § 7025 of this title. Provided, That all persons eligible to recei... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7030/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7030 - Provisions ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7030 - Provisions against discrimination | An insurer or health service organization under this chapter shall not issue identification cards that are different from those provided to others who are insured under plans with similar coverage, unless the Administration so authorizes or requires.
No participating purveyer or its agent shall make any sort of inquiry... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7031/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7031 - Deductibles... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7031 - Deductibles; co-insurance and premiums; prohibited practi... | The Administration shall establish the premium agreed to in the contracts underwritten with the insurers and/or health service organizations. It shall also establish in said contracts the corresponding amount as payment of deductibles and co-insurance according to the level of income and ability to pay of the beneficia... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7032/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7032 - Coverage an... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7032 - Coverage and minimum benefits | Healthcare plans shall have a broad coverage, with a minimum of exclusions. There shall be no exclusions for pre-existing conditions, or waiting periods at the time coverage is granted to a beneficiary.
(a) Coverage A.— The Administration shall establish a coverage of benefits to be offered by the contracted insurers o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7033/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7033 - Models for ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7033 - Models for rendering services | The Administration shall establish through regulations the different models for the rendering of services which may be used in offering the health plans created by this chapter.
The models for the rendering of services that are used shall have the following features in common:
(a) Primary care shall be strengthened by ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7034/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7034 - Regionaliza... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7034 - Regionalization system | The rendering of services shall be carried out following the regionalization system established by the Administration in coordination with the Department, by progressively establishing a network of participating purveyors throughout the Island, thus insuring the closest possible service to the patient.
(a) The insurer ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7035/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7035 - Financing o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7035 - Financing of the Administration and of the health insuran... | The health insurance plan established in this chapter, and the operating expenses of the Administration, shall be defrayed as follows:
(a) Health insurance plan. — For the 1993-94 fiscal year the sum of eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) is hereby appropriated to the Administration from unencumbered funds in the Co... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7036/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7036 - Complaint; ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7036 - Complaint; procedure | The Administration shall require insurers, providers, and health service organizations with whom it contracts to establish the procedures to handle and resolve complaints from the participating providers and the beneficiaries.
The Administration shall establish guidelines for the resolution of complaints which shall gu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7036a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7036a - Beneficiar... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7036a - Beneficiaries—Orientation | (1) Insurance companies shall be responsible for the implementation, publication and distribution of informative brochures, at their own expense, in Spanish, including a description of the health coverage and the benefits included in same. Said brochures shall be distributed to each beneficiary, along with their identi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7036b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7036b - Beneficiar... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7036b - Beneficiaries—Rights | All beneficiaries shall be entitled, among others, to the following:
(1) Receive quality medical services when needed.
(2) Easy access to medical services.
(3) Select their health care services organization.
(4) Select their primary physician.
(5) Select a specialist physician, jointly with the primary physician.
(6) C... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7036c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7036c - Beneficiar... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7036c - Beneficiaries—Duties | The beneficiaries shall be required to:
(1) Maintain their eligibility information updated when same is required by the Administration.
(2) Maintain their good health by keeping a healthy lifestyle.
(3) Once notified of being eligible for the program, they shall go to the location indicated by the insurer to complete t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7036d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7036d - Providers—... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7036d - Providers—Rights | Under this plan, providers have the right to:
(1) Be paid for claims pursuant to the terms set forth in their contract with the insurer.
(2) Appeal any final determination by the insurer before the Administration.
History —Sept. 7, 1993, No. 72, added as Art. VI, § 16 on June 1, 2003, No. 133, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-v/7036e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e)›§ 7036e - Providers—... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter V - Health Insurance Plan (§§ 7025 — 7036e) › § 7036e - Providers—Duties | Providers are legally bound to:
(1) Render optimum quality services when necessary and without delay to the beneficiaries of the program.
(2) Render the necessary services for the health care of the beneficiaries.
(3) Not discriminate against the beneficiaries of their other patients for any reason.
(4) Notify the insu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-vi/7040/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VI - Reports (§§ 7040 — 7040a)›§ 7040 - Statistical reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VI - Reports (§§ 7040 — 7040a) › § 7040 - Statistical reports | Within ninety (90) days after the closing of each fiscal year, the Administration shall submit reports to the Governor and to the Legislature on its activities, including the following:
(a) A summary of the work carried out during the fiscal year, in compliance with the purposes of this chapter, including a copy of the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-vi/7040a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VI - Reports (§§ 7040 — 7040a)›§ 7040a - Reports by insurers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VI - Reports (§§ 7040 — 7040a) › § 7040a - Reports by insurers | Within sixty (60) days after the closing of each fiscal year, all insurers shall submit to the Administration a statistical report on their activities. Once such information has been compiled and analyzed by the Administration, if required, the Administration shall submit such report to the Governor and the Legislative... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-vii/7041/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VII - General Provisions (§§ 7041 — 7044)›§ 7041 - Exemptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VII - General Provisions (§§ 7041 — 7044) › § 7041 - Exemptions | The Administration shall be exempted from all types of taxes, tariffs, fees, imposts, duties or charges, including licenses, imposts or those levied by the government or any political subdivision thereof, including all its operations, its real or personal properties, capital, income and surpluses. Said exemption shall ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-vii/7042/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VII - General Provisions (§§ 7041 — 7044)›§ 7042 - Exclusions an... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VII - General Provisions (§§ 7041 — 7044) › § 7042 - Exclusions and regulations | The Administration shall be excluded from the provisions of §§ 1301 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Purchases and Supplies Act, and from all the regulations promulgated by virtue of said acts.
Nevertheless, it shall approve General Regulations... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-vii/7043/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VII - General Provisions (§§ 7041 — 7044)›§ 7043 - Office of the... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VII - General Provisions (§§ 7041 — 7044) › § 7043 - Office of the Comptroller | The Comptroller shall have full power to audit the operation of the Administration, in order to verify the legality of its transactions. It may, likewise, compel the presentation of documents, and testimony of persons or private entities, when it is indispensable to conduct an audit or intervention in the Administratio... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-vii/7044/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VII - General Provisions (§§ 7041 — 7044)›§ 7044 - Exchange of i... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VII - General Provisions (§§ 7041 — 7044) › § 7044 - Exchange of information | Every insurer, health service organization or any other entity that renders health services in Puerto Rico, contracting with the Administration and other entities of the Government of Puerto Rico, shall be bound to provide the latter with any information requested, and in the event of noncompliance, it shall be subject... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-viii/7051/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054)›§ 7051... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054) › § 7051 - Contracts | In those contracts executed by the Administration when contracting health service purveyors directly, the Administration may contract with the insurers for them to adjudicate in the processing of payments for services in those contracts between the Administration and the participating purveyors.
History —Sept. 7, 1993,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-viii/7051a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054)›§ 7051... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054) › § 7051a - Contracting process | All direct contracting procedures with healthcare service providers shall be carried out pursuant to the provisions of this section. Every medical group or provider wishing to contract directly, pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 105 of July 19, 2002, shall submit a written application that shall include the followi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-viii/7051b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054)›§ 7051... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054) › § 7051b - Evaluation criteria | The evaluation process performed by the Administration shall be determined taking into consideration the regional area for which direct contracting is requested, the number of persons for whom the rendering of services is requested, physical facilities, financial capacity, capital for the financing of services, and the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-viii/7052/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054)›§ 7052... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054) › § 7052 - Demonstrative model; authorization | Complemented by, and without impairing the provisions of this chapter, the Administration is hereby authorized to execute pilot plans for direct contracting with health purveyors, within the year counting from the effective date of the act that creates this Article IX, with the purpose of allowing the negotiation and c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-viii/7053/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054)›§ 7053... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054) › § 7053 - Payment | Pursuant to the provisions of the above § 7052 of this title, the Administration shall consider transferring to the health services provider the premium dollar percent appropriated to the medical sub-fund; without prejudice to same for invoices and/or charges related to the other items of the medical fund, such as anci... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-301/subchapter-viii/7054/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054)›Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054)›§ 7054... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 301 - Health Insurance Administration (§§ 7001 — 7054) › Subchapter VIII - Contracting with Health Purveyors (§§ 7051 — 7054) › § 7054 - Medications | The Administration is hereby authorized to call for bids as necessary, pursuant to its own regulations, for the purchase of medications and medical products. Medications and medical products shall be those published in the forms as established by the Administration. Such bidding shall be held as soon as the direct cont... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-302/7061/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 302 - Anesthesia and Hospitalization Coverage in Dental Procedures (§§ 7061 — 7062)›§ 7061 - Anesthesia and hospitalization covera... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 302 - Anesthesia and Hospitalization Coverage in Dental Procedures (§§ 7061 — 7062) › § 7061 - Anesthesia and hospitalization coverage in dental procedures | The health services company or insurer that provides coverage for general anesthesia services, hospitalization services and dental services in the subscriber’s service contract, shall not be able to exclude or deny coverage for general anesthesia to be administered by an anesthesiologist and hospitalization services, i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-302/7062/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 302 - Anesthesia and Hospitalization Coverage in Dental Procedures (§§ 7061 — 7062)›§ 7062 - Preauthorization | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 302 - Anesthesia and Hospitalization Coverage in Dental Procedures (§§ 7061 — 7062) › § 7062 - Preauthorization | Every health services company or insurer that requires the preauthorization from the subscriber to provide the general anesthesia and hospitalization services coverage, as determined by a pediatric dentist, oral or maxillofacial surgeon, shall approve or deny it within two (2) days from the date the subscriber submits ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-303/7071/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 303 - Treatment of Morbid Obesity (§§ 7071 — 7075)›§ 7071 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 303 - Treatment of Morbid Obesity (§§ 7071 — 7075) › § 7071 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Morbid obesity. — The excess of fat in the body as determined by a Body Mass Index (BMI) equal to or higher than 35.
(b) Bariatric surgery. — A surgical procedure to control obesity, which may be performed by empl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-303/7072/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 303 - Treatment of Morbid Obesity (§§ 7071 — 7075)›§ 7072 - Bariatric surgery—Options | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 303 - Treatment of Morbid Obesity (§§ 7071 — 7075) › § 7072 - Bariatric surgery—Options | Every health insurance company, health services organization and health maintenance organizations as defined in subsection (x) of Section 1 of Act No. 101 of June 26, 1965, as amended [sic], doing business in the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, shall provide, subject to preauthorization, in its policy ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-303/7073/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 303 - Treatment of Morbid Obesity (§§ 7071 — 7075)›§ 7073 - Requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 303 - Treatment of Morbid Obesity (§§ 7071 — 7075) › § 7073 - Requirements | In order to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the payment of services, the following shall be required:
(a) The insurance policy, whether public or private, shall only cover one (1) surgery for life in Puerto Rico, if the services are available.
(b) The treatment plan shall be approved by a physician speci... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-303/7074/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 303 - Treatment of Morbid Obesity (§§ 7071 — 7075)›§ 7074 - Exceptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 303 - Treatment of Morbid Obesity (§§ 7071 — 7075) › § 7074 - Exceptions | Surgeries for removing excess skin (commonly known as folds) shall not be covered, unless the physician certifies that it is necessary to remove the excess skin because it affects the functions of any part of the body.
History —Aug. 9, 2008, No. 212, § 4, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2008. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ix/chapter-303/7075/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075)›Chapter 303 - Treatment of Morbid Obesity (§§ 7071 — 7075)›§ 7075 - Applicability | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IX - Health Insurance (§§ 7001 — 7075) › Chapter 303 - Treatment of Morbid Obesity (§§ 7071 — 7075) › § 7075 - Applicability | This chapter shall apply to every public or private health insurance in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 9, 2008, No. 212, § 5, eff. 90 days after Aug. 9, 2008. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-501/10001/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 501 - Hospital Professionals Salary (§§ 10001 — 10004)›§ 10001 - Salary scales | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 501 - Hospital Professionals Salary (§§ 10001 — 10004) › § 10001 - Salary scales | As of July 1, 1996, the salary of graduate nurses of the Department of Health, the Health Facilities and Services Administration (AFASS) and the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration (ASSMCA) is hereby raised by one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125) per month and the salary of practical nurses of tho... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-501/10002/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 501 - Hospital Professionals Salary (§§ 10001 — 10004)›§ 10002 - Separation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 501 - Hospital Professionals Salary (§§ 10001 — 10004) › § 10002 - Separation | The salary schedule shall be separated from that of the rest of the personnel of the Department of Health, and the Health Facilities and Services Administration (AFASS, in its Spanish Acronym).
History —July 23, 1993, No. 27, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1993. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-501/10003/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 501 - Hospital Professionals Salary (§§ 10001 — 10004)›§ 10003 - Increase | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 501 - Hospital Professionals Salary (§§ 10001 — 10004) › § 10003 - Increase | All employees subject to application of this chapter shall receive a raise in salary of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) a month.
History —July 23, 1993, No. 27, § 3; Apr. 3, 1995, No. 34, § 2, retroactive to Jan. 1, 1995. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-501/10004/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 501 - Hospital Professionals Salary (§§ 10001 — 10004)›§ 10004 - Funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 501 - Hospital Professionals Salary (§§ 10001 — 10004) › § 10004 - Funds | The funds needed to defray the cost of the salary increases for nursing personnel provided in § 10001 of this title, shall be consigned annually in the Budget of Operating Expense of the Department of Health, and of the Health Facilities and Services Administration (Spanish Acronym: AFASS).
History —July 23, 1993, No. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-502/10005/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 502 - Regulation of the Work Shifts of Medical Interns and Residents in Puerto Rico (§§ 10005 — 10009)›§ 10005 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 502 - Regulation of the Work Shifts of Medical Interns and Residents in Puerto Rico (§§ 10005 — 10009) › § 10005 - Definitions | The following terms and words when used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the meaning indicated, unless it is otherwise clearly construed from the context:
(a) Direct or indirect contact with a patient. — Refers to work in a hospital institution; clinical conferences; learning sessions, and reviews of patient ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-502/10006/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 502 - Regulation of the Work Shifts of Medical Interns and Residents in Puerto Rico (§§ 10005 — 10009)›§ 10006 - Prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 502 - Regulation of the Work Shifts of Medical Interns and Residents in Puerto Rico (§§ 10005 — 10009) › § 10006 - Prohibition | The establishment in any public or private hospital institution in Puerto Rico of internship or residency programs that require interns or residents to work shifts that exceed twenty-four (24) hours of continuous and uninterrupted work in direct or indirect contact with the treatment of a patient.
History —Jan. 4, 2003... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-502/10007/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 502 - Regulation of the Work Shifts of Medical Interns and Residents in Puerto Rico (§§ 10005 — 10009)›§ 10007 - Requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 502 - Regulation of the Work Shifts of Medical Interns and Residents in Puerto Rico (§§ 10005 — 10009) › § 10007 - Requirements | In order to have working conditions and work schedules for the medical interns and residents that promote the quality of the medical services, all hospital institutions must establish the following limits in the work shifts of such physicians:
(a) In hospital institutions with more than fifteen thousand (15,000) unsche... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-502/10008/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 502 - Regulation of the Work Shifts of Medical Interns and Residents in Puerto Rico (§§ 10005 — 10009)›§ 10008 - Implementati... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 502 - Regulation of the Work Shifts of Medical Interns and Residents in Puerto Rico (§§ 10005 — 10009) › § 10008 - Implementation Committee | (a) An Implementation Committee, adjoined to the Department of Health, is hereby created for the regulation of work shifts.
(b) The Secretary of Health shall set forth by means of regulation those procedures to be used by the Committee to address in the first instance those claims submitted to the Committee after the p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-502/10009/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 502 - Regulation of the Work Shifts of Medical Interns and Residents in Puerto Rico (§§ 10005 — 10009)›§ 10009 - Penal sancti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 502 - Regulation of the Work Shifts of Medical Interns and Residents in Puerto Rico (§§ 10005 — 10009) › § 10009 - Penal sanctions | All hospital institutions that violate any of the dispositions set forth in this chapter shall incur in a misdemeanor, and if convicted, shall be sanctioned with the penalty of a fine that shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation. All medical interns and residents who violate any of the disposition... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-503/10011/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021)›§ 10011 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10011 - Creation | The Center for Advanced Studies for the Training and Retraining of the Medical Emergencies Personnel of the Government of Puerto Rico, hereinafter referred to as the Center, is hereby established as an entity attached to the College of Health Related Professions.
History —Aug. 31, 2004, No. 235, § 1, eff. 60 days after... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-503/10012/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021)›§ 10012 - Interpretatio... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10012 - Interpretation | The training, retraining and continuing education courses administered by the Center shall be deemed to be instruments complementary to the requirements set forth in §§ 3451 et seq. of Title 20, known as the “Act to Create the Board of Examiners of Medical Emergency Technicians”. It shall in no way be understood that t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-503/10013/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021)›§ 10013 - Duties and fu... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10013 - Duties and functions | The primary institutional responsibility entrusted to the Center shall be to provide a broad and diverse assortment of training, retraining and continuing education courses, advanced level academic programs and other academic offerings, all geared toward verifying, validating and allowing public medical emergencies per... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-503/10014/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021)›§ 10014 - Operational a... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10014 - Operational and practical autonomy | The Center shall have full practical and operational autonomy in matters pertaining to the design of courses, strategies and educational approach, organization of educational areas, the contracting of faculty and non-faculty personnel, the evaluation of the beneficiaries of its programs and the certification stating th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-503/10015/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021)›§ 10015 - Differentiati... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10015 - Differentiation | The training, retraining and continuing education courses administered by the Center shall be configured according to the categories established in §§ 3451 et seq. of Title 20 for the various medical emergencies professionals.
History —Aug. 31, 2004, No. 235, § 6, eff. 60 days after Aug. 31, 2004. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-503/10016/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021)›§ 10016 - Reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10016 - Reports | The Center, through its officers, shall evaluate the effectiveness of its offerings and programs annually, and shall submit the corresponding reports to the Legislature and the Office of Management and Budget. Concurrently, the Center shall annually remit to said entities complete and detailed reports on its operations... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-503/10017/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021)›§ 10017 - Director of t... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10017 - Director of the Center | The Program shall have an Executive Director appointed by the Dean of the College of Health Related Professionals with the consent of the Chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus. The person thus appointed shall have academic studies in the area of education and knowledge of administration and supervision. The Executi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-503/10018/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021)›§ 10018 - Complementary... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10018 - Complementary funding sources | The Center may accept donations from any natural or juridical person and from any department, agency, instrumentality, public corporation or municipality of the Government of Puerto Rico or of the United States of America. The money thus obtained, as well as any other acquired for consulting services, training and othe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-503/10019/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021)›§ 10019 - Compliance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10019 - Compliance | The training, retraining and continuing education offerings of the Center shall harmonize with the provisions set forth in §§ 3451 et seq. of Title 20.
History —Aug. 31, 2004, No. 235, § 11, eff. 60 days after Aug. 31, 2004. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-503/10020/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021)›§ 10020 - Advanced leve... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10020 - Advanced level academic and continuing education programs | The Center is hereby empowered to create and administer advanced level academic medical emergencies programs from bachelor’s degrees up to doctorates and continuing education programs. The establishment and expansion of such programs shall be staggered and done according to the degree in which the Center is able to ava... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-503/10021/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021)›§ 10021 - Scope for the... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10021 - Scope for the application of the offerings and programs | The offerings of the Center regarding training, retraining, continuing education and advanced level academic programs shall be designed and administered exclusively for government personnel. However, in the degree that the Center is able to broaden its operations and offerings, it is hereby authorized to provide such s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10031/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10031 - Terms and definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10031 - Terms and definitions | For the purposes of this chapter the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning expressed below:
(a) Department. — The Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Regional Academic Medical Center. — A group of one (1) or more hospitals, health facilities, medical groups and health professionals... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10032/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10032 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10032 - Creation | The Regional Academic Medical Centers of Puerto Rico are hereby created to operate as independent nonprofit entities separate from any other agency or instrumentality of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and to function in coordination with the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10033/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10033 - Purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10033 - Purpose | The purpose of the Regional Academic Medical Centers is to develop and strengthen a comprehensive public health system at the primary, the secondary and the tertiary levels. The Regional Academic Medical Centers shall provide an optimum environment which shall bring together the purposes, priorities, objectives and ref... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10034/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10034 - Functions and powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10034 - Functions and powers | (a) The Regional Academic Medical Centers shall be the entities in each region established by law in charge of implementing the provisions of this chapter. To those ends they shall have the following powers and functions that shall rest with their Board of Directors:
(1) Establish the directives for dealing with releva... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10035/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10035 - Immunity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10035 - Immunity | The limits imposed in §§ 3077 et seq. of Title 32, shall be extended to the Regional Academic Medical Centers, the students, physicians in postgraduate training and the faculty members thereof, for the medical procedures practiced in said Centers in the exercise of their teaching duties. Said limitation establishes a m... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10036/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10036 - Board of Directors—Composition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10036 - Board of Directors—Composition | Every Medical Center shall determine the composition of its Board of Directors, which shall include the participation of a member in representation of the faculty doctors and another in representation of the students in training, as well as a representative of the Department of Health. The members shall have knowledge ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10037/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10037 - Central Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10037 - Central Board | The Academic Medical Centers shall be attached to a Central Board of Regional Medical Centers to be constituted by the Secretary of Health or his/her representative, the President of the Council on Higher Education or his/her representative, a representative of the Hospitals Association, a representative of the Board o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10038/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10038 - Exemptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10038 - Exemptions | The Regional Academic Medical Centers, as non-profit corporations, shall be exempted from all types of taxes, duties, excise taxes or fees, including those for licenses levied [sic] or those that were levied by the government or any political subdivision thereof, including all their operations, their real or personal p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10039/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10039 - Donations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10039 - Donations | The Regional Medical Centers are hereby empowered to receive donations and to enter into cooperative agreements with public and private entities to finance the activities related to the purposes of this chapter.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 11. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10040/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10040 - Purchase of equipment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10040 - Purchase of equipment | The Regional Medical Centers are hereby empowered to unite so as to purchase the equipment and materials needed to carry out the activities related to the purposes of this chapter.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 12. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10041/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10041 - Service contracts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10041 - Service contracts | The Regional Medical Centers are hereby empowered to execute health services contracts subject to the authorization of the Insurance Commissioner.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 13. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10042/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10042 - Office of the Comptroller | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10042 - Office of the Comptroller | The Comptroller shall have full powers to audit the operations of the Regional Academic Medical Center in order to verify the legality of its transactions. The Comptroller may also require documents or the testimony from private persons or entities when indispensable, conduct an audit or intervention at the Regional Ac... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-504/10043/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043)›§ 10043 - Powers of the Board of Medical Examiners | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10043 - Powers of the Board of Medical Examiners | None of the provisions of this chapter shall impair the functions of investigating and accrediting the health facilities used as teaching centers and that by provision of other laws correspond to the Board of Medical Examiners.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 15. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10051/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10051... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10051 - Definitions | (1) Teenagers. — For purposes of the Commission, it shall mean minors from the age of twelve (12) to the age of seventeen (17) or who [are in] the seventh (7th) to the twelfth (12th) grade.
(2) Assessment. — A process whereby the needs of a specific population are identified, as well as the resources available to devel... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10052/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10052... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10052 - Creation; members | The Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification is hereby created in Puerto Rico, to exist perpetually, attached to the Department of Health. The Commission shall be in charge, among others, of issuing, suspending or revoking certifications to exercise the profession of psyc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10053/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10053... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10053 - Organization | The Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification shall be composed of seven (7) persons of proven capabilities and leadership, of legal age and residents of Puerto Rico. A commissioner shall serve for a period of three (3) years, except when elected president, for which two (... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10054/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10054... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10054 - Authorities | The Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification, which groups together psychoactive substance use prevention specialists in Puerto Rico, shall have the authority to:
(a) Evaluate the academic and personal credentials of applicants for certification as psychoactive substance ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10055/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10055... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10055 - Duties | (a) To adopt and implement a Code of Ethics for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialists.
(b) To manage, through its Ethics Committee, the complaints brought by the public being served.
(c) To certify applicants who meet the established requirements.
(d) To revoke the certification of specialists who breach th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10056/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10056... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10056 - Per diems | Members of the Commission shall be entitled to receive a per diem equal to the minimum per diem established for members of the Legislature of Puerto Rico per day or fraction thereof for each meeting they attend or for each day they render services to the Commission, plus they shall be entitled to compensation for milea... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10057/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10057... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10057 - Requirements | In order to be considered, members of the Commission-hereinafter the commissioners-are required to have five (5) years experience in the field of psychoactive substance use prevention in Puerto Rico within a period not greater than seven (7) years prior to their appointment, to be committed to the public policy on prev... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10058/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10058... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10058 - Register | The Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification shall provide the Department of Health with a list of the newly certified prevention assistants and prevention specialists not later than sixty (60) days from the date the certification was issued.
The Department of Health shal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10059/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10059... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10059 - Prevention specialists; levels | The persons who meet the requirements provided for in this chapter may apply for certification in the level of their choosing as provided for in regulations.
The levels of certification established by this chapter are:
(a) Prevention assistants.
(b) Prevention specialists.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 10, eff. 9... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10060/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10060... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10060 - Requirements for certification | (a) Psychoactive substance use prevention assistant certification. — All persons who meet the following requirements may apply for certification as psychoactive substance use prevention assistant:
(1) Two (2) letters of recommendation from qualified persons, such as a supervisor of paid or volunteer work, a college or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10061/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10061... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10061 - Assistants and specialists; duties | (a) Prevention assistants, under the direct supervision of a psychoactive substance use prevention specialist. —
(1) To provide information to individuals or community groups who wish to adopt healthy, drug-free lifestyles.
(2) To provide scientific information, develop prevention activities, and provide early interven... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10062/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10062... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10062 - Assistants and specialists; competencies | The Commission shall issue a certification to practice the profession of psychoactive substance use prevention assistant or specialist to all candidates who meet the following requirements:
(1) Knowledge in psychoactive substance use/abuse. — To be knowledgeable in the different psychoactive substances, their effects a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10063/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10063... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10063 - Continuing education | Psychoactive substance use prevention assistants and specialists applying for re-certification must complete a minimum of thirty (30) continuing education credit-hours within a period of three (3) years.
Of these thirty (30) hours, six (6) hours shall be in the area of psychoactive substance use prevention, three (3) h... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10064/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10064... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10064 - Grandfather clause | During the first twenty-four (24) months after the Commission for Certification has been appointed, the same may issue psychoactive substance use prevention specialist or assistant certifications to all applicants who meet the requirements listed in § 10060 of this title, and also present evidence of having performed f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10065/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10065... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10065 - Power to suspend, revoke, or deny certificati... | The Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist certification shall be empowered to suspend, revoke or deny renewal of a certification issued to any prevention specialist or prevention assistant, if it is found that said person has incurred any of the following practices:
(a) He or she ha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10066/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10066... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10066 - Reciprocity | The Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification may establish reciprocity agreements with state, territorial, or freely associated jurisdictions of the United States of America which regulate psychoactive substance use prevention services by a reciprocity agreement with its ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-505/10067/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067)›§ 10067... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10067 - Penalties | (a) Any person practicing the profession of psychoactive substance use prevention specialist or assistant in Puerto Rico, or who advertises as such without having a certification duly issued by the Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification, or who during the suspension of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-506/10071/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076)›§ 10071 - Establishment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10071 - Establishment | The Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program is hereby established.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No. 138, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-506/10072/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076)›§ 10072 - Purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10072 - Purpose | The program created under this chapter seeks that health professionals provide voluntary services in the public schools of Puerto Rico, without direct monetary compensation and for the purpose of complementing the structure and regular resources existing in the public schools of the Island.
These health professionals s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-506/10073/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076)›§ 10073 - Certification and e... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10073 - Certification and eligibility | Those health professionals who participate in the program created in this chapter and agree to provide voluntary services under the terms set forth herein in an elementary or secondary public school for at least eighty (80) hours of voluntary service, which shall be certified and documented by the School Director and, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-506/10074/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076)›§ 10074 - Benefits | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10074 - Benefits | Those health professionals eligible under § 10073 of this title may be entitled to receive the following benefits:
(a) Full exemption in the payment of fees, charges or costs for the renewal of their licenses and continuing education courses offered by the University of Puerto Rico.
(b) Validation of the hours served i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-506/10075/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076)›§ 10075 - Compliance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10075 - Compliance | Every health professional who participates in the program created herein shall comply with procedures, forms and certifications required under said Program.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No. 138, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-506/10076/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076)›§ 10076 - Interagency Committ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10076 - Interagency Committee | The Secretary of the Department of Education, the Secretary of the Department of Health, and the President of the University of Puerto Rico shall create a continuous Interagency Committee in order to adopt the participation procedures and norms of the Program in accordance to the parameters of this chapter. The Secreta... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-601/12001/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007)›§ 12001 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12001 - Creation | The Services Coordination Center for Persons Affected by Alzheimer’s Disease is hereby established in the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which shall be referred to in this chapter as the “Center.”
History —Jan. 8, 1998, No. 13, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-601/12002/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007)›§ 12002 - Coordination of assistanc... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12002 - Coordination of assistance | The Center shall be the central body responsible for the coordination of an assistance plan for persons affected by Alzheimer’s disease which ensures an integral and systematic view of the services rendered to the patient, as well as the orientation offered to his/her relatives.
In order to make enable [sic] the purpos... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-601/12003/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007)›§ 12003 - Executive Director, salar... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12003 - Executive Director, salary | The Center shall have an Executive Director appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health, who shall hold office at the will of the Secretary and until his/her successor is designated. The salary of the Director shall be fixed by the Secretary with the approval of the Governor of Puerto Rico.
History —Jan. 8, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-601/12004/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007)›§ 12004 - Reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12004 - Reports | The Director of the Center shall submit complete and detailed reports on its operations and financial status for each fiscal year to the Secretary of the Department of Health and the Legislature, within forty-five (45) days following the close of the corresponding fiscal year.
History —Jan. 8, 1998, No. 13, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-601/12005/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007)›§ 12005 - Use of donations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12005 - Use of donations | The Secretary may accept donations to be used in the prevention, treatment, education, studies and research, or purposes related to cases of Alzheimer’s disease. The monies thus obtained shall be deposited in the Health Fund created by Act No. 26 of November 13, 1975, and shall be used exclusively as provided in this c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-x/chapter-601/12006/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020)›Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007)›§ 12006 - Operation of Center | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12006 - Operation of Center | The Secretary shall provide, through regulations, the norms that shall govern the Center as well as all that is needed for its operation and functioning in order to promote and contribute to the attention and adequate and effective treatment of persons affected by Alzheimer’s disease.
History —Jan. 8, 1998, No. 13, § 6... |
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