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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-126/9507/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517)›§ 9507 - Exhaustion of internal grievance process | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517) › § 9507 - Exhaustion of internal grievance process | (a)
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a request for an external review shall not be made until the covered person or enrollee has exhausted the health insurance organization or issuer's internal grievance process.
(2) For purposes of this section, the health insurance organization or issuer's in... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-126/9508/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517)›§ 9508 - Standard external review | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517) › § 9508 - Standard external review | (a)
(1) Not later than one hundred and twenty (120) days after the date of receipt of a notice of an adverse determination or final adverse determination, a covered person or enrollee may file a request for an external review with the Commissioner.
(2) Within one (1) business day after the date of receipt of a request ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-126/9509/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517)›§ 9509 - Expedited external review | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517) › § 9509 - Expedited external review | (a) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, a covered person or enrollee may make a request for an expedited external review with the Commissioner at the time he/she receives:
(1) An adverse determination, if:
(A) The adverse determination involves a medical condition of the covered person or enrollee for... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-126/9510/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517)›§ 9510 - External review of experimental or investigational treatment adverse det... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517) › § 9510 - External review of experimental or investigational treatment adverse determinations | (a)
(1) Not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of receipt of a notice of an adverse determination or final adverse determination that involves a denial of a healthcare service or treatment recommended or requested based on a determination that such service or treatment is experimental or investigat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-126/9511/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517)›§ 9511 - Binding nature of external review decision | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517) › § 9511 - Binding nature of external review decision | (a) An external review decision is binding on the health insurance organization or issuer except to the extent the health insurance organization or issuer has other remedies available under the applicable laws of Puerto Rico.
(b) An external review decision is binding on the covered person or enrollee, except to the ex... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-126/9512/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517)›§ 9512 - Approval of independent review organizations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517) › § 9512 - Approval of independent review organizations | (a) The Commissioner shall approve independent review organizations eligible to be assigned to conduct external reviews under this chapter.
(b) In order to be eligible for approval by the Commissioner under this chapter to conduct external reviews, an independent review organization:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-126/9513/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517)›§ 9513 - Minimum requirements of capacity and competence for independent review o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517) › § 9513 - Minimum requirements of capacity and competence for independent review organizations | (a) To be approved by the Commissioner to conduct external reviews, an independent review organization shall have and maintain written policies and procedures that govern all aspects of both the standard external review process and the expedited external review process that include, at least:
(1) A quality assurance me... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-126/9514/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517)›§ 9514 - Hold harmless for independent review organizations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517) › § 9514 - Hold harmless for independent review organizations | No independent review organization, clinical reviewer or an employee, agent or contractor of an independent review organization shall be liable in damages to any person for any opinions rendered or acts or omissions performed within the scope of their duties under this chapter, unless the opinion was rendered or act or... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-126/9515/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517)›§ 9515 - External review reporting requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517) › § 9515 - External review reporting requirements | (a)
(1) Any independent review organization shall maintain written records of all external reviews it conducted during a calendar year and submit a report to the Commissioner, as required under clause (2) of this subsection. Such reports shall be made with respect to each health insurance organization or issuer individ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-126/9516/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517)›§ 9516 - Funding of external review | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517) › § 9516 - Funding of external review | The health insurance organization or issuer against which a request for a standard external review or an expedited external review is filed shall be required to pay the independent review organization for conducting the external review.
The Office of the Insurance Commissioner shall notify health service organizations ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-126/9517/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517)›§ 9517 - Disclosure requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 126 - External Review (§§ 9501 — 9517) › § 9517 - Disclosure requirements | (a)
(1) Each health insurance organization or issuer shall include a description of the external review procedures in the policy, certificate, membership booklet, outline of coverage. or other evidence of coverage it provides to covered persons or enrollees.
(2) The disclosure of external review procedures required by ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-150/9981/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 150 - Off-label Use (§§ 9981 — 9984)›§ 9981 - Purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 150 - Off-label Use (§§ 9981 — 9984) › § 9981 - Purpose | The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards for the payment or reimbursement of costs associated with prescription drugs that, even though they have been approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are used for indications other than those stated in the labeling approved by the FDA (this use is ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-150/9982/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 150 - Off-label Use (§§ 9981 — 9984)›§ 9982 - Applicability and scope | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 150 - Off-label Use (§§ 9981 — 9984) › § 9982 - Applicability and scope | This chapter shall apply to all health plans that are issued, amended, delivered or renewed on or after the effective date of this chapter and provide coverage for drugs. It also shall apply to all persons making determinations regarding payment of reimbursement for prescription drugs under these health plans.
History ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-150/9983/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 150 - Off-label Use (§§ 9981 — 9984)›§ 9983 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 150 - Off-label Use (§§ 9981 — 9984) › § 9983 - Definitions | (a) Standard reference compendia.— Means:
(1) The American Hospital Formulary Service-Drug Information;
(2) The American Medical Association Drug Evaluation; or
(3) The United States Pharmacopoeia-Drug Information.
(b) FDA.— Means the United States Food and Drug Administration.
(c) Peer-reviewed medical literature.— Me... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-150/9984/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 150 - Off-label Use (§§ 9981 — 9984)›§ 9984 - Standards of coverage | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 150 - Off-label Use (§§ 9981 — 9984) › § 9984 - Standards of coverage | (a) A health plan that provides coverage for drugs shall provide for the dispensation of any drug covered, regardless of the disorder, injury, illness, condition, or disease for which they were prescribed, provided, that:
(1) The drug has been approved by the FDA for at least one indication, and
(2) the drug is recogni... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-152/10021/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026)›§ 10021 - T... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026) › § 10021 - Title | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the chapter on Coverage for Newborn and Newly Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption.
History —Aug. 29, 2011, No. 194, § 54.010, eff. 180 days after Aug. 29, 2011. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-152/10022/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026)›§ 10022 - P... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026) › § 10022 - Purpose | The purpose of this chapter is to provide for uniformity of coverage requirements for newborn and newly adopted children and children placed for adoption under both group and individual health plans.
History —Aug. 29, 2011, No. 194, § 54.020, eff. 180 days after Aug. 29, 2011. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-152/10023/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026)›§ 10023 - D... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026) › § 10023 - Definitions | For purposes of this chapter:
(a) Health plan.— Means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement offered or issued by a health insurance organization or issuer to provide, deliver, arrange for healthcare service or pay for or reimburse the costs thereof.
History —Aug. 29, 2011, No. 194, § 54.030, eff. 180 days after... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-152/10024/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026)›§ 10024 - A... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026) › § 10024 - Applicability | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this chapter shall apply to health plans that provide coverage for a dependent of a covered person or enrollee.
(b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a group or individual health plan that provides coverage only for a specified disease, specified... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-152/10025/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026)›§ 10025 - C... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026) › § 10025 - Coverage requirements | (a) Each health plan subject to this chapter shall provide coverage to:
(1) A newborn child of a covered person or enrollee from the moment of birth, or
(2) a newly adopted child of a covered person or enrollee from the earlier of:
(A) The date of placement in the home of the covered person or enrollee for the purpose ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-152/10026/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026)›§ 10026 - N... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 152 - Coverage for Newborn and Recently Adopted Children and Children Placed for Adoption (§§ 10021 — 10026) › § 10026 - Notification requirements | (a) For a newborn child, the health insurance organization or issuer shall be required to provide covered persons or enrollees with reasonable notice of the following:
(1) If payment of a specific premium or subscription fee is required to provide coverage for a newborn child, as provided in this chapter, the health pl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-164/10251/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261)›§ 10251 - Title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261) › § 10251 - Title | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the chapter on Long-term Care Insurance.
History —Aug. 29, 2011, No. 194, § 66.010, eff. 180 days after Aug. 29, 2011. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-164/10252/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261)›§ 10252 - Scope | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261) › § 10252 - Scope | The requirements of this chapter shall apply to policies delivered or issued for delivery in Puerto Rico on or after the effective date thereof. This chapter is not intended to supersede the obligations of entities subject to this chapter to comply with the provisions of other applicable insurance laws insofar as they ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-164/10253/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261)›§ 10253 - Purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261) › § 10253 - Purpose | The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public interest, and the availability of long-term care insurance policies, to protect applicants for long-term care insurance, as defined, from unfair or deceptive sales or enrollment practices, to establish standards for long-term care insurance, to facilitate public unde... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-164/10254/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261)›§ 10254 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261) › § 10254 - Definitions | For purposes of this chapter:
(a) Certificate.— Means any certificate issued under a group long-term care insurance policy, policy has been delivered or issued for delivery in Puerto Rico.
(b) Qualified long-term care insurance contract or federally tax-qualified long-term care insurance contract.— Means an individual ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-164/10255/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261)›§ 10255 - Extraterritorial jurisdiction-Group long-term care insurance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261) › § 10255 - Extraterritorial jurisdiction-Group long-term care insurance | No group long-term care insurance coverage may be offered to a resident of Puerto Rico under a group policy issued in another state to a group described in § 10254(e) of this title, unless the Government of Puerto Rico, or the government of another state having statutory and regulatory long-term care insurance requirem... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-164/10256/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261)›§ 10256 - Disclosure and performance standards for long-term care insu... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261) › § 10256 - Disclosure and performance standards for long-term care insurance | (a) The Commissioner may adopt regulations that include standards for full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content and required disclosures for the sale of long-term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent conditions of eligibility, non-duplication of coverage provisions, co... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-164/10257/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261)›§ 10257 - Incontestability period | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261) › § 10257 - Incontestability period | (a) For a policy or certificate that has been in force for less than six (6) months, an issuer may rescind a long-term care insurance policy or certificate or deny an otherwise valid long-term care insurance claim upon a showing of misrepresentation that is material to the acceptance for coverage or to the risk assumed... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-164/10258/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261)›§ 10258 - Nonforfeiture benefits | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261) › § 10258 - Nonforfeiture benefits | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a long-term care insurance policy may not be delivered or issued for delivery in Puerto Rico unless the policyholder or certificate holder has been offered the option of purchasing a policy or certificate including a nonforfeiture benefit. The offer of a nonforf... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-164/10259/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261)›§ 10259 - Producer training requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261) › § 10259 - Producer training requirements | (a) The following requirements related to the sale, soliciting or negotiating long-term care insurance shall be met:
(1) An individual may not sell, solicit or negotiate long-term care insurance unless the individual has an insurance producer license which authorizes him/her to underwrite disability insurance and has c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-164/10260/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261)›§ 10260 - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261) › § 10260 - Rulemaking authority | The Commissioner shall issue reasonable regulations to promote premium adequacy and to protect the policyholder or certificate holder in the event of substantial rate increases, and to establish minimum standards for producer education, marketing practices, producer compensation, producer testing, penalties and reporti... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-164/10261/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261)›§ 10261 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 164 - Long-term Care Insurance (§§ 10251 — 10261) › § 10261 - Penalties | In addition to any other penalties provided by the laws of Puerto Rico including the Insurance Code of Puerto Rico, any issuer and any producer found to have violated any requirement of Puerto Rico related to the regulation of long-term care insurance or the marketing of such insurance shall be subject to a fine which ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-170/10371/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377)›§ 10371 - Purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377) › § 10371 - Purpose | The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit unfair discrimination by health insurance organizations or issuers and insurance professionals against victims of abuse.
History —Aug. 29, 2011, No. 194, added as § 72.010 on Aug. 23, 2012, No. 203, § 9, eff. 90 days after Aug. 23, 2012. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-170/10372/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377)›§ 10372 - Scope | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377) › § 10372 - Scope | This chapter shall apply to all health insurance organizations or issuers and insurance professionals involved in issuing or renewing in Puerto Rico a health plan policy or certificate.
History —Aug. 29, 2011, No. 194, added as § 72.020 on Aug. 23, 2012, No. 203, § 9, eff. 90 days after Aug. 23, 2012. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-170/10373/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377)›§ 10373 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377) › § 10373 - Definitions | (a) Abuse-related medical condition.— Means a medical condition sustained by a victim of abuse which arises in whole or in part out of an act or pattern of abuse.
(b) Confidential abuse information.— Means information about acts of abuse against a person or abuse status of such person; information about a person's medi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-170/10374/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377)›§ 10374 - Unfairly discriminatory acts relating ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377) › § 10374 - Unfairly discriminatory acts relating to health plans | (a) It is unfairly discriminatory to:
(1) Deny, refuse to issue, renew or reissue, cancel or otherwise terminate a health plan, or restrict a health plan coverage or add a premium differential or surcharge to any health plan on the basis of the covered person or enrollee's abuse status, or
(2) exclude, limit coverage, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-170/10375/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377)›§ 10375 - Justification of adverse insurance dec... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377) › § 10375 - Justification of adverse insurance decisions | A health insurance organization or issuer or insurance professional that takes an action that adversely affects a current or potential covered person or enrollee on the basis of a medical condition that the issuer or insurance professional knows or has reason to know is abuse-related shall explain the reason for its ac... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-170/10376/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377)›§ 10376 - Insurance protocols for victims of abu... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377) › § 10376 - Insurance protocols for victims of abuse | Health insurance organizations or issuers shall develop and adhere to written policies specifying procedures to be followed by employees and by insurance professionals they contract with, for the purpose of protecting the safety and privacy of a victim of abuse and shall otherwise implement the provisions of this chapt... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-six/subtitle-3/chapter-170/10377/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377)›Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377)›Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377)›§ 10377 - Enforcement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SIX - Insurance (§§ 101 — 10377) › Subtitle 3 - Puerto Rico Health Insurance Code (§§ 9001 — 10377) › Chapter 170 - Unfair Discrimination against Victims of Abuse (§§ 10371 — 10377) › § 10377 - Enforcement | The Commissioner shall conduct a reasonable investigation based on a complaint received and issue a prompt determination as to whether a violation of this chapter may have occurred. If the Commissioner finds from the investigation that a violation of this chapter may have occurred, the Commissioner shall promptly begin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-15/261/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e)›§ 261 - Title and purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e) › § 261 - Title and purpose | This chapter shall be known as the “Uniform Rate Revision and Modification Act” and shall have the purpose of guaranteeing to the subscribers or users of public services adequate and uniform administrative procedures for the revision and modification of the rates fixed and charged for basic and essential services rende... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-15/261a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e)›§ 261a - Application | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e) › § 261a - Application | This chapter shall be applicable to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, to the Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority and to other similar public service government instrumentalities established or to be established in the future, and to their subsidiaries.
History —May 31, 1985, No. 21, p. 67, § 2; Sept. 12,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-15/261b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e)›§ 261b - Procedures—Permanent rates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e) › § 261b - Procedures—Permanent rates | No authority, public corporation or other similar government instrumentality that provides basic and essential public services to the citizenry shall make changes in the rates they charge their subscribers or users for said services, unless they comply with the following procedures:
(a) No changes of a permanent nature... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-15/261c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e)›§ 261c - Procedures—Temporary or emergency rates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e) › § 261c - Procedures—Temporary or emergency rates | Temporary or emergency rates may only be adopted for a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days, or while the circumstances which motivated the emergency prevail, and, in any case, they shall be in accordance with the procedures provided hereinbelow:
(a) When the change in rates is temporary or due to an emergency, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-15/261d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e)›§ 261d - Procedures—Legislative review | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e) › § 261d - Procedures—Legislative review | Every final determination of the public entities subject to the application of this chapter, after the public hearings referred to in §§ 261b and 261c of this title have been held with respect to changes in rates, may be reviewed by the Legislature through a concurrent resolution or through a resolution of any of its b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-15/261e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e)›§ 261e - Procedures—Exceptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 15 - Revision and Modification of Rates (§§ 261 — 261e) › § 261e - Procedures—Exceptions | The procedures on changes in rates consigned in this chapter shall not be applicable to changes that must be made by the Authority due to rate adjustments imposed on it by federal agencies that regulate their area of operations or functioning. In such cases, the Authority shall notify its subscribers, in writing, as of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-17/262/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g)›§ 262 - Title a... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g) › § 262 - Title and purpose | This chapter shall be known as an “Act to Establish Minimum Procedural Requirements for the Suspension of Essential Public Services”. Its purpose is to guarantee to the subscribers or consumers an adequate opportunity to question the accuracy and source of the charges invoiced, and an adequate notice of the decision to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-17/262a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g)›§ 262a - Applic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g) › § 262a - Applicability | This chapter shall apply to the Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority and other public service companies established or to be established in the future, and their subsidiaries.
History —June 27, 1985, No. 33, p. 123, § 2; Sept. 12, 1996, No. 218, § 2; May 27, 2014, No. 57, § 7.02. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-17/262b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g)›§ 262b - Proced... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g) › § 262b - Procedure | All authorities, public corporations, and government instrumentalities which provide essential services to the citizenry shall provide for an administrative procedure for the suspension of its services for nonpayment which must be adjusted to grant the minimum mechanisms and guarantees to subscribers pursuant to the pr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-17/262c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g)›§ 262c - Outcom... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g) › § 262c - Outcome favorable to subscriber | If the outcome of the administrative hearing or the judicial review is favorable to the subscriber, the authority concerned shall return or credit any amount the subscriber paid in excess plus interest at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum.
If the subscriber does make the payment and does not use or exhaust the esta... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-17/262d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g)›§ 262d - Inform... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g) › § 262d - Information to subscriber—Upon signing service contrac... | At the time the subscriber signs the service contract with the instrumentality, it shall inform him in writing of the procedure established, in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The information must advise the following:
(a) Each stage of the procedure and the terms provided for each one.
(b) The rights, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-17/262e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g)›§ 262e - Inform... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g) › § 262e - Information to subscriber—In every invoice | In every invoice that the instrumentality sends to the subscriber it shall advise the latter that he/she shall have twenty (20) days to pay or to object to the same, and to request an investigation by the instrumentality without affecting the service in any way.
History —June 27, 1985, No. 33, p. 123, § 6; Dec. 16, 200... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-17/262e-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g)›§ 262e-1 - Inte... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g) › § 262e-1 - Interruption of service; notification | Every authority, public corporation, or other government instrumentality that provides essential services to the citizenry and that has scheduled at least fifteen (15) days in advance, the interruption of the public service it provides in one or several areas, shall notify the interruption of the service, at least, for... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-17/262f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g)›§ 262f - Broade... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g) › § 262f - Broader rights | None of what is provided herein shall prevent the instrumentality from granting its subscribers and consumers other broader rights than those prescribed above.
When the charges include three (3) or more monthly payments in arrears for services that were not previously billed, the instrumentality shall offer a reasonabl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-i/chapter-17/262g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g)›Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g)›§ 262g - 9-1-1 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART I - Regulation of Companies Rendering Public Service (§§ 1 — 262g) › Chapter 17 - Suspension of Essential Public Services; Minimum Procedural Requirements (§§ 262 — 262g) › § 262g - 9-1-1 access guarantee | No telecommunications company that provides telephone service to a natural or juridical person may eliminate access to the 9-1-1 Emergency System during the partial suspension of its services to a client for failure to pay.
History —June 27, 1985, No. 33, p. 123, added as § 9 on Feb. 14, 2006, No. 60, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-i/265/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 265 — 265a)›§ 265 - Statement of public ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 265 — 265a) › § 265 - Statement of public policy | It shall be the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to:
(a) Acknowledge the telecommunications service as one whose rendering pursues a high public interest within a competitive market;
(b) provide universal service at a fair, reasonable, and affordable rate for all citizens;
(c) distribute the duties, res... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-i/265a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 265 — 265a)›§ 265a - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 265 — 265a) › § 265a - Definitions | (a) Local exchange carrier.— Shall mean any person engaged in rendering the local telecommunications exchange service or exchange access. This term does not include persons who render commercial mobile radio services under § 332(c) of the Federal Communications Act, except to the extent that the Federal Communications ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-ii/267/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j)›§ 267 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j) › § 267 - Creation | (a) The Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico is hereby created as the agency in charge of regulating telecommunications services in Puerto Rico and of enforcing compliance and administrating this chapter. All orders and authorizations issued and granted by the Board shall be issued on behalf of the Teleco... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-ii/267a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j)›§ 267a - Organization | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j) › § 267a - Organization | (a) The Board shall be composed of four (4) associate members, and a Chairperson, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Governor shall appoint the Chairperson of the Board with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall hold office at the volition of the Governor and may be remov... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-ii/267b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j)›§ 267b - Members | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j) › § 267b - Members | (a) The members of the Board shall be citizens of the United States of America and residents of Puerto Rico. Of its five (5) members, one (1) shall be a professional with knowledge and broad experience in corporate finances; one (1) shall be a lawyer, or an engineer with at least seven (7) years of experience practicin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-ii/267c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j)›§ 267c - Chairperson | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j) › § 267c - Chairperson | The Chairperson shall preside [over] all the meetings of the Board, shall be in charge of all administrative operations and shall represent the Board in all matters related to legislation and legislative reports, but any member may set forth his/her [dissenting] or supplementary opinion. The Chairperson shall also repr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-ii/267d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j)›§ 267d - Personnel | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j) › § 267d - Personnel | The Board shall be deemed an individual administrator pursuant to the provisions of the Public Service Personnel Act of Puerto Rico, Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975.
The Board, upon consultation with the Government Ethics Office, shall promulgate an ethics regulation to regulate the relationship between its personnel and... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-ii/267e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j)›§ 267e - Jurisdiction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j) › § 267e - Jurisdiction | (a) The Board shall have primary jurisdiction over all telecommunications services and over all those persons [who] render these services in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and over any person with a direct or indirect interest in said services or companies. Specifically, the Board shall have jurisdiction over:
(1) An... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-ii/267f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j)›§ 267f - General powers and d... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j) › § 267f - General powers and duties | (a) The Board shall adopt, promulgate, amend, and revoke rules, orders, and regulations as it deems necessary and proper according to the exercise of its powers, and the performance of its duties. When adopting, amending, or revoking rules or regulations, the Board shall be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Admi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-ii/267g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j)›§ 267g - Expropriation and ea... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j) › § 267g - Expropriation and easements | (a) Expropriation.— The Board shall have the power to identify the private property that shall be expropriated for the rendering of telecommunications services pursuant to the objectives of this chapter. Said property shall be expropriated by petition of the Board, by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico represented by the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-ii/267h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j)›§ 267h - Delegation of powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j) › § 267h - Delegation of powers | (a) On one or more members.— With the exception of the power to adopt regulations, the Board may, through an order, assign, refer or delegate any adjudicative or non-adjudicative matter for its resolution on one or more members who shall be appointed in said order and who shall have the powers of the Board that it expr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-ii/267i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j)›§ 267i - Incidental powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j) › § 267i - Incidental powers | The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order to achieve its purposes, and whenever any specific power or authority is granted to the Board such specification shall not be construed as excluding or impeding any other power or authority otherwise conferred [on] it. The Board created herein shall h... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-ii/267j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j)›§ 267j - Budget and regulatio... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter II - Regulatory Board (§§ 267 — 267j) › § 267j - Budget and regulation fees | (a) The Board shall impose and collect fees pursuant to the provisions of this section in order to produce sufficient income to:
(1) Cover the operating expenses of the Board in complying with its responsibilities under this chapter, and
(2) establish a reserve, that the Board deems reasonable, to ensure the continuous... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269 - Transitory... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269 - Transitory classification of providers | (a) On the date of approval of this act, it shall be presumed that the incumbent local exchange service carrier has control of the market in the rendering of local telecommunications service, access service and intrastate long distance services and which it does not have in the cellular phones and beepers market.
(b) T... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269a - Certifica... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269a - Certifications | (a) As of the date on which the Board promulgates the regulations required by this section and with the exception of the provisions of § 332(c)(1) of the Federal Communications Act, all telecommunications companies shall receive a valid certification from the Board to render telecommunication services in Puerto Rico. T... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269b - Discontin... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269b - Discontinuation of services | No local exchange service carrier shall discontinue, reduce or limit the total or partial service of a community without effective competition due to lack of profitability in the operation of said service unless it has a valid authorization from the Board for said discontinuation, reduction or limitation. The Board sha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269c - Competiti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269c - Competitive safeguards | (a) The Board shall adopt the regulations needed to require the incumbent local exchange service carrier to provide services and access to its installations to any certified telecommunications company that requests it at any point of its network where it is technically feasible and in an unbundled manner, including any... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269c-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269c-1 - Imposit... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269c-1 - Imposition of provider or additional surcharge | (a)
(1) With the exception of the provisions of clauses (2) and (3) of this subsection, a telecommunications company shall not charge a client for telecommunication services not requested by him/her.
(2) Any telecommunications company that imposes a charge for services not requested shall [credit] the amount or sum of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269d - Procedure... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269d - Procedure for negotiation, arbitration and approval of ... | (a) Agreements arrived at through negotiation.—
(1) Voluntary negotiations.— Upon receiving a request for interconnection services, or access to network elements pursuant to § 269c of this title, an incumbent local exchange service carrier may negotiate and enter an agreement with the requesting telecommunications carr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269e - Universal... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269e - Universal service | (a) Universal service principles.—
(1) The Board shall preserve and promote universal service through predictable, specific and sufficient support mechanisms, pursuant to the provisions of § 254 of the Federal Communications Act, and also pursuant to the following principles:
(A) The goal of universal service is to pro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269e-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269e-1 - Registr... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269e-1 - Registry | The Board shall create a registry of persons, including non-profit organizations, or companies including the whole central and municipal government, that do not want the telephonic promotions; for this, it shall promulgate a regulation as soon as possible about how said list will be made. It shall include the way in wh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269e-2/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269e-2 - Puerto ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269e-2 - Puerto Rico Emergency Alert System regulations | The Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico shall approve regulations which shall be mandatory for the Puerto Rico Emergency Alert System to comply with the provisions set forth in this chapter.
Once the Federal Emergency Alert System is activated, the pertinent government agencies shall transmit the message... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269e-3/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269e-3 - Creatio... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269e-3 - Creation of Internet Access Centers and implementatio... | The Board is hereby authorized and directed to create Internet Access Centers, together with the pertinent government agencies, the municipalities of Puerto Rico, and private, educational, and community-based entities. Internet Access Centers are to be established at the municipalities that have none, in those areas th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269f - Pricing a... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269f - Pricing and charges information | (a) Every telecommunications company shall have to submit to the Board a list of prices and charges, and every time a change is made, it shall have to submit them simultaneously when implemented in the market.
(b) The Board shall, at [the] request of the interested party, and through a complaint thereby, ascertain whet... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269g - Availabil... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269g - Availability of public property | The requirement is hereby established in law, in order for agencies, departments, public corporations, municipalities, and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to make available the real property, right of way and easement under their control for the location of new telecommunications services and ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269h - Regulatio... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269h - Regulation of cable systems | (a) Franchises.—
(1) No cable company shall build or operate a cable system in Puerto Rico, fully or partially, without having previously obtained a franchise under this section for such construction or operation.
(2) The Board shall be empowered to grant nonexclusive franchises to one or more cable companies to provid... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269i - Suspensio... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269i - Suspension of services | No cable or telecommunications company certified by the Board pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may suspend its services to its subscribers without complying with the procedures established in §§ 262—262f of this title, which through the present is made applicable as pertinent to the suspension of services by ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269j - Complaint... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269j - Complaints by subscribers | (a) Within ninety (90) days following the approval of this act or the issuing of its certification or franchise, the telecommunications and cable companies shall adopt and present to the Board for its approval, a procedure for the resolution of subscriber complaints. Unless the Board takes action said procedure shall b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269j-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269j-1 - Cases o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269j-1 - Cases of damages filed by the users | The Telecommunications Regulatory Board shall have primary and exclusive jurisdiction for adjudicating any damages and losses claim caused by any natural or juridical person to a user, except for claims between telecommunications and cable companies, as a result of violations of the provisions of this chapter, the regu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269k - Fraud pre... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269k - Fraud prevention | (a) Every telecommunications and cable company shall adopt the policies and procedures to reduce and prevent fraud in the purchase, sale and rendering of cable and telecommunications services within ninety (90) days following the approval of this act, or of the date on which the Board issues the certification or corres... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iii/269l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l)›§ 269l - User priv... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter III - Regulation and Supervision (§§ 269 — 269l) › § 269l - User privacy protection | (a) Within ninety (90) days following the date of approval of this section, or the future issuance of a certification or franchise, telecommunications and cable companies shall adopt and present before the Board a user information privacy policy. Said policy shall be notified to the users and shall describe the kind of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iv/271/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter IV - Supplementary Dispositions (§§ 271 — 272)›§ 271 - Administrati... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter IV - Supplementary Dispositions (§§ 271 — 272) › § 271 - Administrative procedures | All processes for which this chapter fails to provide a procedure shall be governed by §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedure Act of Puerto Rico”. This means that the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act of Puerto Rico shall govern all procedures for the adoption of regulations, adju... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-19/subchapter-iv/272/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272)›Subchapter IV - Supplementary Dispositions (§§ 271 — 272)›§ 272 - Procedural g... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 19 - Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996 (§§ 265 — 272) › Subchapter IV - Supplementary Dispositions (§§ 271 — 272) › § 272 - Procedural guidelines | The Board shall be guided, during the initial stage of its operations, by the procedural concepts and precepts used by the Federal Telecommunications Commission, especially Part 1, “Practices and Procedures”, Subpart C, “Rulemaking Proceedings”, for the formulation of rules and regulations.
History —Sept. 12, 1996, No.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-22/321/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326)›§ 321 - Definition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326) › § 321 - Definition | For the purposes of this chapter, the term “telecommunications tower” means any tower that is self supporting, or a tower that is supported by guy-wires, or a unipolar tower, which is primarily designed and built with the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for wireless telephone communications.
History —June 6,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-22/322/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326)›§ 322 - Legal authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326) › § 322 - Legal authority | Section 740 of the new Federal Telecommunications Act, Act 652 of 1996, provides that the state or local government or corresponding instrumentality retains the authority with regard to the location, construction, and modification of wireless telecommunications facilities.
History —June 6, 2000, No. 89, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-22/323/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326)›§ 323 - Construction of towers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326) › § 323 - Construction of towers | (a) Except as provided below the construction of all telecommunications towers in a residential or rural district, according to the classifications of the Planning Board or of the autonomous municipalities authorized to issue such classifications by the Planning Board, pursuant to the Autonomous Municipalities Act, §§ ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-22/324/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326)›§ 324 - Materials, anchorage, an... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326) › § 324 - Materials, anchorage, and design requirements | The Puerto Rico Planning Board is hereby specifically authorized to establish the requirements for anchorage, materials, and design for the construction of the telecommunication towers, by regulations.
History —June 6, 2000, No. 89, § 6. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-22/325/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326)›§ 325 - Integrated use of infras... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326) › § 325 - Integrated use of infrastructure “co-location” | In order to ensure that in any consideration for the granting of a permit for the construction or location of towers that will house radio frequency transmission station “antennas” for commercial purposes, an accreditation shall be required from the proponent in the form of a sworn statement that certifies as a sine qu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-22/326/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326)›§ 326 - Notification to abutters | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 22 - Construction, Installation and Placement of Telecommunications Towers Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 321 — 326) › § 326 - Notification to abutters | The proponents of a project for the location or construction of a transmission tower are required, prior to being granted an authorization or a permit for the construction of said tower by the corresponding agency or government entity, to notify the abutters of any authorization or permit requested before said governme... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-23/340/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 23 - Telephone and Telegraph (§§ 340 — 343)›§ 340 - Distribution of telephone books | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 23 - Telephone and Telegraph (§§ 340 — 343) › § 340 - Distribution of telephone books | (1) Definitions.— For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow:
(a) Person.— Any natural or juridical person.
(b) Telephone book.— A hard copy compilation of residential telephone numbers and addresses.
(c) Residence.— A property inhabited by its owner or a tenant.
(2) Tel... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-23/341/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 23 - Telephone and Telegraph (§§ 340 — 343)›§ 341 - Unified telephone communications | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 23 - Telephone and Telegraph (§§ 340 — 343) › § 341 - Unified telephone communications | The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is authorized to enter into negotiations pursuant to former § 303 of this title, with the Puerto Rico Communications Authority for the operation and maintenance of the telephone system between San Juan and Ponce authorized by Act Mar. 14, 1907, p. 388, in conjunction wit... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-23/342/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 23 - Telephone and Telegraph (§§ 340 — 343)›§ 342 - Unified telephone communications—Tax on transmission of messages; special fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 23 - Telephone and Telegraph (§§ 340 — 343) › § 342 - Unified telephone communications—Tax on transmission of messages; special fund | The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed and authorized to collect a two per cent (2%) tax or levy on the gross operating income from the rendering of telecommunications services by any long distance telecommunications company. All sums received by the Secretary of the Treasury by virtue of the provisions of th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-24a/351/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 24A - Act to Provide the Isolated and Remote Communities of Puerto Rico with Telecommunications Infrastructure and Telephone Services (§§ 351... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 24A - Act to Provide the Isolated and Remote Communities of Puerto Rico with Telecommunications Infrastructure and Telephone Services (§§ 351 — 355) › § 351 - Public policy | It shall be the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico, through the Telecommunications Regulatory Board (“Board”), and in coordination with the pertinent government agencies, the municipalities of Puerto Rico and the private sector, to develop and implement a plan to increase access to the telecommunication ser... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-24a/352/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 24A - Act to Provide the Isolated and Remote Communities of Puerto Rico with Telecommunications Infrastructure and Telephone Services (§§ 351... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 24A - Act to Provide the Isolated and Remote Communities of Puerto Rico with Telecommunications Infrastructure and Telephone Services (§§ 351 — 355) › § 352 - Implementation | The Telecommunications Regulatory Board, in coordination with the pertinent government agencies, the municipalities of Puerto Rico and the private sector, is authorized and directed to develop and implement a plan to increase access to the telecommunication services in the isolated and remote communities, through among... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-24a/353/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 24A - Act to Provide the Isolated and Remote Communities of Puerto Rico with Telecommunications Infrastructure and Telephone Services (§§ 351... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 24A - Act to Provide the Isolated and Remote Communities of Puerto Rico with Telecommunications Infrastructure and Telephone Services (§§ 351 — 355) › § 353 - Regulations | The Telecommunications Regulatory Board shall prepare regulations subject to the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”, §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, that establish the operating norms and parameters of this program and that are consistent with all the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-seven/part-ii/chapter-24a/354/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641)›PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539)›Chapter 24A - Act to Provide the Isolated and Remote Communities of Puerto Rico with Telecommunications Infrastructure and Telephone Services (§§ 351... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-SEVEN - Public Service (§§ 1 — 2641) › PART II - Communications (§§ 265 — 539) › Chapter 24A - Act to Provide the Isolated and Remote Communities of Puerto Rico with Telecommunications Infrastructure and Telephone Services (§§ 351 — 355) › § 354 - Receipt and administration of Co... | The Board and those other agencies involved in the implementation of this chapter are authorized to receive and administer funds proceeding from legislative appropriations and from transfers, delegations, contributions and donations of any other kind obtained from agencies and municipal governments and from the governm... |
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