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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20a/342n-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20A - Medical Services Administration (§§ 342 — 342r)›§ 342n-1 - Integration of administrative functions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20A - Medical Services Administration (§§ 342 — 342r) › § 342n-1 - Integration of administrative functions | The integration of the technical and management services common to the Commonwealth institutions that constitute the Medical Center shall be public policy of the Administration. To such ends:
(a) Administrative consolidation. —
(1) Within the year following the effective date of this section, the Secretary of Health an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20a/342o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20A - Medical Services Administration (§§ 342 — 342r)›§ 342o - Advancement of funds; reimbursement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20A - Medical Services Administration (§§ 342 — 342r) › § 342o - Advancement of funds; reimbursement | (a) All advances made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be reimbursed to the Commonwealth General Fund by the Administration within the fiscal year following that when the advance is made; Provided, further, That the Administration shall pay the interest for such advance to the Secretary of the Treasury ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20a/342p/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20A - Medical Services Administration (§§ 342 — 342r)›§ 342p - Annual budget of expenses; semi-annual repo... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20A - Medical Services Administration (§§ 342 — 342r) › § 342p - Annual budget of expenses; semi-annual report | At least thirty (30) days before May 15 of each year, the Administration shall submit to the Governor for his approval an annual budget of operating expenses and capital investments, containing a chart of probable revenues and a disbursement program based on a plan of the work and services to be rendered. The Governor ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20a/342q/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20A - Medical Services Administration (§§ 342 — 342r)›§ 342q - Powers of Board of Participating Entities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20A - Medical Services Administration (§§ 342 — 342r) › § 342q - Powers of Board of Participating Entities | The Board of the Puerto Rico Medical Center Participating Entities constitutes the basic mechanism of participation for the entities or bodies that operate one (1) or more institutions and service facilities, and shall be empowered to:
(a) Consider matters and situations relevant to the function of coordinating consume... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20a/342r/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20A - Medical Services Administration (§§ 342 — 342r)›§ 342r - Administration and Medical Policy Committee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20A - Medical Services Administration (§§ 342 — 342r) › § 342r - Administration and Medical Policy Committee | Within the sixty (60) days following the approval of this act, an Administration and Medical Policy Committee shall be constituted which shall be composed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (8) of § 342a of this title and shall have the duties delegated therein.
The main duty of this Committee shall be that of fa... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343 - Title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343 - Title | This chapter shall be known as the “Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation Act”.
History —June 30, 1986, No. 51, p. 170, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343a - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343a - Creation | A public corporation is hereby created which shall be known as the “Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation”. Said Corporation shall function as an entity which is independent and separate from any other agency or instrumentality of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and shall be... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343b - Purpose, powers... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343b - Purpose, powers and functions | The Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation shall be the body that shall have the responsibility of framing or executing public policy with regard to the planning, organization, operation and administration of the cardiovascular services to be provided in Puerto Rico. It also shall perform, thro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343c - Board of Direct... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343c - Board of Directors | The powers of the Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation shall be conferred to and performed by its Board of Directors.
The members of the Board shall be of legal age, residents of Puerto Rico and committed to promote the development in the field of cardiology.
The Board shall be composed of se... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343d - Executive Direc... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343d - Executive Director | In addition to the powers and faculties conferred on the Executive Director by this statute, he shall have all the powers, faculties, attributes and rights that the Board of Directors shall delegate on him among which, without being limited thereto, shall be:
(a) To appoint a Deputy Director. In case of the absence or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343e - Exemptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343e - Exemptions | The Corporation shall be exempted from all types of taxes, duties, imposts or fees, including license fees, imposts or those imposed by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any of its political subdivisions, including all of its operations, movable or immovable properties, capital, income and surplus.
The Corporation is ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343f - Transfer of lan... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343f - Transfer of land | Any of the land which was transferred to the Puerto Rico Medical Services Administration by §§ 342—342r of this title, which is needed to carry out the purposes of this chapter, is hereby transferred to the Corporation.
History —June 30, 1986, No. 51, p. 170, § 7. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343g - Working plan an... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343g - Working plan and construction | The final working plan and the construction of the building that shall house the Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation shall rest upon the Public Buildings Authority, which shall charge a reasonable rent for the use thereof once it is finished and turned over to the Board of Directors. This re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343h - Budget | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343h - Budget | The Board of Directors of the Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Cardiovascular Corporation shall submit an operating expenses and capital investments budget to the Legislature, through the Office of the Governor, which should contain a statement of estimated income and a disbursement program based on a working plan and the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343i - Reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343i - Reports | The Executive Director of the Cardiovascular Corporation Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean shall render a bi-annual report to the Board of Directors which, in turn, shall remit a copy to the Governor or to the official delegated by him, on the work performed. Additionally, a copy of said bi-annual report shall be... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343j - Exclusions; reg... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343j - Exclusions; regulations | The Corporation shall be excluded from the provisions of Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”, as well as from the provisions of the Purchasing and Supply Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and all the regulations promulgated by virtue thereof.
It shall, neverthele... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-i/chapter-20b/343k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k)›Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k)›§ 343k - Bonds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART I - Hospitals, Institutions, And Health Programs (§§ 1 — 343k) › Chapter 20B - Puerto Rico and Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation (§§ 343 — 343k) › § 343k - Bonds | (a) The Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Cardiovascular Center Corporation is hereby empowered to issue bonds at any one time or from time to time for the purposes of this chapter. The bonds of each issue shall bear the date, shall mature in a term or terms that shall not exceed forty (40) years from their respective date... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/351/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 351 - Powers of Secretary of Health in cases of contagious disease | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 351 - Powers of Secretary of Health in cases of contagious disease | That the Secretary of Health may cause to be removed to proper places designated by him any person sick with a quarantinable disease, or any other rapidly spreading, contagious or infectious disease, and shall have the control of public hospitals for the treatment of such cases. He may occupy, for the purpose of provis... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/352/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 352 - Report to health officers of contagious diseases | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 352 - Report to health officers of contagious diseases | Every person authorized to practice in Puerto Rico the profession of physician and surgeon, dental surgeon, and osteopath, and if the case has not been examined by a physician, practicantes, nurses, and midwives, are obliged to notify the local health officer of the district in which the patient resides, of the suspici... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/353/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 353 - Inoculations obligatory | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 353 - Inoculations obligatory | The inoculation of vaccine virus is hereby declared obligatory and binding upon all the inhabitants of the Commonwealth during such period and under such form and interval of time as the Secretary of Health may determine; the inoculation of any other organic, prophylactic, or therapeutic product in cases of epidemic be... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/354/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 354 - Proclamation of epidemic—Powers of Secretary of Health | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 354 - Proclamation of epidemic—Powers of Secretary of Health | Where by proclamation of the Governor of Puerto Rico an epidemic shall be declared to exist in one or several municipalities, the Secretary of Health, immediately upon such declaration of an epidemic, shall take charge of the municipal sanitation of such municipality or municipalities so affected.
History —May 10, 1938... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/355/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 355 - Proclamation of epidemic—Municipal employees under Secretary of Health; sus... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 355 - Proclamation of epidemic—Municipal employees under Secretary of Health; suspension | In such case the Municipal Director of Charities and all employees under him shall cooperate with the Secretary of Health, under the direction of the latter, in the extinction of such epidemic.
The Governor of Puerto Rico, on recommendation of the Secretary of Health, may suspend any Commonwealth or municipal officer o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/356/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 356 - Proclamation of epidemic—Money for epidemic; loan | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 356 - Proclamation of epidemic—Money for epidemic; loan | In case of an epidemic officially declared in one or several municipalities, the Governor of Puerto Rico is hereby empowered, on petition of the Secretary of Health, to dispose of such amounts as may be necessary, chargeable to the Commonwealth Treasury, up to the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), or to c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/357/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 357 - Proclamation of epidemic—Payment by Secretary of the Treasury | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 357 - Proclamation of epidemic—Payment by Secretary of the Treasury | The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue warrants for such amounts as may be necessary pursuant to § 356 of this title and he shall pay the same out of any funds existing in the Treasury of Puerto Rico not otherwise appropriated.
History —May 10, 1938, No. 157, p. 337, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/358/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 358 - Proclamation of epidemic—Termination of emergency powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 358 - Proclamation of epidemic—Termination of emergency powers | As soon as the epidemic shall have been extinguished, the Governor of Puerto Rico, on recommendation of the Secretary of Health, shall so officially declare, and thereupon the legal effects of §§ 354—358 of this title shall cease.
History —May 10, 1938, No. 157, p. 337, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/359/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 359 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 359 - Short title | Sections 359—359d of this title shall be known as the “Epidemic Diseases and Environmental Accidents Education and Information Access Protocol”.
History —Oct. 1, 2007, No. 137, § 1, eff. 90 days after Oct. 1, 2007. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/359a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 359a - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 359a - Definitions | (a) Epidemic diseases. — Infectious diseases affecting a large number of persons in a given population or time.
(b) Environmental accidents. — Unexpected events directly or indirectly affecting the safety and health of the community involved and that have an impact on the environment. For the purposes of §§ 359—359d of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/359b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 359b - Establishment of protocol | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 359b - Establishment of protocol | The Department of Health is hereby directed to establish the following protocol to manage information related to epidemic diseases and environmental accidents:
(1) Initial assessment. — The Department of Health shall establish priorities to accurately determine the existence of epidemic diseases and environmental accid... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/359c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 359c - Coordination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 359c - Coordination | The Department shall coordinate with agencies related to emergency management for the compilation of data and the publication of information through all communication media when any type of epidemic or environmental accident occurs.
History —Oct. 1, 2007, No. 137, § [4], eff. 90 days after Oct. 1, 2007. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/359d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 359d - Report | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 359d - Report | The Department of Health shall prepare a complete report which shall include, without it being construed as a limitation, risk factors, forms of contagion, prevention and protection against or environmental accident that entails a health risk. This report shall be available for the purposes of scientific research and f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-21/360/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360)›§ 360 - Kidney disease: calculation of glomerular filtration rate | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 21 - General Provisions; Epidemics (§§ 351 — 360) › § 360 - Kidney disease: calculation of glomerular filtration rate | (a) Clinical laboratories are hereby directed to calculate the glomerular filtration rate when examining seric creatinine concentration for the early detection of kidney disease; the results thereof shall be remitted to the physician who ordered the test, and that a report of said results shall be remitted on a monthly... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/361/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 361 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 361 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Department. — The Department of Health of Puerto Rico.
(b) Health facilities. — Hospitals, health centers, diagnosis and treatment centers, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, medical facilities ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/362/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 362 - Powers and duties of the Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 362 - Powers and duties of the Secretary | The Secretary shall have those duties and powers which are necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, without it being construed as a limitation, the following:
(a) He/she shall be the official responsible for compliance with the public policy set forth in this chapter... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/363/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 363 - Obligation to notify | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 363 - Obligation to notify | Any person in charge of a health facility or person or health facility shall be under the obligation to notify the Department of any case of nosocomial infection detected which occurred at a health facility of Puerto Rico within two (2) days [following] the occurrence of the same.
History —June 21, 2007, No. 52, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/364/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 364 - Duties and responsibilities of health facilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 364 - Duties and responsibilities of health facilities | All health facilities have under this chapter the following duties and responsibilities:
(a) To notify the Department of any case of nosocomial infection occurring at their facilities pursuant to the provisions of § 363 of this title.
(b) They shall be under the obligation to take the necessary measures in order to pre... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/365/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 365 - Confidentiality | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 365 - Confidentiality | The information received by the Department through reports, inspections or by any other means authorized by the provisions of this chapter shall be confidential. Provided, however, That said information may be reported by the Department to any division or dependency of the government of the United States or of Puerto R... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/366/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 366 - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 366 - Rulemaking authority | The Secretary shall promulgate and adopt, within ninety (90) days [after] the approval of this act, all those norms, rules and regulations necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
History —June 21, 2007, No. 52, § 7. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/367/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 367 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 367 - Penalties | The Secretary of Health is hereby empowered to impose administrative sanctions and fines on any natural or juridical person or health facility who is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations issued thereunder or who refuses to comply with the obligations imposed by virtue of this chapter or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-22/368/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368)›§ 368 - Release from civil liability | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 22 - Nosocomial Infections (§§ 361 — 368) › § 368 - Release from civil liability | All persons or institutions which, in compliance of the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted thereunder, provide information to the Department, are hereby released from any civil liability.
History —June 21, 2007, No. 52, § 9. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/381-383c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 381–383c - Repealed. Act July 30, 2010. No. 113, art. 18, eff. July 30, 2010 | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 381–383c - Repealed. Act July 30, 2010. No. 113, art. 18, eff. July 30, 2010 | History Jan. 1, 1952, No. 28, —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1952; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/382/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 382 - Report of cancer—Persons making reports; time; content [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 382 - Report of cancer—Persons making reports; time; content [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 2; May 13, 1953, No. 17, p. 52, § 1; July 11, 1988, No. 74, p. 325, § 1; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/383/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 383 - Report of cancer—Confidential nature [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 383 - Report of cancer—Confidential nature [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1952; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/384/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 384 - Report of cancer—Rules and regulations [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 384 - Report of cancer—Rules and regulations [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 4; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 217, § 1, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1999; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/385/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 385 - Report of cancer—Patient under no compulsion [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 385 - Report of cancer—Patient under no compulsion [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1952; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/386/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 386 - Report of cancer—Penalties [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 386 - Report of cancer—Penalties [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, p. 60, § 6; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 217, § 2, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1999; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/386a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 386a - Funds [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 386a - Funds [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, added as § 7 on Aug. 6, 1999, No. 217, § 3, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1999; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/386b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 386b - Guidance and diffusion campaign [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 386b - Guidance and diffusion campaign [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, added as § 8 on Aug. 6, 1999, No. 217, § 4, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1999; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/386c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 386c - Release from civil liability [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 386c - Release from civil liability [Repealed] | History —Mar. 20, 1951, No. 28, added as § 9 on Aug. 6, 1999, No. 217, § 5, eff. 30 days after Aug. 6, 1999; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/387/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 387 - Assistance in treatment of cancer in Ponce | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 387 - Assistance in treatment of cancer in Ponce | The amount that shall be deemed necessary for assistance to the Municipality of Ponce to aid in covering the technical expenses and maintenance of the electrotherapeutic equipment for the treatment of cancer, which said municipality has already established in the Trioche Hospital of said municipality, shall be included... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/388/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 388 - Assistance in treatment of cancer in Ponce—Money at disposal of Ponce | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 388 - Assistance in treatment of cancer in Ponce—Money at disposal of Ponce | Said sum shall be placed preferentially at the disposal of the Municipality of Ponce by the Secretary of the Treasury.
History —May 15, 1939, No. 162, p. 810, § 2; May 12, 1945, No. 245, p. 826, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/389/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 389 - Tax exemption | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 389 - Tax exemption | The properties belonging to the Liga Puertorriquena Contra el Cancer are hereby exempted from the payment of taxes.
History —June 23, 1958, No. 89, p. 198, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/389a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 389a - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 389a - Definitions | For purposes of §§ 389a-389c of this title, the words and phrases used herein shall have the following meanings:
(a) Automated blood analyzer.— Refers to a fully automated or semi-automated device used to perform complete blood counts.
(b) Hematologist-Oncologist.— Refers to a physician that specializes in hematology-o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/389b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 389b - Authorization to hemalogists-oncologists | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 389b - Authorization to hemalogists-oncologists | Hemalogists-oncologists are hereby authorized to own and operate automated cell counters in their offices so that they can perform the complete blood counts necessary for the administration of chemotherapy exclusively to their cancer patients who are undergoing such treatment.
History —May 25, 2012, No. 99, § 3, eff. 9... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23/389c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c)›§ 389c - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23 - Cancer (§§ 381-383c — 389c) › § 389c - Rulemaking authority | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to draft the regulations needed to govern the use and maintenance of automated cell counters so that said devices may comply with the standards provided by the Secretary for them to operate at their optimum condition. The Secretary is also directed to amend or repeal those r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/390/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 390 - Powers and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 390 - Powers and duties | The Registry shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To determine the annual incidence of cancer in Puerto Rico by age group, sex, ethnicity, anatomical location, histological type, and stage of the disease. Likewise, it shall provide case distribution statistics based on the aforementioned variables.
(2) To st... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/391/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 391 - Requirement to report to the Registry | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 391 - Requirement to report to the Registry | (1) It shall be required to report to the Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry any case of cancer, carcinoma, lymphoma (including Hodgkin's disease), sarcoma, leukemia, benign and malignant tumor in the central nervous system, or any other malignant growth or neoplastic disease, as well as any other related information ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/392/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 392 - Reporting | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 392 - Reporting | (a) The Registry shall establish the data elements it deems necessary to guarantee compliance with its duties and responsibilities as set forth herein, as well as with federal and Commonwealth regulatory agency requirements. Said elements shall also be established to conduct epidemiologic studies aimed at researching t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/393/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 393 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 393 - Penalties | (a) Every entity, person, physician, or institution that fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder shall be sanctioned by the Registry, for the first violation, by an administrative fine of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per unreported case and, for subsequent violat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/394/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 394 - Confidentiality | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 394 - Confidentiality | (a) Information provided to the Registry that can or may be used to identify a particular cancer patient shall be strictly confidential, and shall be used exclusively for statistical, public health, or scientific purposes.
(b) All Registry employees and researchers shall sign a confidentiality agreement whereby they sh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/395/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 395 - Disclosure of information for scientific and research purposes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 395 - Disclosure of information for scientific and research purposes | (a) For cancer prevention, control, and research, the Registry is hereby authorized to provide the minimum data to researchers and scientists that is necessary to answer the research question while preserving the confidentiality of both the patient and the reporting entities pursuant to the appropriate federal and Comm... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/396/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 396 - Cancer data sharing | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 396 - Cancer data sharing | (1) The Registry is hereby authorized to enter into data sharing agreements for cancer patient health information, insofar as the confidentiality of the data reported and the entity's information is guaranteed. Such agreements shall be entered into with the following entities:
(a) Entities that report to the Registry r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/397/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 397 - Medical supervision or evaluation prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 397 - Medical supervision or evaluation prohibited | None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to coerce a patient who suffers from any of the diseases listed herein into submitting him/herself to the medical supervision or evaluation of the Registry.
History —July 30, 2010, No. 113, art. 10. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/398/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 398 - Official data | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 398 - Official data | The official statistical data on cancer incidence in Puerto Rico shall be those published by the Registry.
History —July 30, 2010, No. 113, art. 11. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/399/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 399 - Educational campaign | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 399 - Educational campaign | It shall be the responsibility of the Registry to develop an educational and awareness campaign about the importance of complying with the complete, accurate, and timely cancer case reporting and the need to meet the requirements set forth in this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
History —July 30, 20... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/400/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 400 - Hold harmless provision | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 400 - Hold harmless provision | Any person or institution that provides information to the Registry in compliance with this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder is hereby held harmless from all civil and criminal liability.
History —July 30, 2010, No. 113, art. 13. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/401/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 401 - Donations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 401 - Donations | The Registry is hereby authorized to solicit, accept, and receive donations or aid as money, goods, or services in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. These resources shall be covered into the Special Fund of the Registry.
History —July 30, 2010, No. 113, art. 14. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/402/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 402 - Funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 402 - Funds | (a) Commonwealth funds.— The Government of Puerto Rico, through the Department of Health, shall continue guaranteeing an annual recurring appropriation of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the Registry's operation. This chapter does not impair the Registry from receiving or soliciting funds or aid as mo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/403/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 403 - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 403 - Rulemaking authority | The Registry shall adopt rules and regulations as necessary to ensure full compliance with the provisions of this chapter, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedure Act”. The Registry shall provide a copy of such regulations to all parties required to compl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-23a/404/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404)›§ 404 - Supplementary provisions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 23A - Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry Act (§§ 390 — 404) › § 404 - Supplementary provisions | (a) The parties required to report cancer information and data under the herein repealed Act No. 28 of March 20, 1951, as amended, shall continue to report such information and data to the Registry through the means and in the medium and format set forth in Act No. 28, supra, until the new regulations take effect as es... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/417/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 417 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 417 - Definitions | For purposes of this chapter, the phrases and terms used herein shall have the following meanings:
(a) Department.— Refers to the Department of Health created by virtue of §§ 171 et seq. of Title 3.
(b) Secretary.— Refers to the Secretary of the Department of Health.
(c) Comprehensive cancer control.— Refers to the coo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/418/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 418 - Duties and powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 418 - Duties and powers | In addition to the ministerial duties that the Secretary is required to comply with pursuant to the powers conferred to him/her by the act of the Department of Health, the following duties are entrusted to him/her as germane to the Public Policy herein established:
(a) To ensure faithful compliance with this chapter an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/419/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 419 - Declaration of public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 419 - Declaration of public policy | The public policy for Comprehensive Cancer Control in Puerto Rico provided in this chapter shall encompass six (6) broad areas and shall be set forth as follows:
Prevention comprises the mindset of and the activities carried out by individuals and communities to promote healthy lifestyles and behavioral changes. It sha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/420/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 420 - Declaration of public policy—Screening and early detection | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 420 - Declaration of public policy—Screening and early detection | Early detection of cancer refers to the application of strategies to determine when pre-cancerous or cancerous cells are present in an individual before he/she has any symptoms. It shall be the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico to contribute to early cancer detection by means of screening tests so that ind... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/421/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 421 - Declaration of public policy—Diagnosis and treatment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 421 - Declaration of public policy—Diagnosis and treatment | Both, a correct diagnosis and treatment of the highest quality are essential for a patient to recover, as well as to increase his/her life expectancy. It shall be the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico to promote cancer treatment of the highest quality, and thus reduce cancer mortality, by complying with th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/422/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 422 - Declaration of public policy—Rehabilitation, survivorship, and palliative ca... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 422 - Declaration of public policy—Rehabilitation, survivorship, and palliative care | The rehabilitation and survival of a cancer patient is the main objective of early detection and treatment: to allow any human being who has suffered from cancer to live life to the fullest by minimizing any potential physical and emotional disabilities that this disease could have caused. This approach should address ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/423/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 423 - Declaration of public policy—Data and epidemiological surveillance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 423 - Declaration of public policy—Data and epidemiological surveillance | Epidemiological surveillance and the collection of data of the highest quality is essential not only for making decisions regarding public policy, but also for developing research proposals that shall, in turn, facilitate the award of federal grants to Puerto Rico. The Central Cancer Registry, which is charged with col... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/424/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 424 - Declaration of public policy—Research and training | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 424 - Declaration of public policy—Research and training | Scientific research pursues the reduction of cancer incidence and mortality, since it contributes to a better understanding of cancer, innovations in existing treatments, and the creation of new ones. Furthermore, training of healthcare professionals specialized in cancer ensures that we shall have the workforce necess... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/425/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 425 - Interpretation of this public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 425 - Interpretation of this public policy | This chapter shall be construed as a public policy to be progressively developed rather than being immediately complied with regards to those activities that the Department has yet to carry out due to financial constraints. However, the Department is required to show reasonable and progressive efforts, according to fin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/426/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 426 - Annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 426 - Annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly | The Secretary, in collaboration with the Comprehensive Cancer Center, shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly on the activities conducted and the progress achieved to attain the purposes of this chapter. This report may be submitted together with or enclosed with the general report th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-26/427/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427)›§ 427 - Supplementarity of legal provisions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 26 - Comprehensive Cancer Control (§§ 417 — 427) › § 427 - Supplementarity of legal provisions | (a) To the maximum extent possible, it is hereby directed that all public policies, programs, plans, laws, rules and regulations, and executive orders in effect or to take effect in the future shall be construed, implemented, and administered in strict compliance with the public policy set forth in this chapter.
(b) Th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/441/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 441 - Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium—Public institution | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 441 - Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium—Public institution | For the purposes of §§ 441 and 442 of this title the sanatorium established by the Department of Health in the vicinity of Río Piedras is hereby declared a public institution, which shall be known hereafter as the Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 129, p. 270, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/442/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 442 - Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium—Under jurisdiction of Secretary of Health | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 442 - Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium—Under jurisdiction of Secretary of Health | The said sanatorium shall be under the jurisdiction, for all purposes of management, administration and development, of the Secretary of Health.
History —May 6, 1938, No. 129, p. 270, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/443/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 443 - Sanatorium trust fund—Source; use | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 443 - Sanatorium trust fund—Source; use | From the date of the approval of this act, §§ 443—444 of this title, all moneys received from pay-patients under treatment in the Alejandro Ruiz Soler Sanatorium, in accordance with the regulations of said Institution prepared by the Secretary of Health, shall be deposited in the Treasury of Puerto Rico in a special tr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/444/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 444 - Sanatorium trust fund—Construction of sanatorium buildings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 444 - Sanatorium trust fund—Construction of sanatorium buildings | All the constructions chargeable to this fund shall be made by the Department of Transportation and Public Works upon request of the Secretary of Health and in accordance with the plans prepared for the purpose by the Department of Health.
History —May 12, 1960, No. 12, p. 96, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/445/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 445 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Establishment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 445 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Establishment | The establishment of a shop is hereby authorized for the preparation of articles made of cloth, leather, wood, fibre, etc., to be used in the tuberculosis hospitals of the Government of Puerto Rico.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 215, p. 419, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/446/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 446 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Personnel from convalescing patients | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 446 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Personnel from convalescing patients | The operatives of this shop shall be selected by the Secretary of Health, or his representatives whom he may delegate, from among patients who have been discharged from the tuberculosis hospitals, and those who are under treatment in antituberculosis centers; Provided, That such patients shall have a negative sputum an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/447/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 447 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Management of shop | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 447 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Management of shop | The organization and management of the shop shall be in charge of the Social Welfare Bureau of the Department of Health.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 215, p. 418, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/448/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 448 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Use of money from sale of products | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 448 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Use of money from sale of products | The moneys received from the sale of articles made in this shop shall be deposited in a trust fund in the Treasury of Puerto Rico and shall be at the disposal of the Secretary of Health for the purchase of materials and equipment and for the payment of the quarters in which the shop shall be established; it being under... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/449/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 449 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Exemption from labor laws | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 449 - Shop for tuberculosis patients—Exemption from labor laws | The shop hereby authorized, being a means for the rehabilitation of tuberculosis patients who have been discharged from antituberculosis hospitals, shall not be governed by the labor laws but by rules drafted for the purpose by the Secretary of Health.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 215, p. 418, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/450/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 450 - Hospital employment—For arrested tuberculosis patients | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 450 - Hospital employment—For arrested tuberculosis patients | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to provide remunerated employment on a wage basis in the tuberculosis hospitals of the Government of Puerto Rico to those persons who have been hospitalized as tuberculosis patients therein and who have been discharged as arrested cases by the medical staff.
History —July 1,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/451/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 451 - Hospital employment—Arrested case defined | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 451 - Hospital employment—Arrested case defined | By arrested case shall be understood all cases of pulmonary tuberculosis which:
(a) During the last six (6) months of hospitalization have shown no adverse changes in their pulmonary lesions according to clinical and radiographic studies;
(b) during the last six (6) months of hospitalization, have shown a negative sput... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/452/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 452 - Hospital employment—Eligibility qualifications | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 452 - Hospital employment—Eligibility qualifications | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to determine the number of arrested cases who can take advantage of this plan of work in accordance with the needs and the resources of the institutions where the work can be offered to them; it being understood that there shall be eligible only those who:
(a) Have observed ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/453/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 453 - Hospital employment—Employment, hours, duration and type | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 453 - Hospital employment—Employment, hours, duration and type | The Secretary of Health shall determine the hours of employment and the duration of employment in accordance with the physical condition of the arrested case. He shall determine further, the type of work in which he may engage.
History —July 1, 1947, No. 19, p. 96, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/454/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 454 - Hospital employment—Compensation for patient | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 454 - Hospital employment—Compensation for patient | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to fix the remuneration in accordance with the functions discharged by the employee, and in accordance with the number of hours he is able to work daily; It being understood That such remuneration shall be computed in accordance with the number of hours worked, and on the ba... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/455/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 455 - Hospital employment—Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 455 - Hospital employment—Regulations | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to establish regulations for these arrested cases employed by the institutions, so that all the activities of the individual will contribute to his physical improvement; Provided, That a periodic medical examination shall be made in order to determine if, and to what extent,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/456/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 456 - Hospital employment—Appropriation for wages; eligible for competitive service | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 456 - Hospital employment—Appropriation for wages; eligible for competitive service | The Secretary of Health shall use funds out of those appropriated for the functioning of said hospitals, out of the regular items for salaries, in order to pay the arrested employees on a wage basis; Provided, however, That those so employed shall not be considered regular employees for any purposes; Provided, That an ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/460/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 460 - Advance on lottery receipts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 460 - Advance on lottery receipts | The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place at the disposal of the Secretary of Health, at his request, regular funds in the nature of an advance of the tax levied by § 16 of Act No. 29 of 1935, as well as an advance of such of the receipts from the Lottery of Puerto Rico as are allocated t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/461/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 461 - Procedure for advance of funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 461 - Procedure for advance of funds | These funds in the nature of advances of taxes and receipts shall be transferred from the regular funds following such accounting procedure as may be deemed advisable by the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall be covered into the “T.B. Fund, S.O. Fd.” and the “Hospital Fund, S.O. Fd.,” in such amounts as the Secretary... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-27/462/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462)›§ 462 - Reimbursement of advances | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 27 - Tuberculosis (§§ 441 — 462) › § 462 - Reimbursement of advances | The amounts so advanced shall be reimbursed to the regular funds from succeeding collections for or receipts in the corresponding funds, in the manner the Secretary of the Treasury may deem advisable, provided it does not prejudice the functioning of the Institutions of the Department of Health.
History —Apr. 20, 1946,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-29/491/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 29 - Malaria (§ 491)›§ 491 - Financial cooperation for Malaria Control Program | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 29 - Malaria (§ 491) › § 491 - Financial cooperation for Malaria Control Program | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to accept financial cooperation in aid of the Malaria Control Program from private individuals and likewise to accept financial cooperation from the federal government, the municipal governments, and the various public corporations of the Government of Puerto Rico.
History —... |
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