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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-30/495/ | PR | Justia›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 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497)›§ 495 - Commonwealth Plan—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497) › § 495 - Commonwealth Plan—Creation | (a) Within ninety (90) days after the date of effectiveness of this act, the Department of Health, with the advice and cooperation of the Environmental Quality Board, the Puerto Rico Mayors Association, the Puerto Rico Federation of Municipalities and the Department of Education shall develop, approve and publish a pla... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-30/496/ | PR | Justia›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 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497)›§ 496 - Municipal plans—Adoption | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497) › § 496 - Municipal plans—Adoption | (a) Within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of effectiveness of this act, every municipality shall develop and formulate a plan to prevent, face, control and attempt to eradicate the dengue virus in said municipality, as well as any other mosquito-borne diseases. Said plan shall include a cost estimate ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-30/497/ | PR | Justia›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 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497)›§ 497 - The Commonwealth and Municipal Fund—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 30 - Dengue (§§ 495 — 497) › § 497 - The Commonwealth and Municipal Fund—Creation | A non-recurring fund is hereby established in the Department of Health to be administered by the Secretary and separate from any other funds or accounts of the Department of Health, which shall be known as the “Commonwealth and Municipal Fund for the Control of the Dengue Virus and other Mosquito-borne Diseases”. The m... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/531/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 531 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 531 - Definitions | The following words shall have the meaning expressed below:
(a) Tattoo artist. — Means the person who fixes drawings, designs or markings on human skin by introducing coloring substances under the epidermis with needles or scalpels in previously made punctures.
(b) Department. — Means the Department of Health of Puerto... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/532/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 532 - Tattoo artists—License and regist... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 532 - Tattoo artists—License and register | No person may make tattoos nor call himself or herself a tattoo artist unless he or she possesses a license according to the provisions of this chapter and is registered in the Register of Tattoo Artists to be established by the Secretary of the Department of Health for that purpose.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, § ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/533/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 533 - Registering | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 533 - Registering | The application for registering in the Register shall be filled out in the form provided by the Department and shall be accompanied by the following documents:
(a) A certified copy of the birth certificate of the person;
(b) if the person is a foreigner, he or she shall present his or her passport and the immigration v... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/534/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 534 - Examination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 534 - Examination | Those persons applying for a tattoo artist license shall be given an examination administered by the Department so as to determine whether they have the necessary knowledge concerning the aseptic techniques that would allow them to make tattoos without jeopardizing the health of a client.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 31... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/535/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 535 - License—Term and renewal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 535 - License—Term and renewal | Should the Secretary determine that the applicant meets the requirements, he or she shall issue a license to authorize the latter to practice tattoo art, in the form of a certificate which shall be fixed to a visible wall of the tattoo studio. The license shall be valid for two (2) years, after which term it must be re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/536/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 536 - Health standards | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 536 - Health standards | The licensed tattoo artist shall meet the following health standards:
(a) Wear a clean gown (medical type) or surgical robe during the tattooing process.
(b) Wash and scrub fingernails with antiseptic soap and hot water before beginning and after finishing working on a client.
(c) Wear disposable gloves, [and use] ster... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/537/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 537 - Information and statement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 537 - Information and statement | The tattoo artist as well as the owner or administrator of a tattoo studio shall inform the client, verbally and in writing, about how to care for the tattooed area and that the tattoo is permanent and irreversible. The client shall sign a statement indicating that he or she has read and understood the instructions giv... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/538/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 538 - Prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 538 - Prohibition | It is hereby prohibited to fix tattoos on any mentally disabled person or on minors under twenty-one (21) years of age. Violations of this provision shall entail the revocation of the license indefinitely, pursuant to the provisions of the effectiveness note under § 531 of this title.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, §... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/539/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 539 - Tattoo studio—Licenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 539 - Tattoo studio—Licenses | No person acting independently or jointly with another, and no firm, corporation or partnership shall operate a tattoo studio without a license issued by the Department of Health authorizing said operation.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, § 10, eff. 90 days after Oct. 18, 1999. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/540/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 540 - Tattoo studio—License application... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 540 - Tattoo studio—License application and fee | (a) The application for a license to operate a tattoo studio shall be filled out [on] the form provided by the Department, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The application shall include the location and address of the studio and the address of the owner or the administrator with the following information... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/541/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 541 - Tattoo studio—Term and renewal of... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 541 - Tattoo studio—Term and renewal of license | The tattoo studio license shall be valid for a term of four (4) years and must be renewed before said term has expired by paying a fee of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150).
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, § 12, eff. 90 days after Oct. 18, 1999. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/542/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 542 - Tattoo studio—Change of ownership... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 542 - Tattoo studio—Change of ownership or location | The owner or administrator of the studio shall notify the Department in writing about any change in ownership or location of the tattoo studio. The change in ownership of the studio shall entail the cancellation of the license which must be returned to the Department.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, § 13, eff. 90 days... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/543/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 543 - Tattoo studio—Inspections | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 543 - Tattoo studio—Inspections | Tattoo studios shall be inspected before the license is granted, while the same is in effect and when renewed. Authorized representatives of the Department may enter the studio premises during reasonable hours in order to inspect and investigate whether the requirements established in this chapter and [in] the regulati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/544/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 544 - Tattoo studio—Administration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 544 - Tattoo studio—Administration | The owner or administrator of a tattoo studio must meet the health standards established by the Department as well as the following additional standards:
(a) Equipment. — If the owner administrator of the studio is not [the] licensed tattoo artist, the former shall provide the latter with an individual set of sterilize... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/545/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 545 - License—Denial | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 545 - License—Denial | The Secretary may deny issuing a license, after notifying the interested party and giving the latter the opportunity to be heard, when said party:
(a) Has operated a tattoo studio or illegally practiced tattooing in Puerto Rico;
(b) has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor implying moral turpitude; Provided, Tha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/546/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 546 - License—Suspension or revocation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 546 - License—Suspension or revocation | The Secretary may deny, revoke or suspend temporarily or permanently a license issued according to the provisions of this chapter, after notifying the interested party and giving the latter the opportunity to be heard, when said party:
(a) Has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor implying moral turpitude;
(b) ha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/547/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 547 - Client register | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 547 - Client register | The owner or administrator of a tattoo studio shall keep a written record of each work performed on a client containing the following information:
(a) The full name, address, telephone number, age and birth date of the client;
(b) the pigments used;
(c) the date on which the tattoo was made;
(d) the name of the tattoo ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/548/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 548 - [Disposal] of biomedical waste | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 548 - [Disposal] of biomedical waste | The [disposal] of biomedical waste shall be conducted according to the standards established by the Environmental Quality Board for such a purpose.
History —Oct. 18, 1999, No. 318, § 19, eff. 90 days after Oct. 18, 1999. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32/549/ | PR | Justia›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 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549)›§ 549 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32 - Act to Regulate the Practice of Making Permanent Tattoos in Puerto Rico (§§ 531 — 549) › § 549 - Penalties | Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall incur a misdemeanor and if convicted shall be sanctioned with a fine of not more that five thousand dollars ($5,000) or a term of imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months or with both penalties at the discretion of the court and with the suspensi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550 - Definitions | The following words shall have the following meaning:
(a) Body piercer. — Means the person who performs body piercing, making perforations in human skin, except when such person is a certified surgeon.
(b) Body piercing. — Means the creation of an opening or body perforation on a person with the purpose of inserting je... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550a/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550a - License and registration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550a - License and registration | No person may perform body piercing, or call himself a body piercer without having a license pursuant to with the provisions of this chapter, and without being registered in the Body Piercers Registry that shall be established by the Secretary of the Department of Health for this purpose.
History —Feb. 8, 2003, No. 73,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550b/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550b - Registration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550b - Registration | The application for registration in the Registry shall be made as provided by the Department, and the following documents shall be filed:
(a) Certified copy of the person’s birth certificate;
(b) if the person were a foreigner, he will file his passport and a certificate showing his status as an immigrant authorized to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550c/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550c - Licence—Examination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550c - Licence—Examination | People requesting a body piercer license shall submit to an examination, administered by the Department, to determine if they have the necessary knowledge of asepsis techniques that allows them to perform body piercing without placing the client’s health at risk.
(a) Each person applying for a license and for its renew... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550d/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550d - License—Term and renewal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550d - License—Term and renewal | If the Secretary determines that the applicant complies with the requirements, a license, in the form of a certificate, shall be issued authorizing him to perform body piercing, which shall be placed on a visible wall of the body piercing studio. The license shall be valid for three (3) years, at the end of which term,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550e/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550e - Sanitary rules | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550e - Sanitary rules | The licensed body piercer shall comply with the following sanitary rules:
(a) A clean (medical type) or surgical garment, or disposable coat shall be used during the perforation procedure.
(b) Hands and nails shall be washed and scrubbed with antiseptic, and soaked in hot water before beginning and after ending work wi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550f/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550f - Information and declaration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550f - Information and declaration | The body piercer, as well as the owner or manager of the body piercing studio, shall inform the client, verbally and in writing, how to care for the perforated area. The client shall sign a statement of having read and understood the instructions, a copy of which shall be kept by the body piercing studio for a term of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550g/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550g - Prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550g - Prohibition | No person shall perform body piercing upon a minor under sixteen (16) years of age, or to [sic] a mentally disabled person. The verbal or written consent from the parent with custody or legal guardian of the minor or mentally disabled person shall not exempt from criminal liability for violations against of [sic] this ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550h/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550h - Studio—License; generally | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550h - Studio—License; generally | No natural person acting independently or jointly with another, nor business, corporation or association shall operate a body piercing studio, be it in a residential, or commercial, rural, or urban area, if same does not have a license issued by the Department of Health so authorizing, and any other pertinent operation... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550i/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550i - Studio—License; application and fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550i - Studio—License; application and fees | (a) The license application for the operation of a body piercing studio shall be filed on the form provided by the Department, according to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The application shall include the location and address of the establishment where the studio shall operate, and the owner or administrator’s add... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550j/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550j - Studio—License; term and renewal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550j - Studio—License; term and renewal | The body piercing studio license shall be valid for a term of three (3) years and must be renewed before the end of the term by means of the payment of a seventy-five-dollar ($75) fee.
History —Feb. 8, 2003, No. 73, § 12, eff. 90 days after Feb. 8, 2003. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550k/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550k - Studio—Change of owner or locale | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550k - Studio—Change of owner or locale | The studio owner or administrator shall notify the Department in writing of any change of owner or locale of the body piercing studio. Change of the studio’s owner will imply the cancellation of the license, which must the[n] be returned to the Department.
History —Feb. 8, 2003, No. 73, § 13, eff. 90 days after Feb. 8,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550l/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550l - Studio—Inspections | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550l - Studio—Inspections | Body piercing studios shall be inspected before a license is granted, while same is in effect, and upon its renewal. Authorized representatives of the Department may enter the studio, at reasonable hours, to inspect and to investigate compliance with the requirements set forth in this chapter, and in the regulations to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550m/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550m - Studio—Management | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550m - Studio—Management | The owner or manager of a body piercing studio shall comply with the sanitary rules established by the Department, as well as with the following norms:
(a) Equipment. — If the studio’s managing owner were not the licensed body piercer, same shall provide to the latter the sterilized individual equipment to be used with... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550n/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550n - License—Denial | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550n - License—Denial | The Secretary may deny the granting of a license, after notifying the interested party and providing an opportunity to be heard, when such party:
(a) Has illegally operated a body piercing studio, or has illegally practiced body piercing in Puerto Rico.
(b) Has been convicted of a crime or of a misdemeanor implying mor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550o/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550o - License—Suspension and revocation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550o - License—Suspension and revocation | The Secretary may temporarily or permanently deny, revoke or suspend a license issued according to the provisions of this chapter, after notifying the interested party and providing an opportunity to be heard, when such party:
(a) Has been convicted of a crime or of a misdemeanor implying moral turpitude.
(b) Has attem... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550p/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550p - Client registry | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550p - Client registry | The owner or manager of a body piercing studio shall keep a written list of each procedure performed upon a client where the following information shall be included:
(a) Client’s full name, address, telephone number, age and date of birth;
(b) location on the body where the perforation was made;
(c) jewelry or objects ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550q/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550q - Biomedical waste elimination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550q - Biomedical waste elimination | The elimination of biomedical waste shall be made according to the norms and regulations established by the Environmental Quality Board for such type of waste.
History —Feb. 8, 2003, No. 73, § 19, eff. 90 days after Feb. 8, 2003. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-32a/550r/ | PR | Justia›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 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r)›§ 550r - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 32A - Body Piercing (§§ 550 — 550r) › § 550r - Penalties | Every person who breaches this chapter commit a misdemeanor, and if convicted, shall be sanctioned with a fine of no more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or a jail term not to exceed six (6) months, or both penalties at the discretion of the court and with the suspension or revocation of the pertinent license.
Hist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/571/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 571 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 571 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms will have the definition hereinafter expressed:
(a) Sexually-Transmitted Disease (STD). — Are those, according to scientific research, transmitted by sexual contact or needle exchange. These include: syphilis, gonorrhea, inguinal granuloma, veneral lymphogranuloma, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/572/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 572 - Laboratories—Confidential report on positive results of diagnostic tests | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 572 - Laboratories—Confidential report on positive results of diagnostic tests | Every person in charge of a laboratory, or any person or laboratory where tests are processed for the diagnosis or confirmation of sexually-transmitted diseases, shall report all positive or reactive results of said tests to the Program within five (5) days following the test. Said report shall be written on the forms ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/573/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 573 - Laboratories—Weekly reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 573 - Laboratories—Weekly reports | Every person in charge of a laboratory that processes tests for the diagnosis or confirmation of sexually-transmitted diseases shall submit weekly reports of positive or negative cases to the Program.
History —June 4, 1983, No. 81, p. 180, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/574/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 574 - Confidential reports on diagnoses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 574 - Confidential reports on diagnoses | Any physician who diagnoses a case of sexually-transmitted disease shall submit a report to the Program within the five (5) days following the diagnosis, indicating the name, age, date of birth, sex and residential address and type of disease, telephone number of the patient and name, telephone numbers and address of t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/575/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 575 - Physicians, health professionals or representatives, and persons in charge ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 575 - Physicians, health professionals or representatives, and persons in charge of a laboratory—Civil liability | The physician, health professional or representative certified by the Department of Health and/or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to intervene in Preventive Counseling on HIV, and persons in charge of a laboratory shall be relieved of civil liability upon remitting to the Program the confidential informa... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/575-1/ | 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 II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697)›Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 575-1 - Testing of convicted persons | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 575-1 - Testing of convicted persons | It shall be required that all persons convicted to serve a prison term be subjected to the laboratory tests needed to determine whether they suffer from some sexually transmitted disease so that they may receive the necessary orientation and treatment and thus prevent its propagation, particularly the human immunodefic... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/575a/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 575a - Confidentiality of information | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 575a - Confidentiality of information | The identity of and the information provided by the patients and their sexual contacts shall be of a confidential nature and may not be revealed by the Program except when the patient or the sexual contact so authorizes, or when the patient is a convict or a minor who has incurred the conduct described in § 576 of this... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/575b/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 575b - Physicians, health professionals or representatives—Inadmissibility as evi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 575b - Physicians, health professionals or representatives—Inadmissibility as evidence | The testimony and any documents of the Program that could identify patients and their sexual partners shall be inadmissible as evidence except in those cases in which the patient or sexual partner so authorizes. Provided, That the physician, health professional or representative shall be prevented from disclosing the c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/576/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 576 - Investigation and examination of suspected sufferers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 576 - Investigation and examination of suspected sufferers | Health physicians shall employ all means available to determine the existence[sic]. Medical health officials shall employ all means available to determine the existence of sexually transmitted diseases, as well as the source of said diseases.
The health physician who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person who ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/577/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 577 - Examination or treatment of minors or persons with disabilities; relief fro... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 577 - Examination or treatment of minors or persons with disabilities; relief from civil liability | Any physician or health professional or representative who examines or treats a minor under twenty-one (21) years of age, or a retarded, or mentally disabled person suffering or suspected to be suffering from a sexually transmitted disease, without first obtaining the consent of the parents or the persons legally calle... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/578/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 578 - Epidemiology technicians; functions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 578 - Epidemiology technicians; functions | The epidemiology technician shall summon, interview, investigate and offer guidance to any retarded or mentally disabled person, including any minor, who suffers or is suspected of suffering from a sexually transmitted disease, hereby being relieved from civil liability when rendering such services to retarded or menta... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/579/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 579 - Clinics; establishment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 579 - Clinics; establishment | The Department may establish clinics for the examination and treatment of sexually-transmitted diseases throughout Puerto Rico, and will provide medical assistance to any person regardless of his economic condition, race, color, origin and political or religious beliefs. These services shall be rendered in accordance w... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/580/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 580 - Rapid treatment centers; use of land and buildings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 580 - Rapid treatment centers; use of land and buildings | The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby authorized to designate whatever (unused) land or buildings are available, or to acquire by purchase, rental or any other manner (unused) land, or land and buildings, or buildings, and construct, repair or remodel buildings to be used for the purpose of establi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/581/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 581 - Assistance and donations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 581 - Assistance and donations | The Secretary of Health or the Governor of Puerto Rico, or any person designated by the latter, is hereby authorized to accept or concert those agreements that may be necessary to receive whatever assistance or donations from the federal government or from other sources, that promote the purposes of this chapter.
Histo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/582/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 582 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 582 - Regulations | The Secretary shall have the authority to promulgate those rules or regulations that may be necessary for the implementation of this chapter. Any regulations adopted by virtue of this chapter, that are not of an internal nature, must be approved in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 112 of June 30, 1957.
History... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-34/583/ | PR | Justia›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 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583)›§ 583 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 34 - Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (§§ 571 — 583) › § 583 - Penalties | Any person that violates the provisions of this chapter shall incur a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, will be sanctioned with a penalty of imprisonment that shall not exceed six (6) months, or a fine that shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
H... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-35/591/ | PR | Justia›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 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601)›§ 591 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601) › § 591 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, and as used herein:
(a) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico.
(b) The Federal Act. — Means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Public Law No. 845 of the 80th Congress (62 Stat. 1155), approved June 30, 1948.
(c) Surgeon General. — Means the Surgeon General of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-35/592/ | PR | Justia›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 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601)›§ 592 - Agency | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601) › § 592 - Agency | The Department of Health is hereby designated as the water pollution control agency for everything relating to the federal act, and the Secretary is hereby authorized to do all that may be necessary or proper for the purpose of securing for Puerto Rico the benefits of the said federal act.
History —May 1, 1950, No. 142... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-35/593/ | PR | Justia›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 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601)›§ 593 - Powers; cooperation; acceptance of aid; approval of projects | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601) › § 593 - Powers; cooperation; acceptance of aid; approval of projects | In order to enforce the provisions of § 592 of this title, and in addition to any action it may be necessary to take to this end, the Department of Health, and in representation thereof, the Secretary is hereby authorized:
(a) To collaborate with the Surgeon General and other agencies of the federal government in all a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-35/594/ | PR | Justia›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 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601)›§ 594 - Water Pollution Control Advisory Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601) › § 594 - Water Pollution Control Advisory Board | There is hereby created the Water Pollution Control Advisory Board with which the Secretary shall advise and consult in connection with the administration of this chapter. Said Board shall be composed of the Secretary of Health, who shall be the ex officio chairman thereof, the Executive Director of the Aqueduct and Se... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-35/595/ | PR | Justia›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 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601)›§ 595 - Prohibition against pollution | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601) › § 595 - Prohibition against pollution | It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, to throw, discharge, pour or dump, or permit to be thrown, discharged, poured or dumped into the waters, any organic or inorganic matter capable of polluting or of leading to the pollution of said waters in such manner as to place them out of the minimum stan... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-35/596/ | PR | Justia›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 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601)›§ 596 - Final order against existing pollution | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601) › § 596 - Final order against existing pollution | Any person who upon the taking effect of this act may be throwing, discharging, pouring or dumping sewage or industrial waste or any other refuse into any waters, regardless of whether he started or continued doing so under a former act, shall cease to do so upon receipt of a final order therefor issued by the Secretar... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-35/597/ | PR | Justia›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 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601)›§ 597 - Authorization for discharges | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601) › § 597 - Authorization for discharges | After this act takes effect, no new discharge of sewage, industrial waste or any other refuse, may be made into the waters, except upon specific authorization therefor issued by the Secretary, upon application for the purpose which shall be made according to the regulations the Secretary may prescribe. It shall be unla... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-35/598/ | PR | Justia›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 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601)›§ 598 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601) › § 598 - Regulations | The Secretary shall make, according to the procedure fixed in § 179 of Title 3, the necessary regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The regulations thus adopted may limit the potential polluting content in any substance to be thrown, discharged, poured or dumped into any waters, and may prescribe measu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-35/599/ | PR | Justia›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 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601)›§ 599 - Pollution standards | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601) › § 599 - Pollution standards | The Secretary shall by regulation fix the maximum pollution standards that will be permitted or tolerated in the waters, according to the public or private use made or that may be made thereof, and shall fix the minimum volume which, under foreseeable normal or abnormal circumstances, may flow in the currents
History —... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-35/600/ | PR | Justia›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 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601)›§ 600 - Legal rights | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601) › § 600 - Legal rights | Choses of action resulting from the violation of the provisions of this chapter or its regulations shall inure to the benefit of the Commonwealth only. This chapter shall not be construed in the sense of creating new rights to property owners or private entities, nor of increasing rights already existing. A determinati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-35/601/ | PR | Justia›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 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601)›§ 601 - Penalties; injunction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 35 - Water Pollution Control (§§ 591 — 601) › § 601 - Penalties; injunction | Any person who directly or indirectly throws, discharges, pours or dumps, and/or causes or allows to be thrown, discharged, poured, or dumped, into any waters, organic matter capable of polluting or leading to the pollution of said waters, after having received a final order to the effect that he shall cease to do it, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-36/611/ | PR | Justia›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 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618)›§ 611 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618) › § 611 - Definitions | For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow:
(a) Diabetes Mellitus.— Comprises a heterogeneous group of conditions characterized by the assessment of sugar blood levels. There are four types: Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (Type I DM), Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-36/612/ | PR | Justia›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 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618)›§ 612 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618) › § 612 - Creation | The Registry of Persons suffering from Diabetes Mellitus is hereby created, attached to the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program of the Department of Health.
History —Aug. 11, 2011, No. 175, § 2, eff. 90 days after Aug. 11, 2011. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-36/613/ | PR | Justia›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 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618)›§ 613 - Mandatory notification | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618) › § 613 - Mandatory notification | (a) It shall be mandatory for all physicians who practice in Puerto Rico and diagnose a new case or provide treatment for Diabetes Mellitus to notify such cases to the Diabetes Registry of the Department of Health on a quarterly basis, after having obtained the patient's consent, pursuant to the “Health Insurance Porta... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-36/614/ | PR | Justia›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 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618)›§ 614 - Diabetes cases | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618) › § 614 - Diabetes cases | (a) The Diabetes Registry of the Department of Health shall be in charge of establishing and keeping the registry of diabetes cases with the human and financial resources allocated for such purposes. The Diabetes Registry of the Department of Health may request and obtain from physicians, laboratories, or public and pr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-36/615/ | PR | Justia›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 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618)›§ 615 - Reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618) › § 615 - Reports | The Diabetes Registry of the Department of Health shall file with the Secretary monthly reports on the diabetes cases so notified.
History —Aug. 11, 2011, No. 175, § 9, eff. 90 days after Aug. 11, 2011. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-36/616/ | PR | Justia›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 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618)›§ 616 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618) › § 616 - Regulations | The Secretary shall establish rules and regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
History —Aug. 11, 2011, No. 175, § 10, eff. 90 days after Aug. 11, 2011. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-36/617/ | PR | Justia›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 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618)›§ 617 - Penalties for violations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618) › § 617 - Penalties for violations | Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter or the regulations approved thereunder shall be punished by a fine that shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
History —Aug. 11, 2011, No. 175, § 11, eff. 90 days after Aug. 11, 2011. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-36/618/ | PR | Justia›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 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618)›§ 618 - Donations and federal funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 36 - Registration of Persons with Diabetes Mellitus (§§ 611 — 618) › § 618 - Donations and federal funds | (a) The Secretary may accept donations to be used for the prevention, treatment, education, study and research, or any other diabetes-related purposes. The money thus obtained shall be deposited in the Health Fund created under Act No. 26 of November 25, 1975, as amended, and shall be used exclusively as provided in th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-37/621-625/ | PR | Justia›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 37 - Ratproofing Buildings (§§ 621-625 — 625)›§§ 621–625 - Repealed. Act Aug. 22, 2012. No. 197, § 1, eff. Aug. 22, 2012 | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 37 - Ratproofing Buildings (§§ 621-625 — 625) › §§ 621–625 - Repealed. Act Aug. 22, 2012. No. 197, § 1, eff. Aug. 22, 2012 | History —Apr. 16, 1946, No. 332, p. 894, § 1; May 13, 1947, No. 375, p. 720, § 1; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-37/622/ | PR | Justia›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 37 - Ratproofing Buildings (§§ 621-625 — 625)›§ 622 - Ratproofing buildings—Contracts for ratproofing properties; bond [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 37 - Ratproofing Buildings (§§ 621-625 — 625) › § 622 - Ratproofing buildings—Contracts for ratproofing properties; bond [Repealed] | History —Apr. 16, 1946, No. 332, p. 894, § 2, eff. 90 days after Apr. 16, 1946; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-37/623/ | PR | Justia›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 37 - Ratproofing Buildings (§§ 621-625 — 625)›§ 623 - Ratproofing buildings—Approval, registration, and cancellation of bond [Repeale... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 37 - Ratproofing Buildings (§§ 621-625 — 625) › § 623 - Ratproofing buildings—Approval, registration, and cancellation of bond [Repealed] | History —Apr. 16, 1946, No. 332, p. 894, § 3, eff. 90 days after Apr. 16, 1946; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-37/624/ | PR | Justia›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 37 - Ratproofing Buildings (§§ 621-625 — 625)›§ 624 - Ratproofing buildings—Withdrawal from fund; engineering services; regulations [... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 37 - Ratproofing Buildings (§§ 621-625 — 625) › § 624 - Ratproofing buildings—Withdrawal from fund; engineering services; regulations [Repealed] | History —Apr. 16, 1946, No. 332, p. 894, § 4, eff. 90 days after Apr. 16, 1946; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-37/625/ | PR | Justia›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 37 - Ratproofing Buildings (§§ 621-625 — 625)›§ 625 - Ratproofing buildings—Reimbursement by property owners [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 37 - Ratproofing Buildings (§§ 621-625 — 625) › § 625 - Ratproofing buildings—Reimbursement by property owners [Repealed] | History —Apr. 16, 1946, No. 332, p. 894, § 5, eff. 90 days after Apr. 16, 1946; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-39/651/ | PR | Justia›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 39 - Domestic Animals (§ 651)›§ 651 - Municipal regulation of domestic animals | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 39 - Domestic Animals (§ 651) › § 651 - Municipal regulation of domestic animals | Authority is hereby conferred upon the municipal councils of Puerto Rico to regulate by ordinance, in accordance with such regulations as may be drafted by the Secretary of Health as provided in § 179 of Title 3, the running at large of domestic animals, and the destruction and impounding of same; and to regulate the m... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-41/671/ | PR | Justia›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 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678)›§ 671 - Importation; fumigation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678) › § 671 - Importation; fumigation | Every importer of secondhand goods to be used for sale to the public is hereby obliged to report each purchase or importation to the Secretary of Health, describing the articles and stating the amount acquired. This information must be in the hands of the Secretary of Health before the merchandise is removed from the d... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-41/672/ | PR | Justia›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 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678)›§ 672 - Tags for fumigated articles | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678) › § 672 - Tags for fumigated articles | Each article of the secondhand goods, after such goods have been fumigated as provided in § 671 of this title, shall bear affixed thereto a tag showing that said article has been duly fumigated in Puerto Rico under the supervision of the Department of Health. On each tag there shall clearly be mentioned the phrase “Sec... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-41/673/ | PR | Justia›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 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678)›§ 673 - Importer’s license | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678) › § 673 - Importer’s license | Every importer, merchant, tradesman, wholesale or retail dealer who sells secondhand goods in Puerto Rico shall provide himself with a license issued by the Secretary of Health.
History —May 6, 1942, No. 85, p. 630, § 4; June 13, 1968, No. 81, p. 143, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-41/676/ | PR | Justia›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 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678)›§ 676 - Regulations; inspection | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678) › § 676 - Regulations; inspection | The Secretary of Health shall prescribe the regulations necessary for the best enforcement of §§ 671—673 and 676—678 of this title. For the purposes of such sections and of the regulations promulgated, the term secondhand goods shall include clothing, used wearing apparel, personal wear accessories, articles that in th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-41/677/ | PR | Justia›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 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678)›§ 677 - Use of materials prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678) › § 677 - Use of materials prohibited | The use of used materials and secondhand goods in the making of articles of new manufacture, including among the latter the making of springs, quilts, pillows, mattresses, and similar articles, is strictly prohibited.
History —May 6, 1942, No. 85, p. 630, § 8, eff. 90 days after May 6, 1942. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-41/678/ | PR | Justia›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 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678)›§ 678 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 41 - Secondhand Goods (§§ 671 — 678) › § 678 - Penalties | Every person who violates the provisions of §§ 671—673 and 676—678 of this title and/or the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health for the best enforcement hereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) or by imprisonment ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-43/691/ | PR | Justia›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 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697)›§ 691 - Definition of alcoholic | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697) › § 691 - Definition of alcoholic | An alcoholic shall be deemed to be any person who repeatedly drinks intoxicating beverages more than is customary according to the social and dietetical usage thereof in the community, and who by so doing injures his health, his interpersonal relations, or his financial potentialities.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 128, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-43/692/ | PR | Justia›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 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697)›§ 692 - Formulation of program against alcoholism and for rehabilitation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697) › § 692 - Formulation of program against alcoholism and for rehabilitation | The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized and directed to formulate, establish, organize and develop a program of action against alcoholism and for the rehabilitation of the alcoholic, covering the phases of prevention, care, treatment, and the physical, social, emotional and occupational rehabilitation of the alcoh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-43/693/ | PR | Justia›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 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697)›§ 693 - Duties of Secretary of Health | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697) › § 693 - Duties of Secretary of Health | To that effect, the Secretary of Health, through the organization unit in charge of the administration of such a program of action, shall:
(a) Provide such help as in his judgment will bring the greatest benefit to such alcoholics.
(b) Make surveys and investigations toward getting better acquainted with the problem of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-43/694/ | PR | Justia›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 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697)›§ 694 - Establishment and operation of rehabilitation center | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697) › § 694 - Establishment and operation of rehabilitation center | The Secretary of Health shall formulate the necessary plans for the establishment, as soon as practicable, of a center for the rehabilitation of the alcoholic; and for its operation and government.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 128, p. 310, § 4, eff. July 1, 1958. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-43/696/ | PR | Justia›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 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697)›§ 696 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697) › § 696 - Regulations | The Administrator of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall promulgate, adopt, amend, and shall put into effect the necessary regulations for the fulfillment of this chapter and its purposes.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 128, p. 310, § 6; May 22, 1975, No. 26, p. 51, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-ii/chapter-43/697/ | PR | Justia›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 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697)›§ 697 - Appropriations and use; free services for indigent persons, payments according to income | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART II - Disease Control (§§ 351 — 697) › Chapter 43 - Alcoholism (§§ 691 — 697) › § 697 - Appropriations and use; free services for indigent persons, payments according to income | (a) To carry out the purposes of this chapter during the fiscal year 1958-59, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is hereby appropriated to the Department of Health, which sum may be used for the payment of rent on premises and the purchase of equipment, materials and supplies; payment of salaries; payment on p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/711/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 711 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 711 - Short title | This chapter may be cited as the “Puerto Rico Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act”.
History —Apr. 26, 1940, No. 72, p. 492, § 1, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1940. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/712/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 712 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 712 - Definitions | For the purpose of this chapter:
(a) Secretary. — Shall mean the Secretary of Health; and
Inspector. — shall mean Health Inspector.
(b) Person. — Shall include individual, partnership, corporation, and association.
(c) Food. — Shall mean (1) articles used for food or drink for man or other animals, (2) chewing gum, and... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/713/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 713 - Acts prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 713 - Acts prohibited | The following acts and the permitting thereof within Puerto Rico are hereby prohibited:
(a) The manufacture, sale, or delivery, holding or offering for sale of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded.
(b) The adulteration or misbranding of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic.
(c) The recei... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/714/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 714 - Injunction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 714 - Injunction | In addition to the remedies hereinafter provided the Secretary is authorized to apply to the Court of First Instance for, and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of § 713 of this title, irre... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/715/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 715 - Penalties; exceptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 715 - Penalties; exceptions | (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of § 713 of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not greater than three (3) months or with a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iii/chapter-51/716/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d)›Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732)›§ 716 - Detention and destruction of articles | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 51 - Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (§§ 711 — 732) › § 716 - Detention and destruction of articles | (a) Whenever a duly authorized inspector of the Secretary finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any food, drug, device, or cosmetic is adulterated, or so labeled as to be dangerous or fraudulent, within the meaning of this chapter, he shall affix to such article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice... |
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