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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-87/1133a/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1133a - Recording of birth acknowledged by only one parent
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1133a - Recording of birth acknowledged by only one parent
If the birth is acknowledged by only one of the parents, it shall be the Registry of Vital Statistics’ obligation to register the birth stating both surnames of the only parent to recognize it, if so requested by said father or mother at the moment it is registered. If after the registration there were an intention of ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-87/1135/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1135 - Special file for documents modifying civil status
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1135 - Special file for documents modifying civil status
On petition of an interested person, documents showing the juridical acts modifying in any manner the civil status or the condition of a person registered, shall be kept in a special file in the Department of Health, in which reference shall be made to the birth certificate to which they correspond. History —Apr. 22, 1...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-87/1136/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1136 - Adoptions; change in registration; confidential
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1136 - Adoptions; change in registration; confidential
If the birth of an adoptee had previously been registered in the Vital Statistics Registry, the registration certificate of such birth shall be substituted for another showing the new juridic status of the registered child, as if he were a legitimate child of the adopters; Provided, That the original registration certi...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-87/1137/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1137 - Registration based upon adoption
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1137 - Registration based upon adoption
In case the adoptee was born in Puerto Rico and does not find his birth registered in the Vital Statistics Registry, the registration shall be made on the basis of the facts arising from the adoption. History —Apr. 22, 1931, No. 24, p. 228, added as § 21B on June 15, 1953, No. 84, p. 296, § 2, eff. 90 days after June 1...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-87/1138/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1138 - Registration of adoptions made outside of Commonwealth
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1138 - Registration of adoptions made outside of Commonwealth
Any adoption made outside of Puerto Rico of a person born in Puerto Rico shall, at the request of an interested party, be recorded in the Vital Statistics Registry upon previous presentation of an authenticated copy of the decision or decree authorizing the adoption, following the same procedure set forth in § 1137 of ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-87/1139/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139)›§ 1139 - Special registry of adoptees born outside and adopted in commonwealth
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 87 - Births (§§ 1131 — 1139) › § 1139 - Special registry of adoptees born outside and adopted in commonwealth
In case the adoptee was born outside of Puerto Rico, but was adopted in Puerto Rico, it shall be the duty of the Chief of the Division of Demographic Registry and Vital Statistics of the Department of Health to transmit to the proper officer of the adoptee’s birth place, a certified copy of the decision issued by the c...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-89/1161/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1161 - Record of marriage where celebrated
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1161 - Record of marriage where celebrated
Every marriage contracted in Puerto Rico in accordance with Section II, Chapter I, Title VI, of the Civil Code, shall be recorded in the Registry of Vital Statistics of the district in which the marriage is celebrated. History —Apr. 22, 1931, No. 24, p. 228, § 22, eff. 90 days after Apr. 22, 1931.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-89/1162/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1162 - Marriage license; issuance
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1162 - Marriage license; issuance
There can be no marriage if the contracting parties have not previously obtained a marriage license, which the contracting parties have provided themselves with a marriage license which shall be issued, at the request of either of the parties by the registrar of the district in which either of the contracting parties r...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-89/1163/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1163 - Delivery of marriage license, affidavit, and certificate to keeper ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1163 - Delivery of marriage license, affidavit, and certificate to keeper of register
Every person with legal authority before whom a marriage has been celebrated shall be obliged to deliver, within ten (10) days after such celebration, to the keeper of the Register of the district in which said ceremony took place, the marriage license and the affidavit presented by the contracting parties in accordanc...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-89/1164/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1164 - Transcription of marriage certificate
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1164 - Transcription of marriage certificate
Upon the receipt of said documents, the Keeper of the Register shall make a transcription of the marriage certificate in the book kept for such purpose in his office, and he shall send the original documents to the Department of Health of Puerto Rico, as hereinafter provided. History —Apr. 22, 1931, No. 24, p. 228, § 2...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-89/1165/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1165 - Information for marriage documents
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1165 - Information for marriage documents
To facilitate compliance with §§ 1161—1164 of this title, it shall be required that the marriage license, as well as the sworn statement to be presented by the contracting parties and the marriage certificate, contain, at least, the following details: (1) The place, hour, day, month and year in which the marriage took ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-89/1166/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1166 - Original marriage documents to Secretary of Health
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1166 - Original marriage documents to Secretary of Health
The originals of the marriage licenses, of the affidavits given by the contracting parties, of the marriage certificates, and of any other documents which may have been necessary to present for its celebration, shall be forwarded to the Department of Health by the keeper of the Register not later than the fifth (5th) d...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-89/1168/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168)›§ 1168 - Annotations of decrees of divorce or annulments of marriages by Sec...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 89 - Marriages and Divorces (§§ 1161 — 1168) › § 1168 - Annotations of decrees of divorce or annulments of marriages by Secretary of Health
(a) The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to annotate, as he may deem convenient, in the originals of marriage certificates and transcriptions thereof filed in the Civil Registry or in the Vital Statistics Registry, the decrees of divorce or annulments of marriages rendered by the Court of First I...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-91/1191/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 91 - Register of Physicians, Midwives, and Undertakers (§ 1191)›§ 1191 - Registration of physicians, midwives, and undert...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 91 - Register of Physicians, Midwives, and Undertakers (§ 1191) › § 1191 - Registration of physicians, midwives, and undertakers
On or before the day on which this act takes effect, every physician in the legal exercise of his profession in Puerto Rico, every midwife and every undertaker established in Puerto Rico shall register his name and address in the Office of the keeper of the Register of the district in which he resides or has an open of...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-93/1211/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 93 - Register of Patients and Inmates in Hospitals and Institutions (§ 1211)›§ 1211 - Register of patients and inmates in...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 93 - Register of Patients and Inmates in Hospitals and Institutions (§ 1211) › § 1211 - Register of patients and inmates in hospitals and institutions
On or before the date on which this act takes effect, a register shall be kept in every hospital, sanatorium, asylum or other public or private institution established in Puerto Rico, or which may be established in the future, where patients are admitted for the treatment of diseases or for cases of maternity, or where...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1231/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1231 - Supervision by Secretary of Health; changes in registers
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1231 - Supervision by Secretary of Health; changes in registers
The Secretary of Health shall prepare, cause to be printed, and furnish to the keepers of the Registers, all books, printed matter and forms to be used for the registration of births, marriages and deaths occurring or taking place in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or which may be necessary to carry out the purposes o...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1232/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1232 - File and index of certificates
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1232 - File and index of certificates
The Secretary of Health shall systematically arrange and permanently keep the certificates; shall prepare and keep an up-to-date alphabetical index thereof classified by the surnames of the deceased in the case of death certificates; by the surnames of the contracting parties in the case of marriage certificates; and b...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1233/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1233 - Notice of deaths by contagious diseases
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1233 - Notice of deaths by contagious diseases
The Secretary of Health shall inform the keepers of the Registers of all such diseases as are considered contagious or transmissible and dangerous to public health, and when a death due to any of said diseases is registered, the keeper of the Register shall immediately notify the health officer of the district on a pri...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1234/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1234 - Printed forms for certificates; accurate execution
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1234 - Printed forms for certificates; accurate execution
The registrar shall furnish to any person upon request printed forms for the preparation of certificates; he shall examine with the utmost care all birth, marriage and death certificates presented to him for registration in order to ascertain that the same have been filled out pursuant to the provisions of this part an...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1235/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1235 - Separate record books; successive numbering
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1235 - Separate record books; successive numbering
The keeper of the Register shall number successively the birth, marriage and death certificates, in three different series, starting with number one for the first birth, the first marriage and the first death in each natural year; besides, he shall set forth the date on which the certificate was registered in his offic...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1236/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1236 - Reports and original certificates to Secretary of Health
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1236 - Reports and original certificates to Secretary of Health
On the fifth (5th) day of each month, the keeper of the Register shall forward to the Secretary of Health all the original certificates registered by him during the preceding month, as well as the original of any certificate of a back date which may be in his possession, and if in any one month no certificate shall hav...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1237/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1237 - Certified copies of certificates
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1237 - Certified copies of certificates
(a) Petition of certified copies of certificates. — At the request of the interested party, the Secretary of Health or the person authorized by him/her shall issue a certified copy of any birth, marriage or death certificate that has been recorded and registered in the General Registry pursuant to the provisions of thi...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1238/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1238 - Certified copies based upon old civil registries
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1238 - Certified copies based upon old civil registries
The registrars of vital statistics in the municipalities of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized and directed to issue certified copies of the certificates or entries contained in said similar books transcribed from the duplicate books of the old Civil Registries, as if they were certified copies of the original certifica...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1239/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1239 - Photographic reproductions—Microfilming old civil registers
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1239 - Photographic reproductions—Microfilming old civil registers
The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to copy in photographic film, by means of the process known as “microfilm” and/or any other adequate process, all birth, marriage, and death certificates or registrations entered in the books of the old Civil Registry of Puerto Rico, as organized in the Common...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1240/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1240 - Photographic reproductions—Microfilming General Registry of Vita...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1240 - Photographic reproductions—Microfilming General Registry of Vital Statistics
In the same manner as stated in § 1239 of this title, he may make copies of all birth, marriage, and death certificates or registrations entered in the General Registry of Vital Statistics of Puerto Rico, as well as of the affidavits and other documents which may have been presented for making such registrations. The S...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1241/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1241 - Photographic reproductions—Preservation of microfilms
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1241 - Photographic reproductions—Preservation of microfilms
A copy of these records obtained as indicated, shall be permanently filed at the Division of the Demographic Registry and Vital Statistics of the Department of Health, and another copy shall be deposited with the Commonwealth or federal government agency which, in the judgment of the Secretay of Health, can offer the s...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1242/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1242 - Photographic reproductions—Copies available upon payment
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1242 - Photographic reproductions—Copies available upon payment
On petition of the interested party, the Secretary of Health, or the person authorized by him, shall furnish a copy of such documents to any person requesting it, upon payment of the proper fees, pursuant to § 1237 of this title. History —May 13, 1947, No. 370, p. 710, § 4.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1243/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1243 - Photographic reproductions—Issuance in lieu of certified copies
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1243 - Photographic reproductions—Issuance in lieu of certified copies
The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to issue, in lieu of certified copies of the birth, death, and marriage certificates or registrations recorded in the old books of the Civil Registry of Puerto Rico and in the General Registry of Vital Statistics, reproductions or copies of documents as authorized in § 1239 ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1244/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1244 - Photographic reproductions—Legal force of photographic reproduct...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1244 - Photographic reproductions—Legal force of photographic reproductions
The reproductions or copies of documents authorized in § 1239 of this title, made by the Secretary of Health from the certificates or registrations and other documents above referred to, shall have the same legal force as the certified copies of such certificates or registrations and other documents as the Secretary of...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1245 - Certified verifications of birth, marriage, or death by local re...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1245 - Certified verifications of birth, marriage, or death by local registrars—Admission in evidence
In all processes, actions and judicial and administrative proceedings in which the registration or notation in the Vital Statistics Registry is not challenged, the judges, prosecutors, and Government administrative agencies shall admit in evidence, as proof of the birth, marriage, or death, a certified verification iss...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1246/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1246 - Certified verifications of birth, marriage, or death by local re...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1246 - Certified verifications of birth, marriage, or death by local registrars—Fees
On each certified verification issued pursuant to § 1245 of this title, the Registrar of the Civil Registry shall cancel an Internal Revenue stamp in the amount determined through regulations adopted for said purpose by the Secretary under the provisions of § 1071a of this title; except in those cases where other acts ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1247 - Certified verifications of birth, marriage, or death by local re...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1247 - Certified verifications of birth, marriage, or death by local registrars—Issuance of certified verifications aut...
The local Vital Statistics Registrars of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized and directed to issue on petition of interested parties the certified verifications referred to in § 1245 of this title. History —June 30, 1957, No. 111, p. 504, § 3.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1248/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1248 - Certified verifications of birth, marriage, or death by local re...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1248 - Certified verifications of birth, marriage, or death by local registrars—Printed forms
The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized and directed to provide the local Vital Statistics Registries with the appropriate printed form for the purposes of §§ 1245—1250 of this title. History —June 30, 1957, No. 111, p. 504, § 4.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-95/1249/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1249 - Certified verifications of birth, marriage, or death by local re...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1249 - Certified verifications of birth, marriage, or death by local registrars—False verifications
The issuance by any Vital Statistics Registrar of any of the certified verifications contemplated by §§ 1245—1250 of this title containing false data not in conformity with the original entries of the registration to which such verification refers, or with the true copy thereof recorded in the Registries, is hereby dec...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1250 - Certified verifications of births, marriage, or death by local r...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1250 - Certified verifications of births, marriage, or death by local registrars—Penalties
Every person convicted of violating § 1249 of this title shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not less than six (6) months nor more than two (2) years. History —June 30, 1957, No. 111, p. 504, § 6.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251)›§ 1251 - Federal Social Security—Exemption
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 95 - Administrative Provisions (§§ 1231 — 1251) › § 1251 - Federal Social Security—Exemption
(a) Vital Statistics Registrars are hereby authorized to issue free of charge to persons applying for the benefits of the Federal Social Security Act, birth, marriage, and death certificates or verifications. For the purposes of this subsection, every office of the Registry of Vital Statistics that, among its duties, i...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-97/1271/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 97 - Cemeteries (§§ 1271 — 1274)›§ 1271 - Grave plan; cemetery register
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 97 - Cemeteries (§§ 1271 — 1274) › § 1271 - Grave plan; cemetery register
Every cemetery at present existing, or which may be established in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, shall have a plan showing the authorized graves therein. Said graves shall be numbered consecutively and the keeper of the cemetery shall keep a register of burials in which he shall set forth the date of each burial and...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 97 - Cemeteries (§§ 1271 — 1274)›§ 1272 - Cemeteries in rural “barrios” by municipal legislatures
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 97 - Cemeteries (§§ 1271 — 1274) › § 1272 - Cemeteries in rural “barrios” by municipal legislatures
Municipal legislatures are empowered to establish cemeteries in rural barrios, through ordinances requiring the approval of the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, and in accordance with the sanitary laws and regulations in force. History —Apr. 22, 1931, No. 24, p. 228, § 40, eff. 90 days after Apr. 22, 1931.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 97 - Cemeteries (§§ 1271 — 1274)›§ 1273 - Common municipal cemeteries; registries in “barrios”
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 97 - Cemeteries (§§ 1271 — 1274) › § 1273 - Common municipal cemeteries; registries in “barrios”
Any two (2) or more municipalities, upon proper resolutions of their respective municipal legislatures, with their mutual consent, and with the approval of the Governor, may establish and maintain a common cemetery in any one of said municipalities, in the following manner and under the following conditions: (a) That t...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 97 - Cemeteries (§§ 1271 — 1274)›§ 1274 - Municipal cemeteries, free of religious restrictions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 97 - Cemeteries (§§ 1271 — 1274) › § 1274 - Municipal cemeteries, free of religious restrictions
All cemeteries of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which have been constructed with municipal funds, and are at present under the administrative direction and financial control of said corporations, shall be declared free for the inhumation or exhumation of human remains without religious restrictions of any kind, subje...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-99/1301/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 99 - Penal Provisions (§§ 1301 — 1302)›§ 1301 - Penalties
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 99 - Penal Provisions (§§ 1301 — 1302) › § 1301 - Penalties
Every person who, acting by himself or as an officer, agent or employee of another person, or of a corporation or partnership: (a) Buries, cremates or otherwise finally disposes of the corpse of a human being, or who permits any of said acts to be done, or who removes said corpse from the municipality or district of re...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 99 - Penal Provisions (§§ 1301 — 1302)›§ 1302 - Strict enforcement
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 99 - Penal Provisions (§§ 1301 — 1302) › § 1302 - Strict enforcement
Keepers of the Registers shall, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Health, see to it that this part is strictly observed and complied with in the districts under their charge; they shall immediately notify the Secretary of Health of any violation of the provisions of this part which may come to the...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-101/1311/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316)›§ 1311 - Short title
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316) › § 1311 - Short title
This chapter shall be known as the “Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events Act”. History —Dec. 12, 1985, No. 1, p. 895, § 1.
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-101/1312/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316)›§ 1312 - Definitions
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316) › § 1312 - Definitions
The following terms shall have the meaning stated below to the effects of this chapter: (a) Governor. — Shall mean the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. (b) Catastrophic event. — Shall mean every serious event that occurs within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico caused by the forces of natu...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316)›§ 1313 - Establishment of death—Procedure
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316) › § 1313 - Establishment of death—Procedure
In cases of catastrophic events, the death of those persons whose bodies cannot be recovered or identified shall be established according to the following procedure: (a) The Governor shall make a declaration decreeing the occurrence of a catastrophic event in Puerto Rico for the purposes of this chapter. (b) After the ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-101/1314/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316)›§ 1314 - Establishment of death—Ulterior evide...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316) › § 1314 - Establishment of death—Ulterior evidence of existence; annulment and effects
If after the resolution of the court on the certificate of death has become final and binding, the person presents himself or his existence is otherwise proven, a request to void said resolution may be presented, and through an ordinary civil procedure he may: (a) Recover his estate in whatever state it is, and shall b...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-101/1315/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316)›§ 1315 - Establishment of death—True identity ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316) › § 1315 - Establishment of death—True identity of unknown victim proven
If the true identity of a person is proven after the resolution was made to certify the death and it was recorded in the Bureau of Vital Statistics of Puerto Rico as John Doe or Joan [Jane] Doe, the court shall issue the pertinent resolution directing the Secretary of Health to make the corresponding change. History —D...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-101/1316/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316)›§ 1316 - Establishment of death—Penalties for ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 101 - Death Certification in Cases of Catastrophic Events (§§ 1311 — 1316) › § 1316 - Establishment of death—Penalties for false information or malicious silence
Any person who knows, either directly or indirectly, that the person or persons believed to be missing, or whose bodies cannot be identified as a result of a catastrophic event, are indeed alive, and in spite of that goes to the Office of the Prosecutor or to the court to give false information with the purpose of cert...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-102/1321/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 102 - Act to Prohibit the Retention, Keeping on Record, and Keeping under Custody of Certified Copies of Birth Certificat...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 102 - Act to Prohibit the Retention, Keeping on Record, and Keeping under Custody of Certified Copies of Birth Certificates (§§ 1321 — 1325) › § 1321 - Definitions
(a) Vital Statistics Registry. — Shall mean the General Registry of Vital Statistics of Puerto Rico established in the Department of Health of Puerto Rico, which shall be charged with the registry, compilation, custody, conservation, amendment and certification of vital records; the compiling of other reports required ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-102/1322/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 102 - Act to Prohibit the Retention, Keeping on Record, and Keeping under Custody of Certified Copies of Birth Certificat...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 102 - Act to Prohibit the Retention, Keeping on Record, and Keeping under Custody of Certified Copies of Birth Certificates (§§ 1321 — 1325) › § 1322 - Prohibition
All public or private entities, other than the interested party as defined under § 1321(d) of this title, are hereby prohibited from retaining, keeping, keeping on their records, or keeping under their custody any certified copies of birth certificates issued by the Vital Statistics Registry of which the submittal has ...
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-iv/chapter-102/1323/
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 102 - Act to Prohibit the Retention, Keeping on Record, and Keeping under Custody of Certified Copies of Birth Certificat...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 102 - Act to Prohibit the Retention, Keeping on Record, and Keeping under Custody of Certified Copies of Birth Certificates (§§ 1321 — 1325) › § 1323 - Presentation of cer...
For any purposes requiring certified copies of birth certificates, the presentation of such certified copies of birth certificates issued by the Vital Statistics Registry of Puerto Rico shall suffice. For record purposes, it is hereby allowed to retain, keep under custody or keep on record photocopies, in electronic or...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 102 - Act to Prohibit the Retention, Keeping on Record, and Keeping under Custody of Certified Copies of Birth Certificat...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 102 - Act to Prohibit the Retention, Keeping on Record, and Keeping under Custody of Certified Copies of Birth Certificates (§§ 1321 — 1325) › § 1324 - Penalties and liabi...
Any entity engaging in actions contrary to the provisions set forth herein shall incur a misdemeanor. Furthermore, any entity shall be held civilly liable for the total damages caused to any interested party that have arisen as a consequence of infringing the provisions of this chapter. History —Dec. 22, 2009, No. 191,...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325)›Chapter 102 - Act to Prohibit the Retention, Keeping on Record, and Keeping under Custody of Certified Copies of Birth Certificat...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART IV - Vital Statistics Registry (§§ 1041 — 1325) › Chapter 102 - Act to Prohibit the Retention, Keeping on Record, and Keeping under Custody of Certified Copies of Birth Certificates (§§ 1321 — 1325) › § 1325 - Invalidation or nul...
All certified copies of birth certificates issued before July 1, 2010, shall be null and shall have no effect whatsoever for any purpose for which the same were requested, after September 30, 2010. This provision shall not be interpreted to void any procedures initiated prior to the expiration date provided for in this...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter I - Short Title and Definitions (§§ 2101 — 2102)›§ ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter I - Short Title and Definitions (§§ 2101 — 2102) › § 2101 - Title
This chapter shall be known as the Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico. History —June 23, 1971, No. 4, p. 526, § 101.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter I - Short Title and Definitions (§§ 2101 — 2102)›§ ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter I - Short Title and Definitions (§§ 2101 — 2102) › § 2102 - Definitions
The words and phrases defined in this section shall have the meaning stated below unless otherwise indicated by the text of this chapter: (1) Addict.— Means any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety or welfare, or who is so far addicted to the use of narcot...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter II - Authority to Control; Standards and Schedules ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter II - Authority to Control; Standards and Schedules (§§ 2201 — 2202) › § 2201 - Authority and criter...
(a) The Secretary shall apply the provisions of this chapter to the controlled substances listed in the schedules established by § 2202 of this title and to any other drug or other substance added to such schedules under this chapter. The Secretary, by rule or order to that end, may: (1) Add to such a schedule or trans...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter II - Authority to Control; Standards and Schedules (§§ 2201 — 2202) › § 2202 - Schedules of control...
(a) There are established five (5) schedules of controlled substances, to be known as Schedules I, II, III, IV and V. Such schedules shall initially consist of the substances listed in this section and any other substances included or transferred between schedules, pursuant to the provisions hereof. During the month of...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances (§§ 2301...
The Secretary of Health shall approve such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the control of the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of controlled substances and shall charge the reasonable fees to be paid for the registration as required under § 2302 of this title. History —June 23, 1971, No. 4, p. 52...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances (§§ 2301...
(a) Any person who manufactures, distributes and dispenses controlled substances in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or wishes to dedicate to the manufacturing, distribution and dispensing of controlled substances in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall obtain a registration certification annually, issued by the Secre...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances (§§ 2301...
(a) Every person who wishes to obtain a registration under this chapter shall comply with the following requirements: (1) File an application under oath before the Secretary of Health where he shall state that he meets the following requirements, to wit: (A) That he has not been convicted of a felony or an offense impl...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances (§§ 2301...
(a) The Secretary of Health shall deny a registration applied for under this chapter to manufacture, distribute or dispense controlled substances when the person: (1) Does not comply with the requirements set forth in subsection (a) of § 2303 of this title; (2) furnishes false information in his application, or (3) whe...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances (§§ 2301...
(a) It shall be unlawful to distribute a controlled substance in a commercial container unless said container bears a label as defined in § 201(k) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act containing an identifying symbol for such substance in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary of Health. A different sym...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances (§§ 2301...
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section: (1) Every registrant, on the effective date of this act, or as soon thereafter as such registrant first engages in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of controlled substances, and annually thereafter, shall make a complete and accurate inventory of all...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances (§§ 2301...
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute a controlled substance in Schedule I or II to another except in pursuance of a written official order of the person to whom such substance is distributed, made on a form to be issued by the Secretary of Health in blank in accordance with subsection (d) of this secti...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances (§§ 2301...
(a) No controlled substance listed in Schedule II may be dispensed without a written prescription issued and signed or electronically generated and transmitted by a prescribing professional, which shall comply with all requirements under §§ 407 et seq. of Title 20, except that in emergency situations, as prescribed by ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances (§§ 2301...
For the sale or transfer in any manner of the controlled substances in stock, appertaining to a pharmacy or established business, authorized by law, and connected with the distribution or dispensing of controlled substances, the procedures set forth in the following subsections shall be observed. (a) The vendor shall n...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances (§§ 2301...
(a) Public document and inspections. — (1) The reports, statements, registrations or any other document rendered by virtue of the provisions of this chapter shall become public documents; but except as hereinafter provided they shall be available for inspection only by rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary ...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter III - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances (§§ 2301...
The Secretary of Health shall have the duty and responsibility of reporting to the Secretary of Justice and to the Police Superintendent all violations of this chapter that they may know of, except when dealing with purely technical violations. History —June 23, 1971, No. 4, p. 526, § 311, eff. 180 days after June 23, ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2401...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2401 - Prohibited acts (A); penalties
(a) Except as authorized by this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally: (1) To manufacture, distribute, dispense, transport or conceal, or possess with the intent to manufacture, distribute, dispense, transport or conceal a controlled substance. (2) To produce, distribute, or dispense,...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2402...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2402 - Prohibited acts (B); penalties
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) Who is subject to the requirements of §§ 2301—2311 of this title, to distribute or dispense a controlled substance in violation of § 2308 of this title or to prescribe a controlled substance to a person who is not an ultimate user; (2) who is a registrant to distribute or di...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2403...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2403 - Prohibited acts (C); penalties
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally: (1) Who is a registrant to distribute a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II, in the course of his legitimate business, except pursuant to an order or an order form as required by § 2307 of this title; (2) to use in the course of the man...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2404 - Penalty for simple possession, conditional ...
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, knowingly or intentionally, to possess any controlled substance, unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order from a practitioner, while acting in the course of his professional practice, or except as authorized by this chapter. Any p...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2405...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2405 - Distribution to persons under age eighteen
(a) Any person over eighteen years of age who violates § 2401(a)(1) of this title by distributing, dispensing or in any other way transfers or administers a controlled substance to a person under eighteen years of age, or who in any way induces or aids to, or conspires with others to induce a person under eighteen (18)...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2406...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2406 - Attempt and conspiracy
Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment and further may be fined at the discretion of the court, which penalty shall not exceed the penalty prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the att...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2407...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2407 - Additional penalties
Any penalty imposed for violation of this chapter shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any administrative fine, except as otherwise provided by this chapter. History —June 23, 1971, No. 4, p. 526, § 407, eff. 180 days after June 23, 1971.
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2408...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2408 - Continuing criminal enterprise
(a) (1) Any person who engages in a continuing criminal enterprise shall incur a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a fixed term of ninety-nine (99) years. The court, at its discretion, may impose a fine not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in addition to the ter...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2409...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2409 - Penalties for officers and employees
Any official or employee engaged in the administration and implementation of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony when he: (a) Directly or indirectly engages in any industry, in the manufacture, distribution or dispensing of any controlled substance subject to the provisions of this chapter while in office; (b) kno...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2410...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2410 - Deceit in transactions of controlled substa...
Any person who agrees, consents to, negotiates or in any other way offers any of the controlled substances included in Schedules I to V, for sale, delivery, use or gift and later deceitfully sells, gives, delivers, transfers or administers any other substance, material or liquid pretending that said substance is the ob...
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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2411 - Employment of minors
Any person who uses the services of a person under 18 years of age in the transportation, manufacture, distribution, dispensing of any of the controlled substances comprised in this chapter, for unlawful purposes in accordance therewith, shall incur in a felony and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by twice th...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2411...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2411a - Introduction of drugs in schools, recreati...
Any person who knowingly and intentionally and in violation of the provisions, introduces, distributes, dispenses, administers, possesses or conveys for the purpose of distribution, sells, gives away or delivers in any way, or simply possesses any of the controlled substances included in Schedules I through V, in a pub...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2411...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2411b - Paraphernalia related to controlled substa...
(a) Paraphernalia. — Paraphernalia related to controlled substances comprises any utensil, object, item, device, equipment, product or material of any sort that is used, or designed or destined to the planting, growing, cultivating, harvesting, manufacturing, fabrication, compounding or combining, converting, productio...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2412...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2412 - Exclusive jurisdiction of Court of First In...
The Court of First Instance shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all judicial proceedings prosecuted under this chapter including cases of misdemeanor, except that in cases of misdemeanor the defendant shall not be entitled to be tried by a jury. History —June 23, 1971, No. 4, p. 526, § 412, renumbered as § 41...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2413...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2413 - General provisions of a penal character
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter, or who conspires to commit such violation, when no specific penalty has been established for the violation or conspiracy, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced, for the first offense, to imprisonment for a fixed term of six ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2414...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2414 - Suspended sentence; eligibility
The provisions on suspended sentence and probation shall not be applicable to anyone convicted of violating §§ 2401(a), 2405, 2411 and 2411a of this title when the distribution, sale, introduction, dispensing or possession and transportation for the purpose of distribution is involved, except in those cases in which th...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415)›§ 2415...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter IV - Offenses and Penalties (§§ 2401 — 2415) › § 2415 - Public nuisances
Any locality, premises, establishment or site substantially used for the purpose of illegal manufacture, distribution, dispensing, administering, using, selling, transferring, storage, keeping or concealing controlled substances shall be deemed a [public] nuisance. No person shall keep or maintain such a [public] nuisa...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2501 - Personnel, rules, fines and don...
(a) The Secretary of Health is hereby empowered to appoint the necessary personnel to carry out the provisions of this chapter, subject to the Personnel Act. (b) The Secretary of Health may promulgate the rules and regulations which he may deem necessary for the efficient execution of his functions in accordance with t...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2502 - Regulation proceedings
The regulations adopted by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, except those of internal nature, shall be approved upon the previous holding of public hearings which shall be held after the ten (10) days following the publication of a summary of the proposed regulations in a newspaper of gen...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2503 - Education and research program
(a) The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized, in coordination with the Secretary of the Family and with other agencies or organizations, to develop educational and research programs directly related with the compliance of the provisions of this chapter. Such programs may include: (1) Educational programs and the tr...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2504 - Cooperative arrangements
(a) The Secretary of Health shall cooperate with local, federal and commonwealth agencies concerning traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing abuse of controlled substances. To this end he is authorized to: (1) Arrange for the exchange of information between governmental officials and employees concerning th...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2505 - Advisory committees
The Secretary may, when deemed convenient, appoint committees to advise him with respect to preventing and controlling the abusive use of controlled substances. Members shall serve ad honorem, but may be reimbursed for traveling expenses, including per diem in accordance with the regulations of the Department of the Tr...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2506 - Administrative hearings
(a) The Secretary of Health, or the official whom he may delegate, is empowered to hold administrative hearings, administer oaths, and issue subpoenas, requiring the appearance of witnesses and the production of any document or evidence which the Secretary of Health may determine as relevant or pertinent to the investi...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2507 - Subpoenas
(a) The subpoena issued in accordance with the provisions of this section may be served by any person designated in the subpoena to serve it. Service upon a natural person shall be made by personal delivery of the subpoena to him. Service to an juridical person, domestic or foreign corporation shall be made by deliveri...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2508 - Reconsideration
The person aggrieved by any resolution or order of the Secretary of Health may request the reconsideration of said order or resolution before said officer by filing a petition to such effect within fifteen (15) days of having been notified of such resolution or order. History —June 23, 1971, No. 4, p. 526, § 508, eff. ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2509 - Judicial review
In the event that the resolution or order of the Secretary of Health in reconsideration be adverse, the person aggrieved may file a petition for review before the Court of First Instance, San Juan Part, within the term of thirty (30) days of having been notified of said resolution or order. Findings of fact by the Secr...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2510 - Search warrants
Search warrants relating to offenses established in this chapter involving controlled substances may be served at any time of the day or night if the judge who issues the warrants is satisfied that there is probable cause to believe that grounds exist for the warrant and for its service at such time. History —June 23, ...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2511 - Administrative inspection and w...
(a) As used in this section, the term “controlled premises” means: (1) Places where the records or other documents required by this chapter are kept, or (2) places including factories, warehouses, or other establishments and conveyances, where persons registered under § 2303 of this title may lawfully hold, manufacture...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2511a - Powers of Secretary and of the...
The Secretary of the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration is hereby empowered to investigate any violation of a criminal or administrative nature to this chapter when said violations are related to the manufacture, distribution, dispensing and delivery of any controlled substance included in Classificati...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2511b - Training
The controlled substances inspectors, as defined by §§ 2101 et seq. of this title, shall receive a specialized training in coordination with the Department of Justice and the Office of the Police Superintendent of Puerto Rico, after their appointment and before they begin to exercise the faculties vested in them by § 2...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2512 - Seizures
(a) The following shall be subject to forfeiture to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: (1) All controlled substances which have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed, or acquired in violation of this chapter. (2) Any raw material, paraphernalia, products or equipment of any sort used or planned to be used in the fabr...
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Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608)›Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — ...
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART V - Controlled Substances (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Chapter 111 - Controlled Substances Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 2101 — 2608) › Subchapter V - Administrative and Other Provisions (§§ 2501 — 2523) › § 2513 - Injunctions
The Court of First Instance shall have jurisdiction to issue injunctions against violations of this chapter or to hinder any obstruction to the enforcement of this chapter in accordance with the procedure established in the Rules of Civil Procedure. History —June 23, 1971, No. 4, p. 526, § 513, eff. 180 days after June...