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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154d - General rights | Any adult who needs, requires and/or receives mental health services shall have the following rights:
(a) To receive medical, psychiatric and psychological attention in its preventive, clinical, recovery and rehabilitation phases for the protection of his/her health and general well-being.
(b) To practice a profession,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iii/6154e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter III - Bill of Rights of Adults Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6154 — 6154e) › § 6154e - Specific rights | All adults who need, require, or receive mental healthcare services shall be entitled to the following specific rights:
(a) Access to services. — All adults shall have access to mental healthcare services in accordance with the specialties and sub-specialties by stage of life, gender, disorder, age, and level of care, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155 - Levels of care | Mental healthcare services shall be rendered in the level of care affording the greatest autonomy and therapeutically more effective within the mental healthcare system concept, as per the diagnosis and the severity of symptoms and signs at the time the person is evaluated. At any level of treatment, the use of medicat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155a - Adults who require mental healthcare ho... | Any adult with a mental disorder of which the severity of symptoms and signs at the time of the evaluation indicates that he/she may inflict physical harm to him or herself or others or damage property; or any such adult who has made significant threats that substantiate the same outcome; or any such adult requesting s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155b - Initial evaluation; adults placed in in... | (1) Any adult who, voluntarily or involuntarily, begins to receive mental healthcare services at an institutional provider at an emergency room, shall receive, among others, the following services within twenty-four (24) hours:
(a) Medical record;
(b) a physical examination;
(c) laboratory tests when necessary to rule ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155c - Therapeutic restraints | Restraints shall be employed only at hospitals and centers with acute care wards or emergency rooms, and the same is to be employed abiding by the protocols of standards in the good practice of mental healthcare and pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Restraints shall be used for therapeutic purposes, without i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155d - Therapeutic seclusion | Seclusion shall only be employed as a therapeutic measure to keep the adult from inflicting harm upon him or herself or others or from damaging property. Its use shall be circumscribed to hospital institutions and mental healthcare centers that have acute care wards. Under no circumstance shall seclusion be used as pun... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155e - Electroconvulsive therapy | No adult shall receive electroconvulsive therapy treatment without having provided his or her informed consent and express authorization in writing.
In the event that this treatment is indicated for the adult, but that due to his/her condition, he/she is unable to give consent and does not have a designated legal guard... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155f - Voluntary admission | Every person of eighteen (18) years of age or more may request voluntary admission to a mental health service with a written petition signed by him/her and a psychiatrist, after an evaluation and discussion of the case with the inter- or multidisciplinary team determines that said adult should be admitted.
The written ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155g - Petition for release; change of status;... | Within twenty-four (24) hours after the petition for release, the adult shall be evaluated by a psychiatrist in consultation with the inter or multidisciplinary team, who shall determine if the adult represents a danger to the self or others, or to property, as an indicator of a mental disorder. If there is no evaluati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155h - Renewal of consent; revision of record | The psychiatrist, along with the inter- or multidisciplinary team, in charge of the care and treatment of the adult shall have up to ten (10) days, after the involuntary admission, to conduct a re-evaluation in order to determine the need to continue with the hospital treatment, recovery and rehabilitation services or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155i - Other levels of care | The court, before determining whether the adult should be institutionalized involuntarily, shall consider other indicated levels of care according to the diagnosis and severity of symptoms and signs at the time. The court may order that the adult be submitted to treatment in any other level of care of the basic and com... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155j - Compulsory treatment | Any person who, as a result of the initial evaluation, does not require the level of care of hospitalization intensity, but represents a risk to the self or others, and to property, and requires a level of care of greater autonomy, the psychiatrist, along with the inter- or multidisciplinary team of professionals, shal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155k - Involuntary admission; hospitalization | Any adult who meets the necessary requirements to receive mental health services, but does not allow it or is not able to allow it, shall be evaluated to determine involuntary admission to a providing institution. Said evaluation shall require the court’s intervention. The court shall order a direct evaluation by a psy... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155l - Twenty-four hour (24) temporary detenti... | If as a result of a personal observation, a security agent or any other citizen has reason to believe that a person of eighteen (18) years of age or more requires immediate treatment in order to protect him/her from physical damage to the self or others, or to property, he/she may present to the Court of First Instance... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155m/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155m - Petition for a fifteen (15)-day involun... | Every petition for involuntary admission for a maximum term of fifteen (15) days shall be filed in court within the twenty-four (24) hours provided by the order for temporary detention previously issued by the court. The same shall be accompanied by a certification from the psychiatrist, which shall be known, as the fi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155n/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155n - Petition for order to extend involuntar... | When necessary, the court may order an extension for hospitalization, which shall not exceed fifteen (15) additional days. To that effect, the director of the mental health institution or his/her representative, per ser or by request from the person’s family member or legal guardian, shall file in court a petition for ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155o - Petition for release of involuntary adm... | Any adult who has been admitted involuntarily in a providing institution through a court order may file a petition to the court requesting his/her release. The adult subject of involuntary admission, or a family member, legal guardian or representative, may file the petition for release. The petition shall include:
(a)... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155p/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155p - Change of status | Before adjudicating the case in which involuntary admission is being discussed, the adult who receives mental health services who has been so admitted may request a change of status to a voluntary admission. The petition shall be accompanied by a certification by the psychiatrist or physician, as may apply, stating tha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155p-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155p-1 - Petition to change from voluntary to ... | Whenever necessary, if within twenty-four (24) hours following the petition for the discharge of an adult voluntarily institutionalized, the psychiatrist, in consultation with the interdisciplinary team, determines that the adult poses danger, the director of the mental healthcare institution or his/her representative,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155q/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155q - Hearings | (a) Hearings shall be held before a court with venue, pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of Civil Procedure in effect.
(b) The adult shall be present at the hearing, except when he/she has expressly waived to do so, or when he/she has agreed to waive his/her right and expressed so through his/her attorney.
(c) If ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155r/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155r - Right to legal representation | Every adult object of a petition to order involuntary admission shall have the right to be represented by an attorney or family advocate, whoever is available. If the adult is indigent and has not been able to hire an attorney, the court shall appoint a public attorney. The attorney appointed by the court and the defen... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155s/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155s - Transfer protocols | When a mental health patient receiving at an institutional provider is in imminent danger due to a physical condition, such patient shall be transferred to a general hospital and notice shall be given to the closest family member or legal guardian not later than twenty-four (24) hours thereafter.
Likewise, hospital ins... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155t/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155t - Passes | In those mental health cases in which is it clinically necessary or beneficial, the psychiatrist may, jointly with the inter- or multidisciplinary team, grant [a] pass to the adult admitted voluntarily or involuntarily, even if he/she is not fit to be released. In these cases, the court shall not need to be notified, b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155u/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155u - Releases | The psychiatrist in charge of treatment, recovery and rehabilitation may, at any time, release any adult admitted voluntarily or involuntarily, after having notified the inter- or multidisciplinary team.
The psychiatrist and the inter- or multidisciplinary team of the adult to be released shall explain to him/her, his/... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-iv/6155v/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v)›§ 6... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IV - Mental Health Care System for Adults (§§ 6155 — 6155v) › § 6155v - Unauthorized abandonment of the institu... | When an adult subject to involuntary admission abandons the institution without having been released, the director shall immediately notify a police officer so that he/she may be apprehended and returned to the institution. In addition, he/she shall notify the adult’s family, legal guardian and the person who requested... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-v/6156/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d)›§ 6156 -... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d) › § 6156 - Purposes of the transitional services | Transitional services shall be designed to provide experiences that are structured, consistent and specialized in different levels of supervision according to the severity of the symptoms and signs of the disorder that apply, by age and gender, and to achieve that the adult becomes adapted to his/her environment and is... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-v/6156a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d)›§ 6156a ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d) › § 6156a - Transitional services | Institutions that provide transitional services shall, as a minimum, provide the following:
(a) Safe and humane care and custody within an environment with the greatest autonomy possible according to the adult’s treatment, recovery and rehabilitation needs.
(b) The corresponding individualized treatment, recovery and r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-v/6156b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d)›§ 6156b ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d) › § 6156b - Services manuals | Every institution that provides transitional services shall have a services manual, which shall contain, as a minimum, the following:
(a) The admission criteria to be met by adults who request the services.
(b) The age, sex, disorder, diagnosis and level of functionality.
(c) An individualized treatment, recovery and r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-v/6156c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d)›§ 6156c ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d) › § 6156c - Levels, stages of services | Transitional services shall be developed by levels or stages of services, according to the needs, in the environment with the greatest autonomy possible, as it has been therapeutically indicated.
The levels or stages of service adopted by the institution that provide transitional services shall be designed in accordanc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-v/6156d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d)›§ 6156d ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter V - Transitional Services For Adults (§§ 6156 — 6156d) › § 6156d - Involuntary admission; compulsory treatment | Any adult who meets the necessary criteria to receive transitional services and represents an immediate risk to the self or others, or to property, according to the evaluations and recommendations of the psychiatrist and the inter- or multidisciplinary team, but who does not consent nor is capable of giving consent to ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-vi/6157/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VI - Outpatient Mental Health Services for Adults (§§ 6157 — 61... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VI - Outpatient Mental Health Services for Adults (§§ 6157 — 6157d) › § 6157 - Outpatient mental healthcare ser... | Any adult who resorts to an institutional provider of indirect mental healthcare services in order to start receiving outpatient services at the various levels of care and in the various modalities of treatment, rehabilitation, and recovery, shall receive, among others, the following services during the first seventy-t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-vi/6157a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VI - Outpatient Mental Health Services for Adults (§§ 6157 — 61... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VI - Outpatient Mental Health Services for Adults (§§ 6157 — 6157d) › § 6157a - Family Planning Program | Any adult who, voluntarily or involuntarily, comes to a profit or non-profit entity that provides mental health and/or drug and/or alcohol rehabilitation services, shall receive from the agency, organization, institution, and/or drug dependent patients” program the following services:
(a) Family planning education prov... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-vi/6157b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VI - Outpatient Mental Health Services for Adults (§§ 6157 — 61... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VI - Outpatient Mental Health Services for Adults (§§ 6157 — 6157d) › § 6157b - Outpatient visits | The number of outpatient visits to mental healthcare services may not be limited by a direct or an indirect mental healthcare service provider, except as provided for in this chapter. The need for outpatient services on an ongoing basis shall be assessed by the inter- or multidisciplinary team or by the mental healthca... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-vi/6157c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VI - Outpatient Mental Health Services for Adults (§§ 6157 — 61... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VI - Outpatient Mental Health Services for Adults (§§ 6157 — 6157d) › § 6157c - Initial evaluation; treatment, ... | In the case of adults who have been hospitalized or who received services at a level of care, when by recommendations of the psychiatrist and the inter- or multidisciplinary team of the service making the referral, it is found that such adults need treatment at another level of care with greater or lesser autonomy, the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-vi/6157d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VI - Outpatient Mental Health Services for Adults (§§ 6157 — 61... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VI - Outpatient Mental Health Services for Adults (§§ 6157 — 6157d) › § 6157d - Service manuals | Every institutional provider of greater-autonomy services shall issue a service manual, which shall contain, at the least, the following:
(a) The admission criteria to be met by adults who request the services.
(b) The age, sex, disorder, diagnosis and level of functionality.
(c) An individualized treatment, recovery a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-vii/6158/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6158 — 6158e) › § 6158 - Bill of rights | The provisions of this subchapter shall be interpreted so as to protect and promote the dignity of the human being through recognition of the essential rights for his/her treatment, recovery and rehabilitation.
History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408, § 7.01, eff. 90 days after Oct. 2, 2000. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-vii/6158a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6158 — 6158e) › § 6158a - Protection of c... | Any minor who receives mental health services shall continue to enjoy all his/her rights, benefits and privileges pursuant to the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of Puerto Rico, as well as state and federal laws, while he/she is receiving treatment, recovery and rehabilitation, and dur... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-vii/6158b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6158 — 6158e) › § 6158b - Presumption of ... | It is presumed that all minors are mentally competent, except when otherwise found by the court. The judicial finding of disability under § 2342 of Title 31, shall be distinct and separate from the judicial proceeding to determine whether a minor should be subject to involuntary placement. It shall be presumed that all... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-vii/6158c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6158 — 6158e) › § 6158c - Limitation of r... | The rights established by this chapter for minors who receive mental health services may apply to minors liable for offenses or held in juvenile institutions, and to minor offenders in detention, provided they are not in conflict with the security measures imposed by the court.
History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408, § 7.04, e... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-vii/6158d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6158 — 6158e) › § 6158d - General rights | Any minor who receives mental health services shall have the right to:
(a) Receive medical, psychiatric and psychological attention in its preventive, clinical, recovery and rehabilitation phases for the protection of his/her health and general well being.
(b) Receive education and training, when his/her condition perm... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-vii/6158e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Servic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VII - Bill of Rights of Minors Who Receive Mental Health Services (§§ 6158 — 6158e) › § 6158e - Specific rights | Any minor who receives mental healthcare services shall be entitled to the following specific rights:
(a) Access to services. — Every minor shall have access to mental healthcare services in accordance with the specialties and sub-specialties by stage of life, gender, age, and level of care, depending on his/her diagno... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159 - Levels of care | Mental healthcare services for minors shall be rendered in a therapeutically adequate setting according the greatest autonomy, pursuant to the mental healthcare system concept and befitting the diagnosis and severity of symptoms and signs at the time the person is evaluated. The levels of mental healthcare shall be org... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159a - Minors who require mental healthcare ... | Any minor with a mental disorder with a severity of symptoms and signs at the time of the evaluation indicating that he/she might inflict physical harm upon him/herself or others or damage property, or when he/she has issued significant threats that might yield the same outcome, or when the condition of the minor for w... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159b - Purposes of the petition for mental h... | Mental health services for minors shall be requested with one (1) or more of the following purposes:
(a) Carry out a process of screening, comprehensive evaluation and disposition.
(b) Receive treatment, recovery and rehabilitation modalities.
(c) Obtain orientation, education and to be placed in support or transitiona... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159c - Mental healthcare services requested ... | A request for services for a minor may be lodged with an institutional provider or with a direct or an indirect mental healthcare service provider by:
(a) The minor him/herself, if fourteen (14) years of age or older, if he/she requests outpatient services as provided for in § 6161 of this title, and if, in the judgmen... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159d - Screening, comprehensive evaluation a... | (1) Every petition or request for a level of mental health services with greater autonomy shall be initially handled with a screening process to determine the nature of the minor’s problem and the need for mental health services. The screening process shall consist of, among others:
(a) Advising the minor and his/her p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159e - Initial evaluation of minors institut... | (1) Any minor who, voluntarily or involuntarily, begins to receive mental healthcare services at an emergency room shall receive the following services, among others, within twenty-four (24) hours:
(a) Medical record.
(b) A physical examination.
(c) Laboratory tests, when necessary to rule out physiological or organic ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159f - Certification of acceptance of custod... | When a minor is admitted or hospitalized in a providing institution, its director or its representative shall sign a certification accepting custody of the minor and guaranteeing that the minor shall be subject to humanitarian, responsible and adequate treatment, in accordance with his/her needs. Said certification sha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159g - Therapeutic restraints for minors | (a) Restraints shall be applied only at hospital institutions, live-in treatment institutions for minors, and centers that have emergency acute care wards, and be used as established in the protocols of standards of the best practices of mental healthcare and pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Restraints shall... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159h - Therapeutic seclusion | (a) Seclusion shall only be employed as a therapeutic measure to keep the minor from inflicting harm upon him or herself or others or from damaging property. Its use shall be circumscribed to hospital institutions, live-in treatment institutions for minors, and centers that have emergency acute care wards. Before seclu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159i - Electroconvulsive therapy | No minor shall receive electroconvulsive therapy treatment without the previous informed consent and express authorization from one of the following:
(a) The minor’s parent with patria potestas or custody, or legal guardian, upon the opinion of one (1) child and adolescent psychiatrist, in consensus with the inter- or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159j - Request for placement | Any minor, through his/her parent with legal or physical custody, his/her legal guardian, or surrogate parent, may tender a request for placement at an institutional provider for treatment, recovery and rehabilitation as pertains to a mental disorder. The request shall be made in writing and may be accompanied by a ref... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159k - Review of the clinical status | Within seventy-two (72) hours of [the] minor’s admission, the child and adolescent psychiatrist, jointly with the inter- or multidisciplinary team, shall review the minor’s clinical status and clinical record in order to determine the need to continue the treatment at the current level. If [an] extension is necessary, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159l - Emergency placement | In case of emergency, any person over the age of eighteen (18) may seek forwarding the request for placement of a minor, after making all the necessary efforts to locate the minor’s parent with legal or physical custody or legal guardian. The minor shall be evaluated immediately by the child and adolescent psychiatrist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159m/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159m - Request for admission by public or pr... | The authorized representative of a government or private agency may process a request for an evaluation for admission to a mental health hospital institution in behalf of a minor who is in its custody, provided the minor meets the criteria of admission to the institution and complies with the requisites established in ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159n/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159n - Treatment, recovery, and rehabilitati... | The court may consider other levels of care which accord greater autonomy if the child and adolescent psychiatrist, jointly with the inter- or multidisciplinary team, so recommends, as per the diagnosis and the severity of symptoms and signs at the time, as these are therapeutically indicated, before determining whethe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159o - Involuntary admission | Any minor who meets the necessary clinical criteria to receive mental health services, but his/her parent with patria potestas or custody, or legal guardian does not consent to it or is not capable of consenting to it, shall be evaluated to determine if he/she qualifies for involuntary admission or compulsory treatment... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159p/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159p - Petition for a fifteen (15)-day invol... | (a) Every petition for involuntary admission for a maximum of fifteen (15) days, shall be accompanied by a certification from the child and adolescent psychiatrist, of if unavailable, a general psychiatrist after consulting with the former, which shall be known as the first certification. This first certification shall... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159q/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159q - Petition for extension of involuntary... | When deemed necessary, the court may order an extension for hospitalization, which shall not exceed fifteen (15) additional days. To that effect, the director of the mental health institution or his/her representative, per ser or by request from the minor’s parent with patria potestas or custody, or legal guardian, sha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159r/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159r - Petition for release by parent with p... | When the parent with patria potestas or custody, legal guardian or person with provisional custody requests that the minor involuntarily admitted be released, he/she shall be released within twenty-four (24) hours after the petition.
If the director of the institution has well-founded motives to object to the petition ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159s/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159s - Request for discharge; change in stat... | Within twenty-four (24) hours after the request for discharge, the minor shall be evaluated by a child and adolescent psychiatrist together with the inter- or multidisciplinary team, in order to find whether the minor poses immediate danger to him/herself, to others, or to any property as shown by violent or consistent... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159t/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159t - Hearings | (a) Hearings shall be held before a court with jurisdiction, pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of Civil Procedure in effect.
(b) The minor shall be present at the hearing together with his/her parent with legal custody or his/her legal guardian, and represented by his/her attorney.
(c) If the court, motu proprio ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159u/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159u - Right to legal representation | Every minor object of a petition to order involuntary admission shall have the right to be represented by an attorney or family advocate, according to availability. If the minor is indigent and has not been able to hire an attorney, the court shall appoint an attorney. The attorney appointed by the court and his/her cl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159v/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159v - Transfer of minor | Any minor who receives mental health services and is in a providing institution, may request to be transferred if said transfer is necessary and without detriment to the minor, provided he/she and the receiving institution accept the transfer. The minor, closest family member or legal guardian shall be notified of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159w/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159w - Passes | In those cases in which is it clinically necessary or beneficial, the child and adolescent psychiatrist, jointly with the inter- or multidisciplinary team, may grant [a] pass to the minor admitted voluntarily or involuntarily, even when he/she is not fit to be released. In these cases, the court shall not need to be no... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159x/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159x - Releases | The child and adolescent psychiatrist in charge of the treatment, recovery and rehabilitation may release any minor admitted voluntarily or involuntarily, at any time after having consulted with the inter- or multidisciplinary team. The psychiatrist shall notify the parent with patria potestas or custody, or the legal ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-viii/6159y/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter VIII - Mental Health Care System for Minors (§§ 6159 — 6159y) › § 6159y - Leaving of the institution without be... | When the minor subject to involuntary admission leaves the institution without having been released, the director shall immediately notify a police officer so that he/she may be apprehended and returned to the institution. In addition, he/she shall notify the parent with patria potestas, or the legal guardian and the p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ix/6159z/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d)›§ 6159... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d) › § 6159z - Live-in treatment programs for minors | (a) Purposes. — Live-in treatment for minors is a treatment modality sub-specialized in the area of child and adolescent mental healthcare, designed specifically for minors with mental health conditions which are difficult to manage at their homes or in their communities, who, despite adequate management by parents or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ix/6160/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d)›§ 6160... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d) › § 6160 - Purposes of transitional services for minor... | Transitional services for minors shall be designed to provide experiences that are structured, consistent and specialized at different levels of supervision, befitting the severity of symptoms and signs of the disorder in question by age and gender, while successfully enabling the minor to adapt to his/her environment ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ix/6160a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d)›§ 6160... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d) › § 6160a - Obligations of transitional service instit... | Institutional providers of live-in treatment for minors shall provide, at the very least, the following:
(a) The individualized treatment, recovery and rehabilitation, emphasizing the skills that are necessary for everyday life given his/her clinical condition, the severity of the symptoms and signs, his/her stage of l... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ix/6160b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d)›§ 6160... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d) › § 6160b - Service manuals | Institutional providers of transitional services shall provide, at the very least, the following:
(a) Safe and humane care and custody, within the setting that accords the greatest autonomy possible, befitting the treatment, recovery and rehabilitation needs of the minor.
(b) Individualized treatment, recovery and reha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ix/6160c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d)›§ 6160... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d) › § 6160c - Levels, stages, or services | Transitional services for minors shall be developed by levels, progress stages, or services, in order to enable the minor’s evaluation and classification as his/her needs dictate and the placement of such minor in the therapeutically indicated setting that accords the greatest autonomy possible.
The levels, stages, or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-ix/6160d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d)›§ 6160... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter IX - Transitional Services for Minors (§§ 6159z — 6160d) › § 6160d - Involuntary placement; mandatory treatment | All minors who meet the necessary criteria to receive transitional services for minors as per the evaluations and the recommendations by the child and adolescent psychiatrist and the inter- or multidisciplinary team, but whose parents with legal or physical custody, legal guardian, or surrogate parent does not give con... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-x/6161/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter X - Mental Health Services with Greater Autonomy for Minors (§§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter X - Mental Health Services with Greater Autonomy for Minors (§§ 6161 — 6161c) › § 6161 - Contingent right to re... | Any minor between fourteen (14) and eighteen (18) years of age may request and receive counseling or psychotherapy and, if necessary, receive outpatient mental healthcare treatment for a maximum period of six (6) sessions if the child and adolescent psychiatrist, physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, or... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-x/6161a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter X - Mental Health Services with Greater Autonomy for Minors (§§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter X - Mental Health Services with Greater Autonomy for Minors (§§ 6161 — 6161c) › § 6161a - Greater-autonomy serv... | Any minor who begins to receive direct outpatient services in mental healthcare at the various levels of care and treatment, rehabilitation and recovery modalities, or any such minor for whom such services are requested, shall receive, among others, the following services within the first seventy-two (72) hours:
(a) A ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-x/6161b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter X - Mental Health Services with Greater Autonomy for Minors (§§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter X - Mental Health Services with Greater Autonomy for Minors (§§ 6161 — 6161c) › § 6161b - Initial evaluation; t... | Any minor who has been hospitalized or who received services at a level of care, when by recommendations of the child and adolescent psychiatrist and the inter- or multidisciplinary team of the service making the referral, it is found that such minor needs treatment at another level of care which accords greater or les... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-x/6161c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter X - Mental Health Services with Greater Autonomy for Minors (§§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter X - Mental Health Services with Greater Autonomy for Minors (§§ 6161 — 6161c) › § 6161c - Services manuals | Every institution that provides services with greater autonomy shall have a services manual, which shall contain, as a minimum, the following:
(a) The admission criteria to be met by minors who request the services.
(b) The age, sex, disorder, diagnosis and level of functionality.
(c) An individualized treatment, recov... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xi/6162/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Ins... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Institutions that Provide Mental Health Services to... | The court shall order, motu proprio or by petition of party, that those minors who have been accused of offenses or who have been found liable for offenses be evaluated at institutional providers of mental healthcare services for minors, insofar as the presence of [a mental] disorder needs to be confirmed or ruled out.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xi/6162a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Ins... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Institutions that Provide Mental Health Services to... | If after the evaluation, it should be found that the minor under court jurisdiction suffers from a mental disorder, the court shall order that an inter- or multidisciplinary individualized treatment, recovery and rehabilitation plan be prepared and implemented, which shall include all specialized services needed. Each ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xi/6162b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Ins... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Institutions that Provide Mental Health Services to... | If as a result of the court-ordered evaluation, the child and adolescent psychiatrist, in consultation with the inter- or multidisciplinary team, finds that the minor is chargeable or prosecutable and that he/she has a mental disorder, the court, upon finding the minor liable for an offense and ordering his/her placeme... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xi/6162c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Ins... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Institutions that Provide Mental Health Services to... | When the court has acquitted a minor from the commission of an offense, but the evaluation shows that he/she has a mental disorder, the minor shall be referred to the mental healthcare service recommended in said evaluation. The court shall issue a fifteen (15) -day involuntary placement order. If the fifteen (15)-day ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xi/6162d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Ins... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Institutions that Provide Mental Health Services to... | Before the court makes a final decision on the case, the inter- or multidisciplinary team responsible for minor’s treatment, recovery and rehabilitation shall prepare a report including the level of care, bearing in mind that it is therapeutically indicated and with greater autonomy, including the interagency coordinat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xi/6162e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Ins... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XI - Evaluation of Minors under the Court’s Jurisdiction in Institutions that Provide Mental Health Services to... | Every court order shall be in writing, duly sealed and signed, and shall be accompanied by a clear and precise determination made by the court with respect to the minor’s situation.
Copy of the order shall be given to the parent with patria potestas, or legal guardian, or the person with provisional custody of the mino... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xii/6163/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e)›§ 6163 - Manifesta... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e) › § 6163 - Manifestations of the mental health problem | It is hereby acknowledged that the different manifestations of mental problems and disorders, such as domestic violence, crime, delinquency, child abuse, truancy, and the homeless population fall within the responsibility of different government service agencies, which [results in] fragmented attention to the problem. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xii/6163a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e)›§ 6163a - Principl... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e) › § 6163a - Principles of the collaborative system | The principles that govern this system are:
(a) Avoid duplication of service efforts.
(b) Provide long term and cost-effective services.
(c) Keep a system to improve the quality of the services.
(d) Provide the most comprehensive services possible close to their communities [of the] populations who need them.
History —... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xii/6163b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e)›§ 6163b - Work pla... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e) › § 6163b - Work plan | This system shall develop a master work plan which shall specify its stages, purposes, objectives, activities, and achievements, execution and result indicators, as well as the implementation dates by agencies and the populations to be served (children, adolescents, women, mothers, homeless and others), and the agencie... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xii/6163c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e)›§ 6163c - Types of... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e) › § 6163c - Types of collaborations | It is hereby established that this system may use several types and models of interagency collaborations, such as the integration of physical and professional resources, the blended budget for a project or creation and access to a service, collaborative planning, and complementary planning.
It is worth mentioning that ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xii/6163d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e)›§ 6163d - Reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e) › § 6163d - Reports | This system shall render [semi-annual and annual] reports to the Office of Management and Budget and to the Legislature, with the evaluations that according to the field, are designated as formative and summative, pursuant to this section.
History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408, § 12.05, eff. 90 days after Oct. 2, 2000. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xii/6163e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e)›§ 6163e - Effectiv... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XII - Collaborative System (§§ 6163 — 6163e) › § 6163e - Effectiveness | The effectiveness for the implementation of this system shall begin ninety (90) days after approval of this act, to begin interagency collaborative efforts.
History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408, § 12.06, eff. 90 days after Oct. 2, 2000. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xiii/6164/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XIII - Treatments Related to the Abuse and Dependence on Alcoho... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XIII - Treatments Related to the Abuse and Dependence on Alcohol and Controlled Substances (§§ 6164 — 6164a) › ... | The treatment of persons with substance-related disorders, including comorbid conditions diagnosed, who suffer from substance or alcohol dependency, shall require the intervention of an interdisciplinary team constituted by mental healthcare professionals, as determined by the study of the individual case conducted ini... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xiii/6164a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XIII - Treatments Related to the Abuse and Dependence on Alcoho... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XIII - Treatments Related to the Abuse and Dependence on Alcohol and Controlled Substances (§§ 6164 — 6164a) › ... | For-profit or nonprofit community-based organizations, as this term is defined in this chapter, and spiritual-pastoral guidance and social work, shall be subject to the precepts of this chapter. Provided, That such organizations shall continue to offer community services, pursuant to their historic, traditional and ord... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xiv/6165/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XIV - General Responsibilities of the Mental Health and Addicti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XIV - General Responsibilities of the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration (§§ 6165 — 6165d) › §... | The Administrator, as authorized by Act No. 67-1993, as amended, known as the ‘Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration Act’ (ASSMCA, Spanish acronym), shall promulgate regulations as are necessary to license, supervise, and keep a public registry of all the institutions and facilities, whether public or pri... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xiv/6165a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XIV - General Responsibilities of the Mental Health and Addicti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XIV - General Responsibilities of the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration (§§ 6165 — 6165d) › §... | The Administrator is hereby authorized to prepare all regulations that may be necessary to facilitate the implementation of this chapter, within a term of six (6) months after the approval of this act, and pursuant to §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xiv/6165b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XIV - General Responsibilities of the Mental Health and Addicti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XIV - General Responsibilities of the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration (§§ 6165 — 6165d) › §... | The Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration and the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration shall prepare all the forms that may be necessary to fully comply with their obligations and responsibilities. They shall oversee the implementation of these provisions as pertains to users and public and private... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xiv/6165c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XIV - General Responsibilities of the Mental Health and Addicti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XIV - General Responsibilities of the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration (§§ 6165 — 6165d) › §... | The Administrator shall establish and implement a review and technical assistance system of the providing institutions to assure quality and effectiveness of the services rendered, and to protect the best interest of the persons who receive mental health services. He/She shall design and implement a service, technical ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xiv/6165d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XIV - General Responsibilities of the Mental Health and Addicti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XIV - General Responsibilities of the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration (§§ 6165 — 6165d) › §... | The Administrator, as authorized by §§ 402 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “The Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration Act”, shall be responsible for procuring and assuring the appropriation of the budgetary funds necessary to facilitate the implementation of and compliance with this chapter. It shall be ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xv/6166/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XV - Additional Provisions (§§ 6166 — 6166g)›§ 6166 - Claim of ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XV - Additional Provisions (§§ 6166 — 6166g) › § 6166 - Claim of abuse | Any person who receives direct or indirect mental health services and who, per se, through his/her legal guardian or any other person, has well-founded motive to believe that abuse has been committed, may resort to the Court of First Instance to request to cease and desist of any act that violates the provisions of thi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xv/6166a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XV - Additional Provisions (§§ 6166 — 6166g)›§ 6166a - Abuse; n... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XV - Additional Provisions (§§ 6166 — 6166g) › § 6166a - Abuse; notice to the Examining Board or regulating age... | If [it is] determined that a mental health professional has incurred in abuse or negligence, the court shall notify said determination to the corresponding Examining Board or the Board of Examiners.
Presentation of an action pursuant to this section is independent from any other civil criminal or administrative action ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty-four/part-viii/chapter-201a/subchapter-xv/6166b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010)›PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184)›Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g)›Subchapter XV - Additional Provisions (§§ 6166 — 6166g)›§ 6166b - Institut... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART VIII - Mental Health (§§ 4001-6151 — 6184) › Chapter 201A - Mental Health Code of 2000 (§§ 6152 — 6166g) › Subchapter XV - Additional Provisions (§§ 6166 — 6166g) › § 6166b - Institutionalization prohibited | Any institutional mental healthcare provider facility which is found to have institutionalized a person, whether an adult or a minor, who does not meet the clinical criteria nor present the severity that warrants his/her placement at the level of care where he/she has been kept, after symptoms and signs have been stabi... |
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