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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 62 - Smoking Regulations in Public and Private Areas (§§ 891 — 899) › § 898 - Penalties

In case of a violation of the provisions of this chapter and its regulations, the Secretary of Health may impose administrative fines on the governing authorities up to the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250). These penalties shall apply to persons smoking in said places as well as the owners or operators thereof. In the case of subsequent violations he/she may impose penalties up to five hundred dollars ($500) for a second violation and up to two thousand dollars ($2,000) for subsequent violations. The administrative fines shall be paid by certified check or money order payable to the Secretary of the Treasury. The amount collected thereby shall be deposited into the Special Department of Health Tobacco Control Fund to be used by the Tobacco Control and Prevention Division and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Environmental Health of the Department of Health in order for them to have the necessary resources for the development and implementation of any tobacco use education, prevention, and control program to provide the citizens with effective smoking prevention and cessation services.
Any person who violates subsections (k) and (l) of § 892 of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sanctioned pursuant to the provisions of the Penal Code of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Police is hereby empowered to intervene with the violators of this chapter.
History —Aug. 3, 1993, No. 40, § 9; Jan. 6, 1998, No. 11, § 4; Mar. 2, 2006, No. 66, § 6; renumbered as § 10 and amended on Apr. 2, 2008, No. 35, § 1, eff. 6 months after Apr. 2, 2008.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 62 - Smoking Regulations in Public and Private Areas (§§ 891 — 899) › § 899 - Permits for use

The Regulations and Permits Administration shall not issue any permit for use, and if it has issued it, shall not renew any permit to those facilities that do not comply with the provisions of this chapter.
History —Aug. 3, 1993, No. 40, § 10, renumbered as § 11 in Apr. 2, 2008, No. 35, § 1, eff. 6 months after Apr. 2, 2008.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 62A - Regulation of Cigarette Packs (§§ 901 — 903) › § 901 - Definitions

(a) Master settlement agreement. — Means the settlement agreement signed on November 23, 1998 by the Puerto Rico Government and the main manufacturers of tobacco products in the United States, as well as the documents related to the same.
(b) Cigarette. — Means any product that contains nicotine, and that is designed to be burned or heated under normal conditions of use, and consisting of, or containing:
(1) Any tobacco roll enveloped in paper or in any substance or material that does not contain tobacco.
(2) Tobacco in any form or any roll of tobacco wrapped in some substance or material containing tobacco, which due to its appearance, tobacco type used in the filling, its wrapping or labeling, is susceptible of being used, offered or bought as a cigarette.
(3) Any type of tobacco that, due to its appearance, intrinsic characteristics, packing or labeling, lends itself to being used and can be offered or purchased by consumers as tobacco to make cigarettes (“roll your own”).
For the purposes of this definition, 0.09 ounces of this type of tobacco, constitute an individual cigarette.
(c) Manufacturer of tobacco products. — Means an entity that after the effective date of this act, directly and not exclusively through any affiliate:
(1) Manufactures cigarettes for sale or also imports them for sale in the United States (including Puerto Rico);
(2) it is the first purchaser in any place, for the resale in the United States (including Puerto Rico) of cigarettes manufactured in any place of the world, that the manufacturer did not have the intention of selling in the United States (including Puerto Rico), or
(3) becomes a successor of any entity described in clauses (1) or (2) of this subsection.
The term “tobacco products manufacturer” shall not include an affiliate, unless the latter qualifies, by itself, in any of clauses (1) to (3) of this subsection.
History —Sept. 2, 2000, No. 359, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 62A - Regulation of Cigarette Packs (§§ 901 — 903) › § 902 - Prohibition

The manufacturing, sale, packing, importation and distribution of packs of fewer than twenty (20) cigarettes and of packs with less than 0.60 ounces of cut tobacco in jars or containers to be used to make cigarettes (“roll [y]our own”), as defined in this chapter, is hereby prohibited. This prohibition applies to any person, natural or juridical, and it includes the manufacturers of tobacco products, as defined by the [Master] Settlement Agreement.
History —Sept. 2, 2000, No. 359, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 62A - Regulation of Cigarette Packs (§§ 901 — 903) › § 903 - Penalties

Any violation of the previous provisions or the rules and regulations enacted pursuant to same shall be punishable with a fine of not less that ten thousand dollars ($10,000), nor greater that fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
History —Sept. 2, 2000, No. 359, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 62C - Act to Prohibit the Sale of Electronic Cigarettes or E-cigarettes to Minors under the Age of Eighteen (18) › § 904 - Definitions

(a) Electronic cigarette or E-cigarette.— Means a product intended to provide the user with a dose of nicotine combined with other substances in the form of a vapor, as defined by the Department of Health through regulations, in conjunction and with the advice of the Department of the Treasury. For purposes of this definition, any provision established with respect to electronic cigarettes that is in conflict or addresses a matter governed by law, federal regulations, or any administrative guidelines issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which is applicable to Puerto Rico in what pertains to electronic cigarettes, shall be understood to be amended in order to be consistent with said law or federal regulations.
(b) Minor.— Means a person under the age of eighteen (18).
(c) Signs.— Means any notices advising on the health risks due to the nicotine content and other substances, as well as on the prohibition of selling to minors under the age of eighteen (18).
(d) Secretary.— Means the Secretary of the Department of Health.
History —Mar. 26, 2015, No. 41, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 62C - Act to Prohibit the Sale of Electronic Cigarettes or E-cigarettes to Minors under the Age of Eighteen (18) › § 904a - Rulemaking authority

The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations within ninety (90) days following the effective date of this act as are necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including the regulations related to signs prohibiting the sale of electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes to minors.
The Secretary shall implement an education plan within ninety (90) days following the effective date of this act through the Tobacco Control and Oral Health Division of the Department of Health on the health effects of smoking electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes. This education plan shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Department of Education to be included in the work plan of primary and secondary school teachers. The Secretary of Education shall have six (6) months to implement the work plan established by the Tobacco Control and Oral Health Division of the Department of Health.
History —Mar. 26, 2015, No. 41, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 62C - Act to Prohibit the Sale of Electronic Cigarettes or E-cigarettes to Minors under the Age of Eighteen (18) › § 904b - Signs

Any place where electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes are sold shall display prominently in a conspicuous place the signs warning about the health risks entailed by the use of such cigarettes due to their nicotine content and of other substances, and about the prohibition on selling cigarettes to minors under the age of eighteen (18). The Department of Health in conjunction with the Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration shall provide the information that the aforementioned signs shall bear. The Mental Health and Addiction Services Administration shall be responsible for preparing the signs and making them available.
History —Mar. 26, 2015, No. 41, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 62C - Act to Prohibit the Sale of Electronic Cigarettes or E-cigarettes to Minors under the Age of Eighteen (18) › § 904c - Sanctions and fines

The Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages of the Department of the Treasury and the Puerto Rico Police are hereby empowered to intervene, punish, and fine any business that fails to display the aforementioned signs prominently in a conspicuous place; Provided, That the Department of the Treasury shall be empowered to issue a notice or initial warning to the business for noncompliance, and grant the business thirty (30) days to display said signs. Moreover, the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages may impose a daily fine in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) to a business owner who, upon being issued an initial warning, fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
History Mar. 26, 2015, No. 41, —Mar. 26, 2015, No. 41, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 62C - Act to Prohibit the Sale of Electronic Cigarettes or E-cigarettes to Minors under the Age of Eighteen (18) › § 904d - Income

Any income generated as a result of the fines imposed to business owners or managers shall be allocated to the Division of Tobacco Control and Oral Health of the Department of Health to be used for any prevention and education efforts on the effects of smoking, and said income shall be under the custody of the Department of Health.
History —Mar. 26, 2015, No. 41, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 921 - Sale of tuberculin—Definitions

For the purposes of §§ 921—929 of this title, by the word “tuberculin” shall be understood a product prepared through the sterilization, filtration, and concentration of the liquid in which a culture of tuberculosis bacilli has been developed and which contains the metabolic product resulting from the growth and multiplication of the germs of tuberculosis, excluding the bacterial mass; the application of which, when properly done, causes no harm to healthy cattle. This substance, when cattle infected with tuberculosis are inoculated, will develop a typical reaction that will show that the animal in question is suffering from tuberculosis.
The word “veterinarian”, as used in §§ 921—929 of this title, shall refer to any person authorized by law to practice veterinary medicine in the Commonwealth.
History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 1, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 922 - Sale of tuberculin—Registration with Department of Health

Every natural or [juridical] person, importer, manufacturer, or dealer, whether or not he sells tuberculin in Puerto Rico, must register his name or firm name in the Department of Health of Puerto Rico.
History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 2, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 923 - Sale of tuberculin—Reports on sales and stocks

Every natural or [juridical] person, manufacturer, or dealer, whether or not he sells tuberculin in Puerto Rico, must submit to the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, within the first five (5) days of each month, a statement showing the sales and stocks of tuberculin at the end of the last day of the preceding month; in said statement he shall also give complete details in regard to the source of the tuberculin and the date of its preparation.
History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 3, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 924 - Sale of tuberculin—Declaration of importation

Every importer of tuberculin shall file a declaration of its importation with the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico on the date of the receipt of the tuberculin in Puerto Rico, or prior thereto, if possible.
History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 4, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 925 - Sale of tuberculin—Free sale prohibited

The free sale of tuberculin in Puerto Rico is hereby prohibited.
History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 5, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 926 - Sale of tuberculin—Permit to purchase

Any natural or [juridical] person wishing to buy tuberculin in Puerto Rico must make his application to the Secretary of Health, and the permit to buy tuberculin shall be authorized by said Secretary and by a veterinarian of the Department of Health or of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 6, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 927 - Sale of tuberculin—Inspection of factories, warehouses, books

Any employee of the said Departments of Health or of Agriculture and Commerce authorized by the respective Secretary shall have free access to the factories, warehouses, or depots where tuberculin is kept; he shall also have access to the registration books in which the receipt and the dispatch of tuberculin are entered.
History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 7, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 928 - Sale of tuberculin—Regulations

The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to prescribe rules for enforcing §§ 921—929 of this title.
History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 8, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 929 - Sale of tuberculin—Penalties

Every violation of §§ 922—924, 926 and 927 of this title shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200); and in default of the payment of said fine, by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) month. Every violation of § 925 of this title shall likewise be considered a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500); and in default of the payment of said fine, by imprisonment for not to exceed three (3) months.
History —Apr. 30, 1936, No. 49, p. 282, § 9, eff. 90 days after Apr. 30, 1936.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 930 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Short title

Sections 930—949 of this title shall be known as the “Barbiturates and Other Dangerous Drugs Act”.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 932 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Sale of compounds which do not have hypnotic effects

(a) The provisions of §§ 930—949 of this title, unless otherwise provided, shall not apply to the compounds, mixtures or preparations which are used as irrigation, inhalation, atomization, liniment or gargles or in any other reasonable form for external use only; provided said compounds, mixtures or preparations are exclusively for external use and that they contain, in addition to the dangerous drugs and barbiturates covered by §§ 930—949 of this title, some other drug or drugs which make such preparation inadequate for internal use and which also confer upon it medicinal properties other than those inherent in said drugs or barbiturates only.
(b) No order or prescription shall be required for the sale or dispensing of the compounds covered by this section, provided the same are sold or dispensed for the purpose of using them in the manner hereinabove prescribed and not with the intent of evading the provisions and purposes of §§ 930—949 of this title.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 933 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Sale of barbiturates and dangerous drugs

(a) Every natural or [juridical] person who in any manner sells, gives, negotiates, exchanges or distributes any of the barbiturates and dangerous drugs defined in § 931 of this title may do so exclusively on a practitioner’s order or prescription, which shall be dispensed by a pharmacist or pharmacy aide, as prescribed by the laws in force.
(b) No drug manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor may sell, distribute or give barbiturates and dangerous drugs except through pharmaceutical establishments, hospitals, physicians, dentists, veterinarians and institutions or agencies duly authorized therefor.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 934 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Practitioner’s order or prescription, requirements

When a physician prescribes the use of a dangerous drug or a barbiturate, he shall state in the order the correct name and address of the person to whom it has been issued, the age of the patient, the directions for the use of the drug, and the date of issuance of the order. When the prescription is for some animal it shall include the species of the animal and the name of its owner.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 935 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Labeling of containers

(a) The pharmacist or pharmacy aide who dispenses a dangerous drug or a barbiturate shall set forth on the label or band affixed to the container the following information:
(1) Name and exact location of the establishment.
(2) Corresponding serial number of the order and the date it is filled.
(3) Name of the patient.
(4) Directions to the patients for its use.
(5) Name of the practitioner who issued the order.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 936 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Regulation for the sale of antibiotics

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, penicillin and the other antibiotics, and preparations containing antibiotics and mixtures of antibiotics shall not be sold at retail, except on a medical or practitioner’s order or prescription, and such prescription shall be filled by a pharmacist or pharmacy aide registered under the laws of Puerto Rico.
(b) In dispensing an antibiotic the pharmacist shall comply with the provisions of § 934 of this title.
(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to the following antibiotics, by themselves or in combination:
(1) Tyrothricin, penicillin, streptomycin, bacitracin or polymixin in preparations for local skin application.
(2) Tyrothicin, penicillin, chlortetracycline, gramicidin, bacitracin, polymixin, neomycin, tetracycline or oxytetracycline when used in ointments for local application other than for ophthalmic use in the human body.
(3) Tyrothricin, penicillin, polymixin or gramicidin when used in solutions for application to the mucous membranes of the nose or throat.
(4) Troches of penicillin, bacitracin, tyrothricin, gramicidin, neomycin or polymixin.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 937 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Filling and copies of orders

(a) The repetition of a medical or practitioner’s order or prescription is hereby prohibited, except when it includes the written and signed order of a person empowered by §§ 930—949 of this title to issue the same authorizing its repetition and also stating the number of times it may be repeated.
(b) The filling of a medical or practitioner’s order or prescription which is not the original one issued and signed by the person legally authorized therefor is hereby prohibited.
(c) Copies of medical or practitioner’s orders or prescriptions may be issued on petition of the person who issued them or of the person for whom they were originally issued, for personal use and information; or at the request of an officer or agency of the government of the United States or of the Commonwealth; or for use in any court proceeding, in this latter case, upon previous judicial order.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 938 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Inventory and records by pharmaceutical establishments

Every pharmaceutical establishment shall:
(a) Not later than thirty (30) days from the date of the effectiveness of this act, prepare an inventory of the barbiturates and of the dangerous drugs in its possession, specifying the name of the barbiturate and of the dangerous drug and the corresponding quantity. This inventory shall be kept for a period of not less than two (2) years reckoning from the date it is prepared.
(b) Withhold and keep each and every one of the invoices or other records showing the kind and amount of barbiturates or dangerous drugs which have been bought or otherwise obtained, indicating the date, name and address of the distributor or person from whom such barbiturates or dangerous drugs have been bought or obtained.
(c) Withhold and keep each and every one of the invoices or other records showing the kind and amount of dangerous drugs or barbiturates sold or distributed by said pharmaceutical establishments, excluding the vouchers relative to the sale or distribution of said dangerous drugs or barbiturates through a medicine order or prescription.
(d) The vouchers or records covered by subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall be kept for a period of not less than two (2) years, reckoning from the date shown on said vouchers.
(e) Withhold and keep all medical prescriptions or orders on which dangerous drugs and barbiturates covered by §§ 930—949 of this title have been dispensed or sold, for a period of not less than two (2) years reckoning from the date on which the last medical order or prescription was filled or repeated.
(f) At least thirty (30) days before the effective date of this act, the Secretary of Health shall prepare and supply to all pharmaceutical establishments a complete formulary containing the names of the barbiturates and dangerous drugs subject to the inventory referred to in subsection (a) of this section. Said formulary shall contain sufficient blank space in order that the result of the inventory may be noted therein.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 939 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Inventory and records by manufacturers, vendors, etc

Every manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor of barbiturates and dangerous drugs shall:
(a) Not later than thirty (30) days from the effective date of this act, prepare an inventory of the barbiturates and dangerous drugs in his possession, specifying the name of the barbiturates and dangerous drugs and the corresponding amount. This inventory shall be kept for a period of not less than two (2) years reckoning from the date it is prepared.
(b) Retain and keep each and every one of the invoices, vouchers or records relative to the manufacture, delivery, sale or distribution of the barbiturates and dangerous drugs covered by §§ 930—949 of this title. Said invoices shall include: the amount manufactured or received and the dates of manufacture, or the dates, names and addresses of the persons from whom the purchases were made, the amount of such purchases and the dates, names and addresses of the persons, establishments or institutions to whom or to which the manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor made the delivery, and the amount delivered.
(c) At least thirty (30) days before the effective date of this act, the Secretary of Health shall prepare and supply to all manufacturers, wholesalers or distributors a complete formulary containing the names of the barbiturates and dangerous drugs subject to the inventory referred to in paragraph (a) of this section. Said formulary shall contain sufficient blank space in order that the result of the inventory may be noted therein.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 940 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Records by hospitals

Every hospital, clinic, laboratory, private or public institution, which uses, receives or transfers in any manner any of the dangerous drugs or barbiturates covered by §§ 930—949 of this title in the regular course of its business shall comply with subsection (a) of § 938 of this title, and shall furthermore:
(a) Withhold and keep the invoices, vouchers or medical prescriptions clearly indicating the incoming and outgoing of said barbiturates and dangerous drugs. These vouchers shall specify the date, name and amount of the dangerous drugs and barbiturates obtained or purchased, the name and address of the distributor or person from whom they were purchased or obtained; and, in the proper case, the date, name and address of the person to whom said barbiturates or dangerous drugs have been delivered, or the name of the patient to whom they were supplied or applied.
(b) The vouchers mentioned in subsection (a) of this section shall be kept for a period of not less than two (2) years reckoning from the date shown on said vouchers.
(c) The Secretary of Health shall supply to said hospitals, clinics, laboratories and institutions the formulary referred to in subsection (f) of § 938 of this title.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 941 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Names of barbiturates and dangerous drugs

In keeping records of the incoming and outgoing of barbiturates and dangerous drugs, as required in §§ 938, 939 and 940 of this title, there shall be used as names thereof the nomenclature of the official books or their supplements, or that of the nonofficial books, or the name of the patent of the corresponding pharmaceutical firm, if the name is not included in the above-mentioned books.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 942 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Sale to pharmacies and professionals

(a) No practitioner’s or medical order or prescription shall be necessary for the sale at wholesale of the dangerous drugs or barbiturates referred to in §§ 930—949 of this title by manufacturers, vendors and wholesalers to pharmacists, pharmacies, hospitals, medical centers, physicians, dentists and veterinarians.
(b) No medical or practitioner’s order or prescription shall be necessary for the sale among pharmacists. The invoices or vouchers representing these transactions shall be kept for a period of two (2) years, as prescribed by subsections (b) and (c) of § 938 of this title.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 13, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 943 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Possession in original container

(a) Possession and control of the drugs referred to in §§ 930—949 of this title shall only be legal if the drugs are enclosed in the original container in which they were dispensed by the person empowered to deliver them, and the burden of any exception shall fall on the person charged with violating this subsection.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 14, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 944 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Use of fictitious name, false address

No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain, or prescribe any of the drugs referred to in §§ 930—949 of this title by means of a fictitious name or by giving a false address.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 15, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 945 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Enforcement

(a) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Secretary of Health to see to the observance of §§ 930—949 of this title and to report to the Secretary of Justice such violations as may come to his knowledge.
(b) The Secretary of Justice shall prosecute and sustain in court all cases of violations of §§ 930—949 of this title.
(c) All criminal cases prosecuted hereunder shall be heard by a court without a jury before the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 16, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 946 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Approval and judicial review of regulations

(a) The Secretary of Health shall approve and promulgate the regulations governing and controlling the sale, possession, prescription and distribution of the barbiturates, antibiotics and other dangerous drugs to which §§ 930—949 of this title refer; the labeling of the containers in which same are dispensed; the filling and the copies of the prescriptions as regulated by §§ 930—949 of this title; the preparation and safekeeping of the vouchers which shall be kept by the drugstores and hospitals according to the provisions of §§ 930—949 of this title; and with respect to any other aspect necessary to enforce the public policy of §§ 930—949 of this title.
(b) Said regulations shall be approved after a public hearing which shall be held ten (10) days after their publication in a newspaper of general circulation in Puerto Rico.
(c) The regulations approved by the Secretary of Health shall take effect on the date set by said official but never before fifteen (15) days following the date the public hearing is held.
(d) Any person who considers himself aggrieved by the regulations approved by the Secretary of Health may request a judicial review thereof before the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico within fifteen (15) days from the effective date of such regulations.
(e) In approving amendments to the regulations the same procedure and rules determined in this section for the approval of the original regulations shall be followed.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 17, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 946a - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Drugs for use of animals; human consumption of products derived from animals

The articles or drugs exclusively intended for the use of animals shall not be subject to the provisions of §§ 933, 934, 935, 936, 938, 939 and 940 of this title, provided same are manufactured or packed expressly for said purposes in such a manner that they may not have alternate or interchangeable use in human beings and that said data is clearly stated on the label.
The Secretary of Health shall as soon as possible promulgate the corresponding regulation for the purpose of assuring that the public health will not be affected by the human consumption of the products derived from animals which have been submitted to treatment with dangerous medicines or drugs; said regulation expressly to provide that the human consumption of the products of said animals is prohibited for the period of time which the Secretary may determine.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, added as § 17A on Aug. 30, 1961, No. 8, p. 345, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 948 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Administrative fines

Any person who shall violate any provision of §§ 930—949 of this title or its regulations and which violation is a purely technical one, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Health through regulation to that effect, may avail himself of an administrative fine which shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation. The amount of this fine shall be determined according to the magnitude and seriousness of the violation and no fines in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be imposed except in those cases in which the commission of the act prohibited or prescribed might seriously endanger the efficacy of the administration of §§ 930—949 of this title. Payment of the fine so imposed by the Secretary of Health shall preclude any other sanction for the violations committed.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, § 19, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 949 - Barbiturates and other dangerous drugs—Dispensing of drugs

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 930—949 of this title, the Secretary of Health is hereby empowered, through special regulations promulgated for the purpose, to authorize the dispensing of dangerous drugs, barbiturates or antibiotics, as defined in § 931 of this title, under the following circumstances:
(1) By a registered pharmacist or a pharmacy aide, in a medicine chest, dispensary or pharmacy operated by the federal or commonwealth government or any municipality.
(2) By a registered pharmacist or a pharmacy aide, in any private pharmacy, when the dispensing is limited to delivering to the buyer a package or container whose contents have been previously formulated and prepared by the manufacturer or by a registered pharmacist and is in conformity with the practitioner’s order or prescription.
(3) By a registered pharmacist and in private pharmacies, in circumstances of urgent need and obvious indication, in amounts not to exceed, taking into account the patient’s age, the average dosage for only one application, according to the American Pharmacopoeia, or according to the labeling in the original container if the preparation is not included in said Pharmacopoeia, and only once, the pharmacist not being permitted to repeat such dispensing to the same person before 48 hours have elapsed.
(b) For the adoption and judicial review of the regulations provided in subsection (a) of this section the same procedure established for the approval and judicial review of the regulations provided for in § 946 of this title shall govern. No regulation adopted hereunder shall be promulgated without the previous approval of the Governor and its transmittal to the Legislature.
History —July 13, 1960, No. 126, p. 350, §§ 20, 21; June 14, 1965, No. 18, p. 32, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 950 - Informative posters on anabolic steriods

(a) Display of informative poster. — Any person, firm, corporation or partnership that owns or administers public or private gymnasiums, courts, parks or sports practice or training centers, as well as any business or commercial establishment where vitamins, vitamin supplements, natural foods or diet or food supplements for athletes and/or persons who devote themselves to the practice of some sport or for the general public are sold or distributed, must display in some prominent place of the premises, business or commercial establishment, an 11′′ x 17′′ poster indicating, in Spanish and English, which products are anabolic steroids and the physical, psychological [effects] and side effects they produce when used for prolonged periods without medical supervision, as well as a copy of subsection (b) of this section. Said poster shall be prepared and distributed by the Drugs Control Office, according to the parameters provided by the Federal Department of Health.
(b) Sanctions and penalties. — Noncompliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and be sanctioned with a penalty of imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months or with a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both penalties at the discretion of the court.
History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 441, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 950a - Prohibitions

For purposes of §§ 950a—950d of this title, the following prohibitions are hereby established:
(a) No person shall place, or allow to be placed, any commercial advertisement, sign or announcement of products made with Ma huang, guaraná, kola nut, chromium picolinate and sacred bark, found in weight loss products, sexual stimulants or in muscle building products, at a distance of less than five hundred (500) feet from any public or private school. Said distance shall be measured from the closest external delimitation of the premises occupied by the school up to the location in which the commercial advertisement, sign or announcement is placed.
(b) No person shall use movie theaters, theaters or public parks for the commercial publicity or promotion of Ma huang, guaraná, kola nut, chromium picolinate and sacred bark, found in weight loss products, sexual stimulants or muscle building products. For purposes of §§ 950a—950d of this title, public parks shall be all coliseums, ballparks, gymnasiums, basketball courts and passive parks owned by the Commonwealth Government, municipal governments, their instrumentalities, corporations, agencies and dependencies.
(c) No person shall distribute free samples of Ma huang , guaraná , kola nut, chromium picolinate and sacred bark, found in weight loss products, sexual stimulants or muscle products:
(1) To minors less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(2) In places in which, due to activities held therein, minors of less than eighteen (18) years of age are present.
(3) At a distance of less than five hundred (500) feet from any public or private school, it being understood that said distance shall be measured from the closest external delimitation of the premises occupied by the school.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 446, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 950b - Warning on labels

All products that contain Ma huang, guaraná, kola nut, chromium picolinate and sacred bark, found in weight loss products, sexual stimulants or muscle building products, or for any other use, shall contain a written notice on the back of the package stating a warning on the possible noxious effects of their use on the health of persons.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 446, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 950c - Department of Consumer Affairs; powers

The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall adopt the necessary rules and regulations to enforce the provisions in §§ 950a—950d of this title. In the exercise of the powers granted pursuant to § 950a of this title, the Secretary shall issue orders to cease and desist and impose administrative fines up to a maximum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for violations of §§ 950a—950d of this title or its regulations. For purposes of imposing administrative fines, each day’s violation shall be considered as a separate violation.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 446, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 63 - Drugs Generally (§§ 911 — 950d) › § 950d - Penalties

When a person incurs in violations against the provisions in §§ 950a—950d of this title and/or any orders or resolutions issued thereunder, the Secretary shall file criminal action against the offender without limiting the capacity stated in § 950b of this title. Said infraction shall be considered a misdemeanor with the penalty of a fine which shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 446, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 65 - Narcotics (§§ 951 — 974s) › § 974r - Druggists, filling prescription

Druggists and pharmacy aides duly authorized by law may dispense narcotic drugs to any person on an order or prescription written by a physician, dentist, or veterinarian. In every prescription, such practitioners shall state the date on which issued, the name and address of the patient, the signature of the physician, dentist, or veterinarian, and the registry number of the license entitling him to prescribe narcotics. No order for narcotic drugs shall be filled after the lapse of two (2) days from the date on which issued. When the prescription is to be used on an animal it shall then express the name and address of the owner or person in charge of the animal and the kind of animal.
Upon filling the order the druggist or pharmacy aide shall sign same and shall write thereon the date on which filled. The person filling the order shall label the container holding the dispensed drug. Said label shall express:
(1) Date on which filled.
(2) Name of the drugstore where filled and license number.
(3) Name and address of the patient.
(4) Name of the practitioner.
History —June 18, 1959, No. 48, p. 119, § 21.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART III - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics (§§ 711 — 1031d) › Chapter 67 - Poisons (§§ 1001 — 1006) › § 1001 - Poisonous substances—Labels; sales precautions

No natural or [juridical] person, association, or firm shall sell, give, or dispose of poisonous substances unless the box, bottle, pasteboard box, cylinder, plate, package, or container in which it is dispatched has, attached thereto, a label with a skull and cross-bones printed below it, and on which shall appear the name of the substance and the word poison. If it is any device impregnated with toxic substances, such as paper for killing flies and insects in general, or in any other similar manner that may be dangerous, the preceding requirements for labeling shall be strictly applied. The label shall also have printed on it the emergency treatment and the name of one or two antidotes for the poison, the name of the seller, and the address of the pharmacy, drugstore, or commercial or industrial establishment where said poison was sold.
The seller shall assure himself that the purchaser has knowledge of the poisonous nature of the drug, and that it will be used for a legitimate and lawful purpose.
He shall refuse to sell to persons under sixteen years of age, or if the purchaser is apparently suffering from some mental disease, or if he is an alcoholic, or if, for any reason, he does not offer guaranties of morality and good judgment.
History —May 5, 1939, No. 115, p. 600, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 5, 1939.