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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10017 - Director of the Center

The Program shall have an Executive Director appointed by the Dean of the College of Health Related Professionals with the consent of the Chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus. The person thus appointed shall have academic studies in the area of education and knowledge of administration and supervision. The Executive Director shall carry out the duties of the office at the will of the Dean and until a successor is appointed. The salary of the Director shall be established by the Dean with the approval of the Chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus according to the budget established to defray the operating expenses of the Center.
The Director shall appoint and contract qualified personnel to carry out the functions imposed by this chapter and may determine the use of the facilities and the materials needed for the Program to accomplish its entrusted purpose.
History —Aug. 31, 2004, No. 235, § 8, eff. 60 days after Aug. 31, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10018 - Complementary funding sources

The Center may accept donations from any natural or juridical person and from any department, agency, instrumentality, public corporation or municipality of the Government of Puerto Rico or of the United States of America. The money thus obtained, as well as any other acquired for consulting services, training and other related services that the Center may offer, shall be used exclusively in compliance with the purposes of the Center and in proportion to the needs of each of its functions.
History —Aug. 31, 2004, No. 235, § 9, eff. 60 days after Aug. 31, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10019 - Compliance

The training, retraining and continuing education offerings of the Center shall harmonize with the provisions set forth in §§ 3451 et seq. of Title 20.
History —Aug. 31, 2004, No. 235, § 11, eff. 60 days after Aug. 31, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10020 - Advanced level academic and continuing education programs

The Center is hereby empowered to create and administer advanced level academic medical emergencies programs from bachelor’s degrees up to doctorates and continuing education programs. The establishment and expansion of such programs shall be staggered and done according to the degree in which the Center is able to avail itself of and extend its funding sources. The programs thus created shall be one of the alternatives that the government medical emergencies personnel shall have available for obtaining advanced academic degrees in this professional field and for obtaining continuing education courses. The Center shall establish the criteria for admission to such programs and the enrollment fees to be charged for said programs. Provided, That the Center shall pay for a large part of the required costs of offering such degrees, for the fees for enrolling and participating in these programs to be reasonable, affordable and fair for the public employees interested in enrolling in said courses.
History —Aug. 31, 2004, No. 235, § 12, eff. 60 days after Aug. 31, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 503 - Advanced Studies Center for Medical Emergency Personnel in the Public Sector (§§ 10011 — 10021) › § 10021 - Scope for the application of the offerings and programs

The offerings of the Center regarding training, retraining, continuing education and advanced level academic programs shall be designed and administered exclusively for government personnel. However, in the degree that the Center is able to broaden its operations and offerings, it is hereby authorized to provide such services to private entities as deemed pertinent without this implying that such entities shall have the obligation of enrolling their personnel in the courses offered by the Center, and it being understood that, if so done, the private entity shall accept the requirements, admissions criteria and economic demands of the Center in order to be able to participate in its programs and offerings.
History —Aug. 31, 2004, No. 235, § 13, eff. 60 days after Aug. 31, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10031 - Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this chapter the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning expressed below:
(a) Department. — The Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Regional Academic Medical Center. — A group of one (1) or more hospitals, health facilities, medical groups and health professionals education and training programs related to an accredited School of Medicine whose mission is to educate, conduct research and provide health services.
(c) Entity. — Any organization with its own juridical personality organized or authorized to engage in business, pursuant to the laws of Puerto Rico.
(d) Board of Directors. — The Board of Directors of each of the Regional Academic Medical Centers of Puerto Rico.
(e) Act. — The Regional Academic Medical Centers of Puerto Rico Act, this chapter.
(f) Secretary. — Secretary of the Department of Health.
—July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 3.
History
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10032 - Creation

The Regional Academic Medical Centers of Puerto Rico are hereby created to operate as independent nonprofit entities separate from any other agency or instrumentality of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and to function in coordination with the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in relation to its health services. They shall have perpetual existence and shall be independent and separate from any other consortium, administration or body created or to be created in the future in the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Regional Academic Medical Centers shall have juridical personality, separate from any official of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its agencies, instrumentalities, public corporations and subdivisions; each shall be governed by a Board of Directors. The Department of Health and the Health Insurance Administration (ASES) are hereby empowered to enter agreements with the Academic Medical Centers for rendering health services to the medically indigent population.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 4; Aug. 6, 2008, No. 177, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10033 - Purpose

The purpose of the Regional Academic Medical Centers is to develop and strengthen a comprehensive public health system at the primary, the secondary and the tertiary levels. The Regional Academic Medical Centers shall provide an optimum environment which shall bring together the purposes, priorities, objectives and reforming mission of the government as well as of the schools of medicine for offering and providing cost-effective, accessible and quality health services to all persons equally, without taking into consideration their race, gender or religious or political beliefs. They shall, at the same time, develop and strengthen educational programs for health professionals, stimulate the development of clinical, epidemiological and socio-medical research and offer health and other services and under no circumstances shall operate for profit.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10034 - Functions and powers

(a) The Regional Academic Medical Centers shall be the entities in each region established by law in charge of implementing the provisions of this chapter. To those ends they shall have the following powers and functions that shall rest with their Board of Directors:
(1) Establish the directives for dealing with relevant matters and situations so that the Regional Academic Medical Centers may operate as a comprehensive public health system.
(2) Define and periodically evaluate the public policy as well as the purposes and objectives of the Regional Academic Medical Centers as a comprehensive public health system.
(3) Negotiate and execute contracts with health institutions that meet the minimum requirements for belonging to a Regional Academic Medical Center through affiliation agreements. These include hospitals and other medical facilities, for example, outpatient clinics, private medical offices, treatment centers and others.
(4) Adopt, modify and use an official seal.
(5) Ensure that the Regional Academic Medical Center establishes an administrative and financial structure that will allow the latter to manage its funds and collections, administer cash and make disbursements.
(b) The Regional Academic Medical Centers shall have the following powers and functions:
(1) Sue and be sued.
(2) Solicit, accept and receive federal, Commonwealth and municipal donations and those of any other kind.
(3) Establish the standards for appointing, contracting and compensating their personnel.
(4) Negotiate and execute all types of contracts, documents and other public instruments with juridical persons and entities.
(5) Acquire, for their corporate ends, goods by purchase, donation, concession or legacy; possess and exercise all property rights over these and provide agreements with the terms and conditions their Board of Directors may determine.
(6) Carry out all acts necessary and convenient to achieve the purposes of this chapter, except that the Regional Academic Medical Centers shall have no power to pledge the credit of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or of any of its political subdivisions.
(7) Approve, amend and repeal regulations to govern the affairs and activities of the Regional Academic Medical Centers and to prescribe the rules and norms needed to comply with its functions and duties, pursuant to what is established in §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”, regarding those functions that are directly relevant to the relationship of the Regional Academic Medical Centers and the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(8) Order all those studies needed to comply with the mandate of this chapter.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10035 - Immunity

The limits imposed in §§ 3077 et seq. of Title 32, shall be extended to the Regional Academic Medical Centers, the students, physicians in postgraduate training and the faculty members thereof, for the medical procedures practiced in said Centers in the exercise of their teaching duties. Said limitation establishes a maximum of $75,000 for damages suffered by a person and up to $150,000 when the damages were suffered by more than one person or when there are several causes for action to which a single injured party is entitled. The stipulations in the fifth paragraph of § 4105 of Title 26 shall also be extended to the consortium.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 7; June 27, 2011, No. 103, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10036 - Board of Directors—Composition

Every Medical Center shall determine the composition of its Board of Directors, which shall include the participation of a member in representation of the faculty doctors and another in representation of the students in training, as well as a representative of the Department of Health. The members shall have knowledge of ACGME and LCME accreditation procedures. This Board shall adopt regulations to be registered with the Department of State.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10037 - Central Board

The Academic Medical Centers shall be attached to a Central Board of Regional Medical Centers to be constituted by the Secretary of Health or his/her representative, the President of the Council on Higher Education or his/her representative, a representative of the Hospitals Association, a representative of the Board of Medical Examiners, a representative of the Puerto Rico College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Deans of the Schools of Medicine. The Board is hereby authorized to approve regulations to govern the functions herein delegated and once the same have been approved, all academic medical centers shall be bound to comply with the provisions thereof.
Said Board shall be responsible for revising and approving the work plans that every academic medical center shall be bound to prepare annually. Said plan shall include the work to be done, the personnel available to carry out such work, the source of the funds to defray the activities and a report indicating whether the academic medical center has been sued for alleged medical malpractice during the preceding year.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10038 - Exemptions

The Regional Academic Medical Centers, as non-profit corporations, shall be exempted from all types of taxes, duties, excise taxes or fees, including those for licenses levied [sic] or those that were levied by the government or any political subdivision thereof, including all their operations, their real or personal property, their capital, revenues and surplus. Said exemptions shall be nontransferable.
The Regional Academic Medical Centers are hereby exempted from the payment of any type of duties or taxes required by law for executing judicial proceedings, issuing certifications at the offices of government dependencies and political subdivisions, as well as for executing public documents and their registration in any Public Registry.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10039 - Donations

The Regional Medical Centers are hereby empowered to receive donations and to enter into cooperative agreements with public and private entities to finance the activities related to the purposes of this chapter.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10040 - Purchase of equipment

The Regional Medical Centers are hereby empowered to unite so as to purchase the equipment and materials needed to carry out the activities related to the purposes of this chapter.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10041 - Service contracts

The Regional Medical Centers are hereby empowered to execute health services contracts subject to the authorization of the Insurance Commissioner.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10042 - Office of the Comptroller

The Comptroller shall have full powers to audit the operations of the Regional Academic Medical Center in order to verify the legality of its transactions. The Comptroller may also require documents or the testimony from private persons or entities when indispensable, conduct an audit or intervention at the Regional Academic Medical Center or at enterprises that operate under contract with Regional Academic Medical Centers, regarding those matters related to the contract.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 504 - Regional Academic Medical Centers (§§ 10031 — 10043) › § 10043 - Powers of the Board of Medical Examiners

None of the provisions of this chapter shall impair the functions of investigating and accrediting the health facilities used as teaching centers and that by provision of other laws correspond to the Board of Medical Examiners.
History —July 27, 2006, No. 136, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10052 - Creation; members

The Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification is hereby created in Puerto Rico, to exist perpetually, attached to the Department of Health. The Commission shall be in charge, among others, of issuing, suspending or revoking certifications to exercise the profession of psychoactive substance use prevention specialist or assistant.
The members of this Commission, to be appointed by the Governor, shall work on a volunteer basis, ad honorem, and shall not receive any compensation for discharging their duties, but rather, their motivation shall be a legitimate interest in the improvement of the quality of life in Puerto Rico and in being able to contribute by exercising their functions pro bono.
Appointments shall be made every three years. No person may be appointed for more than two consecutive terms, except when he or she has been elected President and/or Secretary. Any vacancy arising before the term has lapsed shall be covered for the time remaining in said term.
The Governor may remove any member of the Commission for any crime that implies moral turpitude in the discharge of his/her office or for failure to fulfill the obligations entailed by said office.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 3, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10054 - Authorities

The Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification, which groups together psychoactive substance use prevention specialists in Puerto Rico, shall have the authority to:
(a) Evaluate the academic and personal credentials of applicants for certification as psychoactive substance use prevention specialists in Puerto Rico.
(b) Issue and renew certifications for or re-certify persons interested in practicing the profession of psychoactive substance use prevention specialist in Puerto Rico.
(c) Revoke the certification of persons who do not meet the requirements established under § 10063 of this title.
(d) Own and use a seal that it may alter at will.
(e) Acquire rights and property, both personal and real, through donation, bequest, contributions by its own members, purchase, or otherwise, and own, mortgage, lease and dispose of the same in any way.
(f) Elect the community or public interest commissioner.
(g) Elect its president and its secretary.
(h) Adopt bylaws, which shall be compulsory for all its members, and amend them in the manner and under the requirements established therein.
(i) Exercise incidental authorities as necessary or convenient to serve the purposes of its creation and which are not in disagreement with this chapter.
(j) Establish a mechanism that assures the quality of the psychoactive substance use prevention services offered.
(k) Guarantee the ethical conduct of psychoactive substance use prevention service providers through the designation of an Ethics Committee, through which the public will be able to present complaints regarding any inappropriate conduct or practice from these specialists in the exercise of their functions.
(l) Advise the Secretary of Health or the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico when prevention practices do not respond to the public policy or to the needs of the population being served.
(m) Receive and investigate complaints against prevention specialists and assistants, as well as summon witnesses, require documents, and take oaths, the preceding being in conformance to the provisions of §§ 2101 of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 5, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10055 - Duties

(a) To adopt and implement a Code of Ethics for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialists.
(b) To manage, through its Ethics Committee, the complaints brought by the public being served.
(c) To certify applicants who meet the established requirements.
(d) To revoke the certification of specialists who breach the Code of Ethics and/or incur inappropriate behavior as set forth in the law.
(e) To adopt the Bylaws of the Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification.
(f) To assume the responsibility of enforcing the Act for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification.
(g) To see that the Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Register be kept within the parameters established through regulations adopted to that effect.
(h) To provide the list of the newly certified psychoactive substance use prevention specialists within a term not greater than sixty (60) work days from the date of issue of the certification.
(i) To guide and educate the general population on the quality of the services offered by psychoactive substance use prevention programs and to promote the same.
(j) Perform any other task in addition to those consigned when pertinent to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(k) The Commission shall help identify the human and financial resources necessary in order for the employees of duly accredited nonprofit organizations that render these services at present to be able to obtain the education and basic knowledge as listed in §§ 10060 and 10061 of this title so that they may obtain the certifications and competencies required.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 6, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10056 - Per diems

Members of the Commission shall be entitled to receive a per diem equal to the minimum per diem established for members of the Legislature of Puerto Rico per day or fraction thereof for each meeting they attend or for each day they render services to the Commission, plus they shall be entitled to compensation for mileage as established in the regulations of the Department of the Treasury.
A member who receives a merit pension or a pension for years of service or an annuity from the Retirement Systems Administration of the Employees of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or from any of its agencies, instrumentalities, public corporations, or political subdivisions, may receive per diems without his/her right to retirement pension or annuity being affected.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 7, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10057 - Requirements

In order to be considered, members of the Commission-hereinafter the commissioners-are required to have five (5) years experience in the field of psychoactive substance use prevention in Puerto Rico within a period not greater than seven (7) years prior to their appointment, to be committed to the public policy on prevention, to present their professional credentials or curriculum vitae, and to have as minimum educational level a bachelor’s degree, preferably in the field of Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Education, or related areas. This requirement to have a bachelor’s degree does not apply to the commissioner representing the public interest.
Commissioners are required to have knowledge, experience, and a command of at least three (3) of the following areas:
(1) Program coordination.
(2) Education and/or competency in general and/or psychoactive substance abuse prevention.
(3) Community service.
(4) Public policy.
(5) Evaluation and planning.
(6) Professional development.
(7) Professional ethics.
Commissioners are required to have a valid license and/or association membership as established by their professional field.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 8, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10058 - Register

The Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification shall provide the Department of Health with a list of the newly certified prevention assistants and prevention specialists not later than sixty (60) days from the date the certification was issued.
The Department of Health shall keep an updated register of all psychoactive substance use prevention assistants and specialists who are duly certified to practice their profession in Puerto Rico. Said register shall bear the name of the psychoactive substance use prevention specialists to whom certification has been issued, the date of issue, certification number, and term of effectiveness, as well as a side note on any suspensions, revocations, cancellations or re-certifications.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 9, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10059 - Prevention specialists; levels

The persons who meet the requirements provided for in this chapter may apply for certification in the level of their choosing as provided for in regulations.
The levels of certification established by this chapter are:
(a) Prevention assistants.
(b) Prevention specialists.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 10, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10060 - Requirements for certification

(a) Psychoactive substance use prevention assistant certification. — All persons who meet the following requirements may apply for certification as psychoactive substance use prevention assistant:
(1) Two (2) letters of recommendation from qualified persons, such as a supervisor of paid or volunteer work, a college or university professor who is knowledgeable in the field, or a community leader in prevention.
(2) Completed high school education level, for which evidence of education shall be presented.
(3) Birth certificate.
(4) A basic knowledge of the areas listed in § 10061 of this title.
(5) Knowledge in the field of tobacco, alcohol and other drug use prevention and/or psychoactive drug addiction prevention.
(6) Criminal History Certificate issued by the Puerto Rico Police.
(7) A certificate attesting that applicants have a minimum of one (1) year supervised experience in the area of psychoactive substance addiction prevention by a health professional in the area of mental health or by a professional in related areas.
(8) Be working under the direct supervision of a prevention specialist.
(b) Psychoactive substance use prevention [specialist] certification. —
(1) A minimum of two (2) years supervised experience in which applicants have provided satisfactory psychoactive substance use prevention services in Puerto Rico.
(2) Two (2) letters of recommendation from qualified persons, such as a supervisor of paid or volunteer work, a college or university professor who is knowledgeable in the field, or a community leader in prevention.
(3) Completed bachelor’s degree education minimum which includes basic courses in the areas listed in § 10061 of this title, for which evidence of education shall be presented.
(4) Birth certificate.
(5) Knowledge in the field of tobacco, alcohol and other drug use prevention and/or psychoactive drug addiction prevention.
(6) Criminal History Certificate issued by the Puerto Rico Police.
Persons working as volunteers for prevention-related private entities or government agencies under the supervision of a certified specialist are hereby exempted from meeting these requirements. The agency or entity must certify that said volunteers are capable of providing prevention services.
The education, experience and specific courses to be required for candidates to prevention assistant and prevention specialist certification, as well as the evaluation mechanism to be used to grant certification, shall be determined through regulations adopted by the Commission to that effect.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 11, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10063 - Continuing education

Psychoactive substance use prevention assistants and specialists applying for re-certification must complete a minimum of thirty (30) continuing education credit-hours within a period of three (3) years.
Of these thirty (30) hours, six (6) hours shall be in the area of psychoactive substance use prevention, three (3) hours in prevention legal aspects and ethics, three (3) hours in Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), three (3) hours in evaluation and measurement, six (6) hours in antisocial behavior, and six (6) hours in any of the following: primary intervention with the family, prevention models, educational communication, and/or signs and symptoms of psychoactive substance use, and three (3) hours in related subjects. These courses shall correspond to the training needs as per the certification level established in the regulations.
Continuing education evidence must be submitted in original and issued by a professional group or institution duly certified under the law as an authorized Continuing Education provider by the Department of Health of Puerto Rico, through its Health Professional Certification and Regulation Office.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 14, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10064 - Grandfather clause

During the first twenty-four (24) months after the Commission for Certification has been appointed, the same may issue psychoactive substance use prevention specialist or assistant certifications to all applicants who meet the requirements listed in § 10060 of this title, and also present evidence of having performed functions compatible to those of a psychoactive substance use prevention specialist or assistant for the last two (2) years prior to the constitution of the Evaluating Commission.
Professionals certified by virtue of this clause are authorized to continue practicing their profession until the next date for certification renewal. As part of the grandfather clause, the certification to be issued shall depend on the corresponding classification.
In addition to the requirements listed in § 10060 of this title, the evidence to be presented shall be:
(a) A certification as to having five hundred (500) hours working (for pay or as a volunteer) experience in tasks related to psychoactive substance use prevention.
(b) Employment certification, on which their functions related to psychoactive substance use prevention shall be described.
(c) A certification as to having taken six (6) hours in special population training.
(d) A certification as to having taken six (6) hours in ethical aspects and confidentiality training.
In case an applicant fails to meet a requirement in order for the grandfather clause to be applicable, the Commission may grant the applicant a reasonable term, not to exceed one (1) year, so that he or she may meet the same, except time requirements.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 15, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10066 - Reciprocity

The Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification may establish reciprocity agreements with state, territorial, or freely associated jurisdictions of the United States of America which regulate psychoactive substance use prevention services by a reciprocity agreement with its homologous entity in said jurisdiction.
The agreement shall specify that the Commission shall issue the pertinent certification to applicants that meet the same or a greater number of requirements to obtain the same. The Commission shall not issue a certification on a reciprocity basis to an applicant under investigation in another geographical jurisdiction, being accused of an act that could constitute a violation of this chapter, until the investigation is concluded and the Commission determines to do so.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 17, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 505 - Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification Act (§§ 10051 — 10067) › § 10067 - Penalties

(a) Any person practicing the profession of psychoactive substance use prevention specialist or assistant in Puerto Rico, or who advertises as such without having a certification duly issued by the Evaluating Commission for Psychoactive Substance Use Prevention Specialist Certification, or who during the suspension of his/her certification practices as a person authorized to practice, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be imposed a fine not greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
(b) Any person who deliberately provides false information in order to obtain a psychoactive substance use prevention specialist certification under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and his/her conviction shall entail a fine not greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 369, § 19, eff. 90 days after Sept. 16, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10071 - Establishment

The Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program is hereby established.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No. 138, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10072 - Purpose

The program created under this chapter seeks that health professionals provide voluntary services in the public schools of Puerto Rico, without direct monetary compensation and for the purpose of complementing the structure and regular resources existing in the public schools of the Island.
These health professionals shall provide teaching support services to teachers in public schools in subject areas such as health, sciences and others related to physical activity such as physical education, and shall also offer clinics and orientations on their field, of specialty as well as special courses that are complementary to the subjects taught regularly in public schools. Health professionals may likewise provide direct support services to injured students or to those diagnosed with any condition that requires some kind of attention by the health professionals covered under the provisions of this chapter.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No. 138, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10073 - Certification and eligibility

Those health professionals who participate in the program created in this chapter and agree to provide voluntary services under the terms set forth herein in an elementary or secondary public school for at least eighty (80) hours of voluntary service, which shall be certified and documented by the School Director and, subsequently, by the Secretary of the Department of Health, shall be eligible to avail themselves of the benefits and incentives established by virtue of this chapter.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No. 138, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10074 - Benefits

Those health professionals eligible under § 10073 of this title may be entitled to receive the following benefits:
(a) Full exemption in the payment of fees, charges or costs for the renewal of their licenses and continuing education courses offered by the University of Puerto Rico.
(b) Validation of the hours served in favor of public schools, equivalent to twenty-five percent (25%) credit hours required to said professionals as continuing education requirements.
(c) Any other benefit, incentive, or right granted by the Secretary of the Department of Education in coordination with the Department of Health and the University of Puerto Rico, which provides a sufficient incentive for the health professional to participate in the voluntary service program created by this chapter.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No. 138, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10075 - Compliance

Every health professional who participates in the program created herein shall comply with procedures, forms and certifications required under said Program.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No. 138, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 506 - Public Schools Health Professional Voluntary Service Incentive Program (§§ 10071 — 10076) › § 10076 - Interagency Committee

The Secretary of the Department of Education, the Secretary of the Department of Health, and the President of the University of Puerto Rico shall create a continuous Interagency Committee in order to adopt the participation procedures and norms of the Program in accordance to the parameters of this chapter. The Secretary of Education shall be the officer who shall direct the works of the Interagency Committee.
The Interagency Committee to be created shall be responsible for defining and including the health professional categories that shall be covered under the provisions of this chapter based upon criteria such as relevance, usefulness and importance of each health professional category or discipline with respect to the public education system, its students and its programs and structures.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No. 138, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12001 - Creation

The Services Coordination Center for Persons Affected by Alzheimer’s Disease is hereby established in the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which shall be referred to in this chapter as the “Center.”
History —Jan. 8, 1998, No. 13, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12002 - Coordination of assistance

The Center shall be the central body responsible for the coordination of an assistance plan for persons affected by Alzheimer’s disease which ensures an integral and systematic view of the services rendered to the patient, as well as the orientation offered to his/her relatives.
In order to make enable [sic] the purposes of this chapter and for the best use of the resources invested, the Center shall meet the following objectives:
(a) Identify, study and evaluate all the problems and needs related to Alzheimer’s disease in coordination with the Office of the Advocate for the Elderly, taking into account its magnitude and its impact on the family and the community.
(b) Prepare the guidelines, criteria and procedures of a Services Coordination Plan for Persons Affected by Alzheimer’s Disease, upon consultation and advice with other state and federal agencies or private entities.
(c) Keep a public file of all public as well as private institutions, organizations and facilities, devoted to providing services to persons suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
(d) Establish and implement adequate mechanisms to ensure the quality of the services rendered by these organizations to the patient and the prompt evaluation and correction of any faults or deficiencies that arise in the rendering of the services.
(e) Establish, maintain and follow up a continuing education program for the community on Alzheimer’s disease, directed to [aimed at] creating an awareness of the importance of controlling this disease.
(f) Evaluate the effects of the education program annually.
(g) Seek outside professional and technical advice in order to fulfill its functions and duties.
History —Jan. 8, 1998, No. 13, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12003 - Executive Director, salary

The Center shall have an Executive Director appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Health, who shall hold office at the will of the Secretary and until his/her successor is designated. The salary of the Director shall be fixed by the Secretary with the approval of the Governor of Puerto Rico.
History —Jan. 8, 1998, No. 13, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12004 - Reports

The Director of the Center shall submit complete and detailed reports on its operations and financial status for each fiscal year to the Secretary of the Department of Health and the Legislature, within forty-five (45) days following the close of the corresponding fiscal year.
History —Jan. 8, 1998, No. 13, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12005 - Use of donations

The Secretary may accept donations to be used in the prevention, treatment, education, studies and research, or purposes related to cases of Alzheimer’s disease. The monies thus obtained shall be deposited in the Health Fund created by Act No. 26 of November 13, 1975, and shall be used exclusively as provided in this chapter.
History —Jan. 8, 1998, No. 13, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12006 - Operation of Center

The Secretary shall provide, through regulations, the norms that shall govern the Center as well as all that is needed for its operation and functioning in order to promote and contribute to the attention and adequate and effective treatment of persons affected by Alzheimer’s disease.
History —Jan. 8, 1998, No. 13, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 601 - Service Center for Individuals Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12001 — 12007) › § 12007 - Use of resources

The Department of Health shall use part of the resources of the Municipal Geriatric Advisory Contribution to defray the costs of implementing this chapter and shall thus state it in its Operating Budget.
History —Jan. 8, 1998, No. 13, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FOUR - Health and Sanitation (§§ 1 — 15010) › PART X - Health Professionals (§§ 10001 — 12020) › Chapter 602 - Register for Cases of Alzheimer’s Disease (§§ 12011 — 12020) › § 12011 - Creation of Register

A register of cases of Alzheimer’s disease is hereby established at the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to be referred to in this chapter as the “Register.”
History —Aug. 15, 1999, No. 237, § 1.