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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 4 - Licensing of Persons Engaged in Placing Children in Homes (§§ 81 — 81i) › § 81a - Definitions

Definitions for the purposes of this chapter:
(a) Private institution taking care of children.— Means any agency, asylum, orphanage, institute, lodging, center, house, mission or refuge devoted during twenty-four (24) hours of the day, for profit or nonprofit, to the care of more than six (6) children.
(b) Foster home.— Is the home of a family devoted to the care of not more than six (6) children coming from other homes or families during the twenty-four (24) hours of the day, for profit or nonprofit.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 94, p. 406, § 2, eff. 60 days after June 5, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 4 - Licensing of Persons Engaged in Placing Children in Homes (§§ 81 — 81i) › § 81b - Regulations

The Secretary of the Family shall promulgate the necessary regulations to enforce this chapter and shall establish the requirements to be met by the applicant or holder of a license of the kind referred to in this chapter.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 94, p. 406, § 3, eff. 60 days after June 5, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 4 - Licensing of Persons Engaged in Placing Children in Homes (§§ 81 — 81i) › § 81c - Denial, revocation or suspension of license

The Secretary of the Family may deny, revoke or suspend any license of the kind referred to in this chapter, if the applicant or holder of the same does not meet the requirements established by this chapter and the regulations promulgated under the same.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 94, p. 406, § 4, eff. 60 days after June 5, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 4 - Licensing of Persons Engaged in Placing Children in Homes (§§ 81 — 81i) › § 81d - Denial, revocation or suspension of license—Appeal

Persons to whom a license is revoked, suspended or denied may appeal within the term of fifteen (15) days after having been notified of the proper action, before the Board of Appeals created by §§ 68–78b of this title, which shall have jurisdiction on these appeals. Its decisions shall be appealable to the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico within fifteen (15) days after notice is served to the appellant.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 94, p. 406, § 5, eff. 60 days after June 5, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 4 - Licensing of Persons Engaged in Placing Children in Homes (§§ 81 — 81i) › § 81e - Licenses nontransferable; office established for social workers

Licenses granted by the Secretary of the Family shall be nontransferable. To obtain a license, it shall be required to establish an office in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, directed by a social worker licensed by the Board of Social Workers of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and to keep physical facilities and adequate and sufficient personnel for the care, nourishment, hygiene, and general welfare of children.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 94, p. 406, § 6, eff. 60 days after June 5, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 4 - Licensing of Persons Engaged in Placing Children in Homes (§§ 81 — 81i) › § 81f - Penalties

Any natural or juridical person who violates the provisions of § 81 of this title or the regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Department of the Family for its implementation of a misdemeanor [sic].
History —June 5, 1973, No. 94, p. 406, § 7; Aug. 21, 2004, No. 221, § 1; Sept. 21, 2004, No. 396, § 1, eff. May 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 4 - Licensing of Persons Engaged in Placing Children in Homes (§§ 81 — 81i) › § 81g - Injunction

The Secretary of the Family may file, through the Secretary of Justice, an appeal of injunction before the Court of First Instance to prevent any person from placing or continuing to place children in homes or institutions without a proper license.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 94, p. 406, § 8, eff. 60 days after June 5, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 4 - Licensing of Persons Engaged in Placing Children in Homes (§§ 81 — 81i) › § 81h - Term of license

Licenses referred to in this chapter shall be issued for a term of two (2) years, at the end of which they may be renewed if the holder thereof continues to comply with the rules and regulations governing this matter.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 94, p. 406, § 9, eff. 60 days after June 5, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 4 - Licensing of Persons Engaged in Placing Children in Homes (§§ 81 — 81i) › § 81i - Filing of petition for adoption

Any natural or [juridical] person, other than the biological parents, who on the date this act takes effect would have placed a child in a home to be adopted in Puerto Rico without still having filed the petition for adoption before the Court of First Instance, shall notify this fact to the Secretary of the Family. Noncompliance with the provisions of this section may cause disqualification to obtain a license as referred to by this chapter for a term of two (2) years.
History —June 5, 1973, No. 94, p. 406, § 10, eff. 60 days after June 5, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5 - Centers of Safety for Boy and Girls (§§ 85 — 85a) › § 85 - Powers and duties

The Family and Children’s Administration is hereby empowered to create and develop pilot safe centers for boys and girls in existing local facilities in order for boys and girls who are abused, or those whose parents are in the process of being divorced, or are already divorced and cannot agree as to where to pick them up or return them, can have an adequate place to pick them up and return them, and even visit them in said facilities when they have restricted visiting orders.
The Family and Children’s Administration shall promulgate requests for proposals by existing local nonprofit and non-governmental organizations, with the purpose of using existing local facilities as pilot safe centers for boys and girls.
At least one of these pilot projects shall be established in the Metropolitan Area, and at least one of the projects shall be established outside of the area, which is needed to establish the largest possible number of safe centers, and place them in such a manner to achieve the largest possible geographic distribution throughout Puerto Rico.
The Director of the Family and Children’s Administration shall regulate, supervise, inspect and evaluate the operation of the safe centers for boys and girls, and present an annual report with recommendations to the Legislature, on or before the first day of the month of June of each fiscal year.
History —Dec. 24, 1998, No. 311, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5 - Centers of Safety for Boy and Girls (§§ 85 — 85a) › § 85a - Registers

It shall be an indispensable requirement for each center to take the necessary measures to provide a safe environment where children and their parents can visit safely.
These centers may provide guidance, classes and seminars related to the care and development of boys and girls and promote support groups for participating custodial parents, as well as develop regular classes designed to help and guide boys and girls who have been victims of domestic violence and abuse. Every center must comply with the applicable laws and regulations in force, for their operation.
History —Dec. 24, 1998, No. 311, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 91 - Transfer of industrial schools and San Juan Juvenile Home to Department of Health

It is hereby transferred from the Department of Justice to the Department of Health, for their direction and administration; the Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys, created by §§ 95–100 of this title, the Juvenile Home of San Juan, created by §§ 111–115 of this title, and the Ana Roque Duprey Industrial School for Girls, created by §§ 103–104 of this title; Provided, That said three (3) Institutions shall be annexed to the Public Welfare Division, Bureau of Institutions of the Department of Health, created by §§ 1–26 of this title.
History —May 2, 1945, No. 43, p. 172, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 2, 1945.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 92 - Transfer of industrial schools and San Juan Juvenile Home to Department of Health—Inspection by Secretary of Health

The Secretary of Health is hereby empowered to inspect the institutions whose direction and administration were transferred by the preceding § 91 to the Division of Public Welfare.
History —May 2, 1945, No. 43, p. 172, § 4; May 9, 1967, No. 23, p. 207.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 93 - Transfer of Ponce Juvenile Home to Department of Health

The juvenile home in Ponce created under §§ 116–120 of this title is hereby transferred to the Bureau of Institutions of the Division of Public Welfare of the Department of Health.
History —May 12, 1950, No. 400, p. 950, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 12, 1950.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 94 - Transfer of Ponce Juvenile Home to Department of Health—Inspection by Secretary of Health

The Secretary of Health is hereby empowered to inspect the Juvenile Home in Ponce.
History —May 12, 1950, No. 400, p. 950, § 4; May 9, 1967, No. 21, p. 206.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 95 - Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys

An institution is hereby created and established in Puerto Rico to be known as the Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys, which shall serve for the detention, reform, education, discipline and practical instruction, both agricultural and industrial, of juvenile delinquents, and which shall be annexed to the Public Welfare Division, Bureau of Institutions, of the Department of Health.
History —Mar. 9, 1905, p. 159, § 1; Apr. 29, 1930, No. 61, § 2, eff. 90 days after Apr. 29, 1930.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 96 - Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys—Objective

The object of this institution is to provide for youths of both sexes, inmates therein, in the form hereinafter stated, instruction in the principles of morality and in those branches ordinarily taught in the public schools; also in the mechanical and industrial arts, agricultural pursuits and in such practical occupations as may be best adapted to their age, strength, capacity and sex, and which may offer the greatest promise of providing them with a means of earning a living after they leave the institution.
History —Mar. 9, 1905, p. 159, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 97 - Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys—Employees

The Secretary of Health shall appoint a superintendent who, before taking possession of his/her office, shall give a bond in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to guarantee the faithful performance of his/her duty, in the form proposed by the Secretary of Justice, and subject to the approval of the Governor. The Secretary of Health shall appoint teachers and other employees, and the same may be removed from their positions by the above mentioned Secretary of Health; Provided, That said teachers must hold certificates from the Department of Education.
History —Mar. 9, 1905, p. 159, § 7; Mar. 12, 1908, p. 185, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 98 - Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys—Duties of Superintendent

The Superintendent shall have the management and direction of the institution, subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary of Health and approved by the Governor. The Superintendent shall keep a register in which he shall enter a statistical description pertaining to each youth upon his/her entrance, and at the end of every month he shall make a report to the Secretary of Health concerning the general state of the institution, the number of inmates, the number of those admitted and dismissed, and whatever else he may deem opportune and he shall add such indications and recommendations as may be proper for the best interests of the institution. He shall be in charge of all property belonging to the institution and shall keep an account of all expenses, a certified copy of which he shall send to the Secretary of Health, together with his/her monthly report.
History —Mar. 9, 1905, p. 159, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 99 - Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys—Period of detention

Every person detained in the Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys by judicial order shall remain therein until reaching the age of nineteen (19) years, unless he is previously granted conditional or definite liberty, and it shall be so stated in the sentence; Provided, That any person detained in said school may remain therein until reaching the age of twenty-one (21), if, in the opinion of the director of the school said person would benefit thereby.
History —Mar. 9, 1905, p. 159, § 14; Apr. 29, 1930, No. 61, § 2, eff. 90 days after Apr. 29, 1930.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 100 - Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys—Deserters

The person who may aid or induce or try to aid or induce to desert, any person legally confined in the Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys, or who may knowingly shelter or conceal, or aid in sheltering or concealing, any such detained person who may have deserted the school, shall be punished, if condemned to punishment by a competent court, by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment in the Commonwealth penitentiary for a period of time not to exceed two (2) years. It shall be the obligation of every police agent, agent of the judicial authority, or any other agent authorized to make detentions, and of every functionary and employee of the school, to detain every person who may have deserted the school and to deliver him/her to the superintendent thereof, and the said superintendent shall use all the means in his/her power to capture those who desert, and to this end is authorized to offer and pay a reward, not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) in each case, to the person who may capture a deserter.
History —Mar. 9, 1905, p. 159, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 101 - Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys—Admissions

There shall be admitted to the Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys only such boys, under sixteen (16) years of age, as are committed to it by order of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico; Provided, That boys may be admitted, with the consent of the Governor of Puerto Rico, on order of the Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico, when they are under sixteen (16) years of age, and would have been entitled to admission had their cases been within the jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico; and, Provided, further, That admission may be refused to the said Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys of Puerto Rico by the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico in case there are not sufficient accommodations or appropriations.
History —Apr. 11, 1917, No. 6, p. 102, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 102 - Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys—Rules

All laws and rules and regulations relative to the Commonwealth Industrial School for Boys now in force are hereby continued in full force and effect except so far as the same are inconsistent with §§ 101 and 102 of this title or with the provisions of former §§ 2001–2015 of Title 34; Provided, That the Secretary of Health may, with the approval of the Governor of Puerto Rico, from time to time repeal or amend the existing rules and regulations for the government of the institution or establish new rules and regulations therefor.
History —Apr. 11, 1917, No. 6, p. 102, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 103 - Ana Roqué Duprey Industrial School for Girls

It is hereby provided that the Reform School for Delinquent Girls in Ponce shall be hereafter, called and known as the Ana Roqué Duprey Industrial School for Girls. Said school shall be under the Department of Health and shall be governed by a directress and the personnel provided by law.
History —May 6, 1942, No. 110, p. 678, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 104 - Ana Roqué Duprey Industrial School for Girls—Directress and other personnel

The directress of the Ana Roqué Duprey Industrial School for Girls shall be appointed by the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, be not less than twenty-five (25) years of age, and have a permanent license of social worker. Additional personnel shall be appointed by the Secretary of Health in accordance with the Personnel Act.
History —May 6, 1942, No. 110, p. 678, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 105 - Ana Roqué Duprey Industrial School for Girls — Proceeds from sale of articles

The proceeds from the sale by the Ana Roqué Duprey Industrial School for Girls of articles made by the inmates of the institution shall be covered into the General Fund of the Commonwealth Treasury.
History —May 10, 1947, No. 284, p. 476, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 106 - Industrial School for Women

There is hereby created the “Industrial School for Women”, which shall be under the direction of the Department of Justice.
History —Apr. 23, 1946, No. 422, p. 1180, § 2, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 107 - Industrial School for Women—Purposes

The “Industrial School for Women” shall function under a system tending toward the social, physical, and moral rehabilitation of the inmates, as warranted in each case, by affording them academic and industrial education, so that upon their reinstatement in society after the expiration of their sentences, they be self-supporting and useful to their families and to the community.
History —Apr. 23, 1946, No. 422, p. 1180, § 3, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 108 - Industrial School for Women—Commitment

Upon passing sentence on any woman convicted in common criminal cases to serve terms of thirty (30) days or more in misdemeanor cases and any prison term in felony cases, the sentences shall direct that they be committed in the Industrial School for Women for the service thereof.
History —Apr. 23, 1946, No. 422, p. 1180, § 4, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 109 - Industrial School for Women—Directress

The directress of said school shall be appointed by the Secretary of Justice and shall be not less than twenty-five (25) years of age and of good moral conduct.
History —Apr. 23, 1946, No. 422, p. 1180, § 5, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 110 - Industrial School for Women—Personnel; expenses

The duties and obligations of the Directress and of the additional personnel of said institution shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Justice, and their salaries shall be fixed in accordance with the classifications provided by the Office of Personnel; Provided, That when the Industrial School for Women is opened and put into service as such institution, the current expenses originated by its functioning shall be included in the Budgetary Act.
History —Apr. 23, 1946, No. 422, p. 1180, § 6, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 111 - Juvenile home in San Juan

The Section of Minors annexed to the district jail of San Juan is hereby eliminated, and in its place a juvenile home is created and established; Provided, That said Section for Minors shall cease to function from the date the juvenile home is inaugurated.
History —May 6, 1942, No. 93, p. 648, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 112 - Juvenile home in San Juan—Supervision

The juvenile home in San Juan shall be under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, who shall promulgate the rules to be in force in said institution.
History —May 6, 1942, No. 93, p. 648, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 113 - Juvenile home in San Juan—Capacity of home

The juvenile home in San Juan shall have capacity to house seventy-five (75) children from the parts of the Court of First Instance of San Juan, Bayamon, and Arecibo.
History —May 6, 1942, No. 93, p. 648, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 114 - Juvenile home in San Juan—Temporary detention

The admission of minors to the juvenile home in San Juan shall be of a temporary character, their stay therein to be limited to the time absolutely necessary to carry out the investigation, study, and disposition of their cases by the Court of First Instance, and in special cases to lodge, for a period which shall never exceed three (3) months, the delinquent minors whose cases have been decided and whose admission to the Industrial School for Boys has not been ordered by the Court of First Instance, and who, for any reason, cannot be admitted immediately.
History —May 6, 1942, No. 93, p. 648, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 115 - Juvenile home in San Juan—Admission

The admission of minors to said Juvenile Home shall be through orders to that effect issued by the judges of the Court of First Instance, and shall be limited to children under sixteen (16) years of age who are arrested and subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance.
History —May 6, 1942, No. 93, p. 648, § 5; May 10, 1943, No. 57, p. 134, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 116 - Juvenile home in Ponce

The Section for Minors annexed to the district jail of Ponce is hereby eliminated, and in lieu thereof a juvenile home is created and established; Provided, That said Section for Minors shall cease to function from the date the juvenile home is inaugurated.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 113, p. 686, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 117 - Juvenile home in Ponce—Supervision

The juvenile home in Ponce shall be under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, who shall promulgate the rules to be in force in said institution.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 113, p. 686, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 118 - Juvenile home in Ponce—Capacity of home

The juvenile home in Ponce shall be of a size to house seventy-five (75) children from the parts of the Court of First Instance of Ponce, Guayama, Mayagüez, Aguadilla, and Humacao.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 113, p. 686, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 119 - Juvenile home in Ponce—Temporary detention

The admission of minors to the juvenile home in Ponce shall be of a temporary character, their stay therein to be limited to the time absolutely necessary to carry out the investigation, study, and disposition of their cases by the Court of First Instance and, in special cases to lodge, for a period which shall never exceed three (3) months, the delinquent minors whose cases have been decided and whose admission to the Industrial School for Boys has not been ordered by the Court of First Instance, and who, for any reason, cannot be admitted immediately.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 113, p. 686, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 5A - Industrial Schools and Juvenile Homes (§§ 91 — 120) › § 120 - Juvenile home in Ponce—Admission

The admission of minors to said Juvenile Home shall be through orders to that effect issued by the judges of the Court of First Instance, and shall be limited to children under sixteen (16) years of age who are arrested and subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 113, p. 686, § 5; May 10, 1943, No. 56, p. 132, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6 - Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls (§§ 121 — 129) › § 121 - Creation

The Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls [shall be] attached to the Family and Child Administration of the Department of the Family. The Program shall use the resources of the Administration to prepare the procedures, forms and all other processes necessary, in order to guarantee the implementation of the Program and the provision of services. Likewise, the Program shall establish a nondiscriminatory, fair and equitable procedure for the adjudication of special vouchers for the care and development of school-age boys and girls.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 266, § 2, eff. 90 days after Aug. 31, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6 - Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls (§§ 121 — 129) › § 122 - Monthly subsidy

The monthly subsidy to be paid through special vouchers for the care and development of school-age boys and girls shall be computed based on the age of the child, the income of the family nucleus and the classification of the service approved, pursuant to the regulations to be established to that effect. The amount of the sum granted on account of such special vouchers shall not exceed in any case the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) a month per family unit. The granting of special vouchers shall be subject to the availability of funds and contingent upon the Program’s participating parents meeting the requirements of family income, employment or study, and any others established through regulations.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 266, § 7, eff. 90 days after Aug. 31, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6 - Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls (§§ 121 — 129) › § 123 - Service providers; requirements

Service providers under the Program shall meet the following requirements:
(a) They shall be licensed by the Licensing Division of the Department of the Family or comply with the Provider Registry, should they not have a license granted by the Commonwealth.
(b) They shall maintain a policy admission free from discrimination for reason of race, sex, color, social condition or origin, physical disability, political ideas or religious beliefs.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 266, § 8, eff. 90 days after Aug. 31, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6 - Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls (§§ 121 — 129) › § 124 - Authorization to provide care

The Department of Education is hereby authorized to become a provider of child care and development services in those schools or facilities that have the infrastructure required to render this kind of service. The Department of Education shall evaluate and prepare an inventory of the need for care services for boys and girls, for each school district under its jurisdiction. This information shall be shared with the Department of the Family for this agency to be able to make a projection of the need for the service at short, medium and long-term, as well as the projections for fund appropriation and distribution.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 266, § 9, eff. 90 days after Aug. 31, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6 - Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls (§§ 121 — 129) › § 125 - Supplementary scholarships, vouchers or educational assistance

The scholarships, vouchers or educational assistance conferred by virtue of this chapter may be supplemental to any other scholarship or educational assistance, be it based on the financial need or the academic performance of the participant, whether proceeding from federal, Commonwealth, municipal or private sector funds.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 266, § 10, eff. 90 days after Aug. 31, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6 - Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls (§§ 121 — 129) › § 126 - Regulations

The Secretary of the Department of the Family shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this chapter. Said regulations shall establish, among other things, reasonable requirements in terms of eligibility and distribution of funds, pursuant to the standards and conditions established in this chapter.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 266, § 11, eff. 90 days after Aug. 31, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6 - Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls (§§ 121 — 129) › § 127 - Examination by Comptroller’s Office

The Office of the Comptroller may examine, review, inspect or audit documents, records, or papers of the providers participating in the Program to ascertain that the resources appropriated to the Program have been used pursuant to the applicable Commonwealth laws and regulations.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 266, § 14, eff. 90 days after Aug. 31, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6 - Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls (§§ 121 — 129) › § 128 - Report

The Family and Children Administration shall submit to the Legislature at the end of each fiscal year, not later than sixty (60) days after the closing of the fiscal year, a report on the development and progress of the Program that includes the funds used, the beneficiaries tended to, the applicants that were left unattended, and recommendations regarding measures that should be adopted to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 266, § 15, eff. 90 days after Aug. 31, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6 - Special Voucher Program for the Care and Development of School-Age Boys and Girls (§§ 121 — 129) › § 129 - Administrative fines

The Secretary of the Department of the Family may impose administrative fines not greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 266, § 16, eff. 90 days after Aug. 31, 2000.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 131 - Creation of the Program

The “Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime”, is hereby created, attached to the Integral Care and Development of Childhood Administration.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 132 - Public policy

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico to stimulate the social and financial development of Puerto Rican women in order for them to achieve the maximum progress and self-sufficiency. In order to attain this objective, strategies shall be implemented directed to providing services to single mothers who work fulltime but that due to their income, they usually do not qualify for assistance they would otherwise receive if they were low income parents.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 133 - Monthly subsidy

The monthly subsidy to be paid through the childcare special vouchers for single parents who work fulltime shall be calculated according to the age of the child and the income of the father and mother, pursuant to the regulations to be established for such purposes. The amount of said special vouchers shall in no case exceed the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) monthly per family unit. The granting of these special vouchers shall be subject to the availability of funds and that the parents participating in the program meet the family income, employment or education, and any other requirements established by regulations.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 134 - Service providers; requirement

Service providers under the Program shall be licensed to practice as such by a competent authority.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 135 - Supplementary voucher

The vouchers issued by virtue of this chapter may be supplementary to any other grant or assistance, whether based on the financial need or academic achievements of the participant, or may proceed from federal, state, municipal funds or from the private sector.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 136 - Rulemaking authority

As of fiscal year 2012-2013, the Integral Care and Development of Childhood Administration shall conduct needs assessments, evaluate successful models in other jurisdictions, design a pilot plan for fiscal year 2012-2013, and promulgate the rules and regulations as are necessary for the implementation of this chapter. Said regulations shall establish, among other things, the reasonable eligibility requirements, participation, search for federal, Commonwealth and municipal funds and the distribution of said funds according to the parameters and conditions set forth in this chapter. It shall certify the availability of the funds identified for these purposes.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 137 - Pilot plan

Beginning on 2013-2014, the Integral Care and Development of Childhood Administration shall establish a pilot plan for the program established by this chapter, which shall have a duration of one year, prior to its general implementation.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 138 - Reports

The Integral Care and Development of Childhood Administration shall submit to the Legislative Assembly at the end of every fiscal year, and no later than sixty (60) days after the close of the fiscal year, a report on the development and progress of the program including the funds used, the beneficiaries assisted, the applicants waiting for assistance, and recommendations on measures that should be adopted to achieve the objectives of this chapter. Once the one-year period provided in § 137 of this title has elapsed, the Integral Care and Development of Childhood Administration shall include the funds needed for the implementation of this chapter and a certification of the availability of funds established in § 139 of this title in its budget petition for the following fiscal year.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 6A - Childcare Special Vouchers Program for Single Parents who Work Fulltime (§§ 131 — 139) › § 139 - Additional appropriations

The program herein created may be nurtured from the following financial appropriations:
(a) Appropriations made annually by the Legislative Assembly through Joint Resolutions or specific donations for the Program.
(b) Donations from businesses, enterprises, groups, non-profit organizations, partnerships and private entities, private citizens, as well as from federal, Commonwealth, and municipal government entities.
History —June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 142 - Location in Ponce [Repealed]

History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 4; Feb. 13, 1904, p. 51, § 1; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 143 - Requirements for admission [Repealed]

History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 144 - Requirements for admission—Additional requirements [Repealed]

History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 6; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 145 - Requirements for admission—Transportation expenses [Repealed]

History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 7; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 146 - Requirements for admission—Apportionment according to population [Repealed]

History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 9; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 7 - Soledad Rodríguez Pastor Home for the Adult Blind (§§ 141-147 — 147) › § 147 - Oculist appointed [Repealed]

History —Feb. 25, 1902, p. 58, § 8; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 161 - Declaration of public policy

It is hereby declared as a public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to eliminate poverty in the shortest possible time and in the most effective manner in accordance with the economic and technological changes which are occurring in the country.
History —May 14, 1968, J.R. No. 29, p. 655, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 162 - Committee—Creation and composition

With the purpose of studying and making recommendations on the measures of guaranteed personal income as a solution to the problem of poverty in harmony with numbers (1) and (3) of the fourth Whereas of this resolution [this chapter], there is hereby created a Committee of thirteen (13) members to be composed of three (3) senators and three (3) representatives, appointed by the President and Speaker of the Legislature; the Economic Development Administrator, the Chairman of the Planning Board, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Education and two (2) private citizens appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico. The Chairman of the Committee shall be elected by vote among the members of the Committee. The presence of seven (7) or more members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum and the agreements or resolutions of said Committee shall be adopted by a majority of those present. The Committee shall study the measures of the guaranteed income as a solution to the poverty problem in all its aspects. But in particular it shall make determinations on the following:
(a) What income shall be considered as poverty income in Puerto Rico.
(b) What resources can we rely on to carry out this public policy in the shortest number of years.
(c) In what manner shall the system of guaranteed personal income in Puerto Rico be organized.
(d) What effects should a guaranteed personal income have on the different programs which at present are in operation to handle poverty problems, such as public welfare, payments for unemployment, work for the unemployed, social security, compensation and others.
(e) How should the system be adapted to the federal aids received in Puerto Rico with regard to the poverty problems.
(f) The effect that the organization of a system of guaranteed personal income may have with regard to our populational problems and in particular on the immigration from Puerto Rico to the United States and from the United States to Puerto Rico.
History —May 14, 1968, J.R. No. 29, p. 655, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 163 - Committee—Reports

The Committee shall submit its report and its recommendations to the Governor of Puerto Rico and to the Legislature during the term of the present calendar year and shall also render periodical reports on the work carried out, including its conclusions.
History —May 14, 1968, J.R. No. 29, p. 655, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 164 - Committee—Personnel

The Committee is hereby authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of personnel necessary to carry out its functions without being subject to laws and regulations relative to personnel of the Commonwealth, except with regard to the contribution to Federal Social Security; but every employee or officer of the Commonwealth subject to said laws or regulations of personnel working for the Committee shall retain his/her status as such public officer or employee with the rights and privileges as might correspond [thereto].
History —May 14, 1968, J.R. No. 29, p. 655, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 165 - Committee—Authorization to request information

The Committee is hereby authorized to request from the head of any department, agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth to supply such information and aid that the Committee might deem necessary, the heads of such departments, agencies or instrumentalities being hereby authorized and directed to supply such aid and information free of any cost, unless prohibited by any law in effect on the date such aid or information is [being] offered.
History —May 14, 1968, J.R. No. 29, p. 655, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 166 - Appropriation

The sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is hereby appropriated from unencumbered general funds to defray the expenses of the Committee, as follows:
(a) Travelling expenses of every member of the Committee, or its personnel and for advice.
(b) Per diems as reimbursement of expenses to private citizens.
(c) Compensation [of personnel] of the Committee, for advice and other services.
(d) General office expenses, purchase of equipment and material and printing of documents.
History —May 14, 1968, J.R. No. 29, p. 655, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 9 - Elimination of Poverty (§§ 161 — 167) › § 167 - Travelling expenses

The travelling expenses of the members of the Committee, of its personnel and for advice shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the regulations adopted for such purposes by the Department of the Treasury, except that the travelling expenses of the members of the Committee who are legislators shall be paid in accordance with laws and regulations expressly applicable to them. Private citizens shall be paid twenty-five dollars ($25) for every meeting of the Committee they attend.
History —May 14, 1968, J.R. No. 29, p. 655, § 7.