P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 333g-1
As soon as he receives from the Administration of the Patient Compensation Fund, pursuant to § 41.160 of Act No. 77, approved June 19, 1957, as amended, the cases adjudged for damages for fault, malpractice, professional inexpertness or nonfeasance of its administrative or ministerial duties against a health facility, the Secretary shall take any of the following disciplinary measures:
(1) To censure.
(2) To put the health facility on trial for a specific period.
(3) To suspend or to revoke the license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(4) To require the implementation of improvements or facilities.
For these purposes the Secretary may employ such personnel as he may deem necessary to carry out the investigations leading to the imposition of the disciplinary measures provided for in this section.
The health facility may appeal from the disciplinary measure imposed by the Secretary to the Court of First Instance within the term of thirty (30) days.
The Secretary shall notify the Administration of the Patient Compensation Fund of the action taken with respect to the health facility, once the same is final and unappealable.
The Secretary shall present to the Governor of Puerto Rico an annual report stating the number of cases adjudged for damages for fault, malpractice, professional inexpertness or nonfeasance of its administrative or ministerial duties against a health facility, and the action taken regarding each such case.
History —June 26, 1965, No. 101, p. 250, added as § 26A on June 17, 1976, No. 9, p. 669, § 1, eff. July 1, 1976.