P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 333n
Any person establishing, conducting, managing or operating a health facility without the license required by this chapter, or violating any provision hereof or any regulation or order prescribed by the Secretary of Health pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). Provided, That each day of continuing violation after conviction shall be deemed a new and separate offense. Provided, further, That the Secretary of Health is hereby empowered to levy administrative fines for violations of this chapter and of the regulations or orders issued by him hereunder after due hearing. No administrative fine levied by the Secretary of Health shall exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
No administrative fine levied by the Secretary of Health shall exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
History —June 26, 1965, No. 101, p. 250, § 33; July 20, 1979, No. 150, p. 368, § 2.