P.R. Laws tit. 26, § 1924
(1) The provisions of the insurance law and the provisions of the law regulating the hospitals and medical services corporations, which have not been excepted, shall govern insofar as applicable to every health services organization to which a certificate of authority is granted hereunder. The preceding provisions shall not be applicable to an insurer organized pursuant to the provisions of this title.
(2) The solicitation of subscribers by a health organization to which a certificate of authority has been granted or its representatives shall not be construed as a violation of any provision of law related to the solicitation and advertising of health professionals.
(3) A health services organization authorized by this chapter shall not be considered as practicing medicine and shall be exempt from the provisions relating to the practice of medicine.
History —Ins. Code, added as § 19.240 on June 2, 1976, No. 113, p. 313, § 1.