P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 447c
There shall be no privileged communications, except between attorney and client, as provided in the Rules of Evidence of Puerto Rico, App. IV of Title 32, in proceedings for abuse, institutional abuse, neglect, and/or institutional neglect of a minor, as provided in this chapter. Privileged communications, excluding privileged attorney-client communications, shall not constitute grounds for failing to provide reports such as those required or allowed by this chapter, or to cooperate with protective service for the minors in the activities contemplated in this chapter, or to accept or introduce evidence related to the abuse, institutional abuse, neglect, and/or institutional neglect of a minor in any judicial proceeding.
History —Aug. 1, 2003, No. 177, § 34, eff. 90 days after Aug. 1, 2003.