P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 481
The following terms shall have the meaning expressed below:
(1) Crimes against minors.— Are the crimes listed in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 3 of Act No. 28 of July 1, 1997, as amended, when these are committed against a person under eighteen (18) years of age.
(2) Violent sex crimes.— Are the crimes listed in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 3 of Act No. 28 of July 1, 1997, as amended, in which force, violence or intimidation is used against a person with the intention of sexually abusing said person.
(3) Provider of care services.— Is any natural or juridical person that provides care services, whether institutionalized or ambulatory or only during the day, or house visits, to children or the elderly in Puerto Rico, including, but without limitation to, care centers, child care centers, housekeepers, homes for the elderly, convalescence homes, intermediate care installations, rehabilitation facilities, centers for psychiatric care or treatment, installations for the care or treatment of people with physical or mental impediments, or care or treatment of people with mental retardation, and private residences in which such services are provided, as well as any other individual or juridical person that provides such services on private residences of the users or beneficiaries thereof; this definition does not include hospitals, clinics, diagnostic and treatment centers, medical offices nor medical-hospital facilities of any type, whether round-the-clock or day care, or ambulatory services are provided, nor does it include correctional facilities, in which medical-hospital or diagnostic and treatment services may be provided incidentally.
(4) Elderly.— Is any person aged sixty (60) years or more.
(5) United States.— Are the states of the United States of America, as well as the District of Columbia, its territories, and possessions.
(6) Child.— Is any person under eighteen (18) years of age.
(7) Provider.— Is the natural person who provides care services to children or to the elderly in Puerto Rico, regardless of whether such services are provided for pay or other remuneration, or voluntarily, on their own account, or by virtue of an employment contract with an entity that provides care services, which employment, contractual or voluntary service involves, includes or implies direct or economic contact, whether routine or incidental, supervised or not, with children or with the elderly.
(8) Registry.— Is the registry of persons convicted of sex crimes and child abuse created by §§ 451 et seq. of this title.
(9) System.— Is the Criminal Justice Information System created by §§ 531 et seq. of Title 4.
(10) Applicant.— Is any natural or juridical person who applies for and is offered a job, or contractual or voluntary service as care services provider or providing entity.
History —Sept. 2, 1999, No. 300, § 3; Jan. 8, 2004, No. 12, § 3; Sept. 14, 2004, No. 273, § 1.