P.R. Laws tit. 17, § 1481c
For a housing project within the conceptual framework of assisted living to be certified as such, the sponsor shall provide or establish arrangements for the rendering of services to persons with an individualized service plan to ensure for the elderly person, as a minimum, the following:
(a) Supervision and assistance for the performance of daily living activities or incidental activities of daily living; a medication monitoring plan; a minimum of two (2) daily meals if the units of the residence have a kitchenette. If the units of the residence do not have a kitchenette, it shall be the responsibility of the residence to make available a kitchen facility accessible to all the units; timely assistance in emergency situations supplied by personnel available twenty-four (24) hours for such purposes and complemented by an emergency response system for emergencies or any other additional emergency response system required by the Department or the Office.
(b) As part of the incidental activities of daily living, each resident shall be provided, at least once per week, with a recreational, educational or leisure [activity] of the resident’s choice, as long as it does not contravene the law, morals or the public order. For this purpose, the Office shall obtain cooperative agreements with internal tourism and entertainment entities to establish special service offers to such residents. The activity shall be chosen by the resident, pursuant to his/her intellectual or recreational interests.
(c) In addition, professional or technical courses or seminars that are in tune with the interests and aspirations of the residents must be one of the components of the incidental activities of daily living. For this purpose, the residences may establish collaborative agreements with the Department of Education, the Department of the Family, and with any other agency that is capable of offering courses or programs of interest to the residents of any assisted living housing project.
(d) Provide up to three (3) daily meals or therapeutic diets, but not less than two (2) per day. All housing projects pursuant to this chapter shall use the dietary criteria recommended by means of regulation by the Office, in coordination with the Department of Health.
Those who, in spite of having met the criteria set forth by law initially, later require services beyond the service coverage pursuant to this chapter shall not be able to continue to live in the units covered by this chapter.
History —Sept. 3, 2003, No. 244, § 6.