P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 211d
There are hereby transferred to the Department for their operation under the direction and supervision of the Secretary the following organizations and programs:
(a) The Division of Public Welfare of the Department of Health, created by §§ 1—26 of Title 8, with all its programs including the Food Distribution Program. All powers, faculties, obligations and duties of the Secretary of Health in connection with the programs under the government and administration of the Division of Public Welfare shall pass to the Secretary, including those established by Act No. 97 of June 1955.
(b) The Vocational Rehabilitation Division of Puerto Rico established by the Board for Vocational Education by Act No. 414 of May 13, 1947. All powers and faculties of the Board for Vocational Education and of its executive director in connection with said Division are hereby transferred to the Department to be exercised by the Secretary.
Jointly with the Vocational Rehabilitation Division there are also transferred from the Department of Education, the Center of Rehabilitation for the Blind, created by §§ 1024a—1024e of Title 18, and the Corporation of Industries for the Blind, Mentally Retarded and Other Disabled Persons created by §§ 1025—1029 of Title 18, which shall continue existing as a corporation. The powers and duties of the Department of Education, of the Secretary of Education and of the Board of Vocational Education in connection with the Center of Rehabilitation for the Blind and the Corporation of Industries for the Blind, Mentally Retarded and Other Disabled Persons shall pass to the Secretary. There are also transferred the powers and faculties of the Secretary of Education in connection with Act No. 169 of Act Mar. 10, 1940, which provides for a system of register and identification of the blind, and everything in connection with Act No. 66 of June 13, 1955, which creates a fund for the purchase of shoes for public-school children who lack the means for acquiring same to be exercised by the Secretary.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 171, p. 614, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1969.