P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 402n
In the case of minors who are addicted to narcotic drugs, or dependent on depressant or stimulant drugs, or who are alcoholics, who are under court jurisdiction, the Administration is empowered to appear before it and request that the minor be referred and confined in a specific facility of the Administration, or in private, duly-licensed institutions, for diagnosis, treatment or rehabilitation. The court may direct, in consideration of the Administration’s petition and the minor’s and the community’s welfare, that the minor be placed in the custody of the Administration, for it to admit the minor to the institution that is adequate for his/her treatment and rehabilitation. The Administrator shall not terminate the period of custody, nor may remove the minor from the court’s jurisdiction without its prior authorization. The Administration shall coordinate with the court for it to report all those cases in which minors addicted to narcotic drugs, or dependent on depressant or stimulant drugs, or alcohol, are involved.
History —Aug. 7, 1993, No. 67, § 15, eff. 60 days after Aug. 7, 1993.