P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 495
(a) Within ninety (90) days after the date of effectiveness of this act, the Department of Health, with the advice and cooperation of the Environmental Quality Board, the Puerto Rico Mayors Association, the Puerto Rico Federation of Municipalities and the Department of Education shall develop, approve and publish a plan for Puerto Rico to prevent, face, control and attempt to eradicate the dengue virus in Puerto Rico, as well as any other mosquito-borne diseases and coordinate the efforts of the municipalities of Puerto Rico to control the propagation of mosquitoes.
As part of said Commonwealth plan, the Department of Health shall establish the minimum requirements which shall be contained in the plans to be created by the municipalities to control the dengue virus and other mosquito-borne diseases. Said minimum requirements shall include, without being limited to, plans to reduce propagation sources, water management, surveillance, public education, mosquito notice and integrated mosquito management, among others.
(b) The Department of Health may provide the municipalities with any human, technical, professional and budgetary resources available for them to develop and implement the municipal plans required by § 496 of this title, as well as training, acquisition of equipment, and other services required by the municipalities to implement the mosquito-control plan. The Secretary of Health shall establish through regulations the applicable procedures for the allocation of funds to the municipalities as well as the terms and conditions for receiving and administering said funds by the municipalities.
History —Nov. 9, 2007, No. 161, § 1.