P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 3153
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms or phrases shall have the meaning indicated hereinbelow:
(a) Falciform anemia. — Means the condition caused by the inheriting of falciform hemoglobin or other abnormal hemoglobin, from both parents.
(b) Council. — Means the Puerto Rico Hereditary Disease Council.
(c) Department. — Means the Department of Health of Puerto Rico.
(d) Hereditary disease. — Means any disease transmitted through the genetic substance known as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
(e) Hereditary metabolic diseases. — Means the metabolic disorders of various substances that are essential to human development.
(f) Phenylalanine. — Means the amino acid which is essential for human growth and development.
(g) Phenylketonuria. — Means the inherited phenylalanine metabolic disorder.
(h) Hemophilia. — Means the hereditary hemorrhagic disorder caused by the deficiency of a coagulation factor.
(i) Congenital hypothyroidism. — Means the condition caused by a deficiency of thyroxine.
(j) Laboratory tests. — Means the procedures that are capable of detecting the normal or abnormal values of substances that characterize a specific condition, such as: congenital hypothyroidism, falciform anemia, hemophilia, phenylketonuria and other metabolic diseases.
(k) Program. — Means the Program for the Detection and Diagnosis of Hereditary Diseases of Puerto Rico.
(l) Regulations. — Means the regulations of the Hereditary Diseases Program of Puerto Rico.
(m) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico.
(n) Thyroxine. — Means the hormone produced by the thyroid gland, which is necessary for human growth and development.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 84, p. 318, § 3.