P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 3215g
(a) Access to the information filed in the Registry is hereby restricted to the officers authorized by the Department.
(b) Any other citizen who requests access to said information must conclusively show to the Department that he has a valid scientific interest in [undertaking] epidemiologic, demographic or medical research. The citizen who succeeds in showing such an interest must provide his personal information, the organization or entity for which he works, a preliminary research plan and the specific purpose for the request for information.
(c) Any person, whether a public officer or a private citizen who gains access to the Registry must agree in writing that he shall limit himself to the use authorized by the Department and that he shall maintain the confidentiality of the information provided. This obligation continues even when his activities in the Registry come to an end and even when the purpose for which the information was requested is attained.
(d) The Registry information shall not be considered a public record and shall have the attendant restrictions.
(e) The Registry information cannot be used to restrict the coverage or the rendering of health services.
History —Sept. 27, 2003, No. 280, § 10.