P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 478
(a) Central government agency.— Any subdivision of the Executive Branch of the Government of Puerto Rico, such as those departments, boards, commissions, administrations, offices, banks and public corporations that do not operate as private businesses; or any of its respective heads, directors, executives or persons who act as their representatives.
(b) Public corporation.— Means the following corporations that hold assets controlled by the Government of Puerto Rico: The Land Authority, the Electric Power Authority, the Government Development Bank, the Ports Authority, the Industrial Development Company and subsidiaries, and those other government agencies engaged in or that may in the future engage in profitable businesses or in activities that seek financial benefits.
(c) Nursling. — Means any infant under the age of one (1) year who is nourished with breast milk.
(d) To express breast milk.— Process whereby the mother expresses breast milk from her body with the proper equipment.
(e) Working day.— Means, for the purposes of the application of this chapter, the full-time working day of the working mother consisting of seven (7) and a half (½) hours.
(f) To breastfeed.— The act of nursing an infant with breast milk.
(g) Nursing mother.— Any woman working in the public or private sector who has given birth to a child, be it through natural methods or surgery, who is breastfeeding her baby; as well as any woman who has adopted a child, and who by the intervention of scientific methods is able to breastfeed the child.
(h) Municipality.— Means a geographical demarcation with all its barrios, that has a particular name and is governed by a local government constituted by a legislative power and an executive power.
(i) Employer.— Any natural or juridical person for whom a mother works. This includes the public sector, the central government agencies, public corporations and municipalities, the Judiciary Branch, and the private sector.
History —Dec. 16, 2000, No. 427, § 2; Nov. 6, 2006, No. 239, § 1.