P.R. Laws tit. 26, § 4108
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Any civil suit that arises from a claim for damages due to fault or negligence in professional medicohospital malpractice shall be initiated by filing a complaint in the part of the competent court. In these civil suits, the court will have discretion to submit the claim to arbitration as provided in § 4109 of this title. In those cases in which one of the parties does not have sufficient means to pay the costs of the arbitration panel, he shall make it known by means of a motion after having been notified that the court plans to submit the claim for arbitration.
History —Ins. Code, added as § 41.080 on Dec. 30, 1986, No. 6, p. 927, § 1, eff. 60 days after Dec. 30, 1986.