P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 449c
At any stage of the proceedings, when it is determined that there is an emergency situation that endangers the safety, health, or physical, mental or emotional integrity of a minor as a result of a situation of institutional abuse and/or institutional neglect, the court may:
(a) Order that the minor be immediately placed in the custody of the father, mother, or person responsible for the minor.
(b) Order that the minor be placed in the custody of the Department.
(c) Order the immediate relocation of the minor, and any other minor who may be at risk.
(d) Order that the requested treatment be given, or that the required services be provided.
(e) Order the institution to desist from the actions that put the health, safety, and wellbeing of the minors in its charge at risk.
(f) Order the institution to take or carry out all the necessary steps to guarantee the health, safety, and wellbeing of the minors.
(g) Order the partial or total closing of the institution.
(h) Order that all admissions and placements in the respondent institution or agency cease.
(i) Order any temporary measure needed to guarantee the wellbeing of the minors.
(j) Order any public agency charged with the accreditation of, or with the authority for licensing the respondent institution or agency, to cancel or deny the license or accreditation.
(k) Order the appearance of any public, private, or privatized agency whose intervention is needed to attend to the need for protecting the minor or minors object of the petition.
(l) Issue any order needed to enforce the purposes and public policy of this chapter.
It is hereby provided that the remedies listed in subsections (a), (b), (g), (h) and (j) of this section shall not be available in those cases where the Department of Justice is the petitioning party.
History —Aug. 1, 2003, No. 177, § 68, eff. 90 days after Aug. 1, 2003.