P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 536e

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§ 536e. Notice to law enforcement agencies and the community

The information of a registered person found in the System, as provided in §§ 536—536h of this title, shall be furnished to law enforcement agencies as well as to state or federal government agencies in the performance of their duties, including the Department of Housing and the Department of the Family of Puerto Rico. Said information shall also be provided to any person, company, or organization that so request in writing, including such private persons and institutions for which this information is of interest due to the nature of their activities, in view of the threat and danger posed to them by the persons who commit any of the offenses listed in §§ 536—536h of this title. This shall include, without it being understood as a limitation, the victim and his/her family, schools, institutions and child-care establishment, recreational facilities, institutions for abused children and women, each of the jurisdictions where the sex offender resides, works, or studies, or where a change of residence, work, or school occurs, and the agencies charged with carrying out the criminal record and background checks necessary to apply for a job, as required by Section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119a).

The System shall approve the necessary regulations to make the information available to the public. In these cases, the information registered in the System shall be provided by the Puerto Rico Police. The name of the crime victim shall not be revealed.

The System shall transmit the information that appears in the Registry by electronic forwarding to the National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or to the corresponding Database.

History —Sept. 9, 2004, No. 266, § 7, renumbered as § 6 and amended on Dec. 14, 2011, No. 243, § 6.