P.R. Laws tit. 1, § 512c
(a) All persons with disabilities shall be entitled to be informed and have the greatest possible access to programs and initiatives that promote their physical or mental rehabilitation. The Government and its dependencies shall promote an integral, holistic and multi-disciplinary approach to rehabilitation and the use of innovative intervention strategies geared toward expediting their capabilities for development to the maximum degree.
(b) The Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall promote the study of and access to the most effective and advanced services and equipment for technological assistance, that is, those essential for their daily living, to allow the population of persons with disabilities to study, work and live independently and to improve their quality of life.
(c) The departments, agencies, instrumentalities, public corporations, municipalities, and any entity of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that offer educational and rehabilitation services to this population shall promote and be empowered to establish agreements and negotiations for the purchase at reasonable prices of technological assistance equipment to guarantee that the disabled population may use such equipment to cope and interact adequately.
(d) The Department of Consumer Affairs shall be empowered, if it so deems necessary, to regulate, on behalf of the public interest, matters concerning access to and purchase of technological assistance equipment for persons with disabilities, including the control of prices and the regulation of profits of the suppliers of said equipment.
History —Aug. 31, 2004, No. 238, § 6.