P.R. Laws tit. 34, § 3031
The Director shall establish the hours of operation of the different offices of the Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences so that the Institute’s services will be available at all times. To such effect, the return of corpses to family members shall be guaranteed to take no more than forty-eight (48) business hours as of the time of identification, unless investigative or scientific circumstances so impair.
The Institute shall comply with the terms established by the accrediting institutions described in § 3 of this act as follows:
(a) The autopsy reports shall be submitted within a term of forty (40) business days in homicide cases, and sixty (60) business days in all other cases.
(b) Negative toxicology tests shall be submitted within a term of thirty (30) days, and positive tests, within forty (40) days.
The Director shall be responsible for organizing shifts in addition to those established, with the corresponding compensation, for personnel who perform autopsies.
History —July 24, 1985, No. 13, p. 689; Dec. 29, 2009, No. 200, § 14.