P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 177
The Secretary of Health shall keep and have in his/her charge such vital statistics services, and all other services that are necessary for the performance of his/her duties and all other necessary services for the protection, care, improvement and conservation of public health that are assigned to him/her by law.
The Secretary of Health, through the Statistics Division of the Department of Health, shall be responsible for the publication of the Annual Vital Statistics Report, the Puerto Rico Statistics of Health Facilities Report, the Puerto Rico Health Professionals Report, and the State of the Health Report of the Penal Population of Puerto Rico, subject to the jurisdiction of the Correction and Rehabilitation Administration.
In turn, the Secretary shall place at the immediate disposal of the people the statistical services ordered pursuant to this legislation through their publication on the Internet web page of the Department of Health, in which the content and scope of each of the statistical services provided by the Department shall be stated concisely.
History —Mar. 14, 1912, No. 81, p. 122, § 10; May 7, 1931, No. 86, p. 530, § 1; May 10, 1945, No. 156, p. 528, § 1; June 23, 1976, No. 13, p. 717, § 4; Sept. 3, 2003, No. 250, § 1.