P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 8002n

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§ 8002n. Limitations

None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed so as to:

(1) Limit or interfere with the powers and authorities that other laws, executive orders, and regulations have conferred onto the Department of Health and the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico.

(2) Confer authority onto the Board in connection with atmospheric conditions that may exist exclusively within a commercial or industrial plant.

(3) Revoke or limit the application of any law, municipal ordinance or regulation in effect on the matter of sanitation or industrial health and safety.

(4) Limit any power of the Governor or any other official to declare a state of emergency and to act as dictated by such declaration.

History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 416, § 20, eff. 6 months after Sept. 22, 2004.