P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 576
Health physicians shall employ all means available to determine the existence[sic]. Medical health officials shall employ all means available to determine the existence of sexually transmitted diseases, as well as the source of said diseases.
The health physician who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person who suffers from or has been infected with any sexually transmitted disease that could infect or be the source of infection for any other person, must require that said person submit to a medical examination and have a sample of his/her blood or other bodily secretions taken so as to conduct the laboratory tests needed to establish the presence or absence of said disease or infection.
Provided, That the required examination shall be conducted by a health physician or, at the option of the person to be examined, by a licensed physician who, in the opinion of the health epidemiology technician, is qualified to perform this work and who has his/her approval. The licensed physician who conducts said examination shall render a report thereon to the health epidemiology technician of the Department of Health, but shall not issue a certificate of immunity. Provided, further, That the health epidemiology technician may request the court to order the person suffering a sexually transmitted disease to attend any of the clinics of the Program to receive treatment. The Department of Health shall provide medical assistance to any medically indigent person suffering from any sexually transmitted disease.
In every case of rape, conjugal sexual assault, incest, sodomy or lewd or indecent acts when committed by contact between the mouth and the penis, the mouth and the vagina or the mouth and the anus, the judge may order that the convict be subjected to the tests to detect the HIV virus, transmitter of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Likewise, the judge may order that said tests be performed on minors who incur offenses equal to the abovementioned crimes.
History —June 4, 1983, No. 81, p. 180, § 6, renumbered as § 8 on July 2, 1985, No. 50, p. 177, § 4; July 22, 1988, No. 129, p. 532, § 3; July 27, 1993, No. 31, § 2; renumbered as § 9 and amended on Aug. 15, 1999, No. 235, § 4; Apr. 6, 2008, No. 36, § 5.