P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 3326
(a) ASES (Spanish acronym). — Means the Health Insurance Administration of Puerto Rico.
(b) Bank. — Means the Government Development Bank.
(c) Department. — Means the Department of Health of Puerto Rico.
(d) Contracting entity. — [Means] the municipalities, public corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the schools of medicine that are successful in their proposals and with which a contract is executed for the lease, sublease, exchange, sale or cession of one (1) or more health facilities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to operate the same pursuant to the provisions of §§ 3326—3326s of this title. The nonprofit corporations and the corporations specialized in administering, rendering and operating health services shall also be understood to be “contracting entities” solely for the execution of lease contracts pursuant to the provisions of §§ 3326—3326s of this title.
(e) Public entity. — Means any agency, department, instrumentality or public corporation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(f) School of medicine. — Means every academic entity, partnership, or subsidiary or corporation affiliated or related thereto that offers, operates and administers a curriculum or educational program in the field of health or medicine, duly approved, licensed and accredited by the Council on Higher Education of Puerto Rico.
(g) Health facilities. — Means those defined as “health facilities” in §§ 331 et seq. of this title, or any part, section or definition thereof, including the equipment and inventory installed in or used for its operation, that are owned and administered or the property deed of which is held by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its agencies and instrumentalities.
(h) Private interests. — Means a private natural or juridical person, professional group, private corporation, partnership or nongovernmental entities.
(i) Municipality. — Means a municipality constituted pursuant to §§ 4001 et seq. of Title 21, known as the “Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Autonomous Municipalities Act”, including those corporations, municipal consortiums or entities that pursuant to said sections are organized for the purposes established in §§ 3326—3326s of this title.
(j) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of the Department of Health.
(k) Alternate use. — Means the use of a health facility for purposes not related to the rendering of health services.
History —Jan. 1, 2003, No. 3, § 2; Sept. 30, 2004, No. 547, § 1.