The “Medical Emergency Corps” of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby created, to be attached to the Department of Health, to be fiscally and administratively independent. The Medical Emergency Corps of Puerto Rico shall be responsible for guaranteeing for citizens in general a top quality service when unforeseeably a health condition calls for pre-hospital medical care and transportation to an adequate medical hospital or a first aid facility in order to preserve health or to reduce the possibility of permanent damage or disability that could arise as a consequence of an illness or an accident.
History —Sept. 30, 2004, No. 539, § 4.