P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 6153u
All providing institutions shall develop and implement a procedure for reconsidering and revising all clinical determinations.
When a person is denied entrance or admission, or is notified that he/she shall be transferred or released, or that his/her condition shall change and opposes to it, the director of the institution shall inform the person of the procedure to follow. This procedure shall include the following:
(a) Once the person is notified of the determination, or in the case of a minor, his/her parent with patria potestas or custody or the legal guardian, he/she shall have the right to request from the director, or his/her representative, a written reconsideration of the same, within the next twenty-four (24) hours.
(b) The director or his/her representative shall evaluate and make a determination within twelve (12) hours after the written reconsideration is received and shall inform his/her decision to the petitioner.
(c) If the person is not satisfied with the determination made by the director or his/her representative, he/she may file a request for review before the Review Committee of the institution that offers mental health services.
In case of an indirect mental health service provider, the procedures established for said entities shall apply.
History —Oct. 2, 2000, No. 408, § 2.22, eff. 90 days after Oct. 2, 2000.