Type of Intervention: Regulation
Sectors Involved: Health, Private Sector and Businesses
Intervention Categories: Adapting or closing offices, businesses, institutions, and operations; Gatherings, businesses, and services; Social and physical distancing measures; New initiatives; Legal and policy
Level of Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Lead People/Agency: Governor
Puerto Rico Department of Health
Overview: Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced signed the Senate Joint Resolution 491, which made the provisions of the “Law for the Use of Telemedicine in Puerto Rico” more flexible, in order to made the requirements for doctors to practice telemedicine more flexible in the face of the threat of COVID-19.
Full details here: https://www.fortaleza.pr.gov/content/gobernadora-v-zquez-garced-firma-medida-que-flexibiliza-los-requisitos-para-que-los-m-dicos
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group