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DECREE NÚLDO 562
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR,
CONSIDERING:
I.-That by Legislative Decree No 588 of 24 October 2001, published
in the Official Journal Nviñas 222, Tomo Ncinse 353 of 23 November of the same year,
was issued the Law of Prevention and Control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.
II.-It is necessary to update the current legal framework in a way that fully and comprehensively responds to the evolution of the virus. Immunodeficiency
Human at global, regional, and local level.
III.-That the Prevention and Control of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Law must be updated and strengthened by defining between
others: Ente Rector, its attributions, redefining CONAHIV and its
attributions. In the same way, a sanctioning procedure will result in a more effective Law.
IV.-That the integral care of people living with HIV becomes necessary,
the approach of the virus must be equitable for all sectors of the country,
thus establishing a joint work between the Governing Body and the main actors to make the National Comprehensive Policy effective.
BY TANTO,
in use of its Constitutional powers and at the initiative of the President of the Republic, through the Minister of Health and the Deputies: Guillermo Antonio Gallegos Navarrete, Rodrigo
Avila Avilés, Francisco Jose Zablah Safie, Manuel Orlando Cabrera Candray, Zoila Beatriz Quijada Solis, Juan Carlos Mendoza Portillo, Norman Noel Quijano Gonzalez, Guillermo Francisco Mata Bennett, Donato
Eugenio Vaquerano Rivas, María Elizabeth Gómez Perla, Santos Adelmo Rivas Rivas, Reynaldo Antonio López Cardoza, Mauricio Ernesto Vargas Valdez; with the initiative of the Deputies of the Legislature
2012-2015 Douglas Leonardo Mejía Avilés and Adán Cortez; and with the support of the Diputados and the Deputies
Ana Vilma Albanez de Escobar, Ana Marina Alvarenga Barahona, Lucia del Carmen Ayala de León, Roger Alberto Blandino Nerio, Carmen Elena Calderón Sol de Escalon, Yohalmo Edmundo Cabrera Chacón,
Silvia Alejandrina Castro Figueroa, Norma Cristina Cornejo Amaya, Valentin Aristides Corpeno, Rosa Alma Cruz Marinero, Raul Omar Cuellar, Nidia Diaz, Rene Gustavo Escalante Zelaya, Jose Edgardo Escolan
Batse, Margarita Escobar, Jorge Alberto Escobar Bernal, Julio Cesar Fabian Perez, Juan Manuel de
Jesús Flores Cornejo, Norma Fidelia Guevara de Ramírios, Medardo González Trejo, Vicente Hernández Gómez, Estela Yanet Hernández Rodríguez, Maytee Gabriela Iraheta Escalante, Bonner Francisco
Jiménez Belloso, Mauricio Roberto Linares Ramírez, Audelia Guadalupe López de Kleutgens, Hortensia Margarita López Quintana, Mario Marroquín Mejia, Rodolfo Antonio Martinez, Rolando Mata Fuentes,
Calixto Mejia Hernández, Misael Mejia Mejia, Jose Santos Melara Yanes, Ernesto Luis Muyshondt Garcia Prieto, Lorena Guadalupe Peña Mendoza, Rene Alfredo Portillo Cuadra, Nelson de Jesus Quintanilla
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Gomez, Carlos Armando Reyes Ramos, Jackeline Noemi Rivera Avalos, Vilma Carolina Rodriguez Davila, Alberto Armando Romero Rodriguez, Carlos Ruiz, Karina Ivette Sosa, Jaime Orlando Sandoval, Jaime
Gilberto Valdes Hernandez, Juan Alberto Valiente Alvarez and John Tennat Wright Sol.
DECRETA the following:
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT CAUSED BY
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY
TITLE I
FUNDAMENTALS
CHAPTER I
OBJECT, SCOPE, GOVERNING BODY, AND EXECUTIVE LEVEL
Object
Art. 1. This Law aims to ensure both the public and private sectors, the
health of the inhabitants of the Republic, the prevention, promotion, protection, comprehensive care and control of the infection caused by the virus ". Human immunodeficiency, which will be
as HIV, through the implementation of inter-institutional coordination strategies, with an emphasis on educational, labor, prison, health and research areas, respecting the rights
population humans.
Application Scope
Art. 2. All public, autonomous institutions, including the
Salvadoran Social Security Institute, as well as natural and legal persons who
will be subject to this Law, will be subject to this Law. promotion, protection and comprehensive care related to HIV infection.
Rector
Art. 3.-The Ministry of Health, which may be abbreviated as AMINSAL@, shall be the Governing Body for the purposes of this Law.
Privileges
Art. 4.-The MINSAL will be responsible, the following:
a) Elaborate and present the present Regulation to the Executive for approval;
b) Jointly and jointly develop prevention and care protocols
integral, related to HIV, with members of the National Health System,
including the Salvadoran Social Security Institute and the following institutions:
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Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice and Public Security, System of Integral Protection of Children and Adolescence to
through the National Council of Children and IBM-CONNA-;
c) Create monitoring mechanisms, monitoring and jointly evaluate and
coordinated with the entities mentioned in the previous literal, which will be applied by each of them;
d) Establish, promote and strengthen an intersectoral coordination mechanism and
inter-agency for compliance with this Law;
e) Create the National Inter-Institutional Policy for Joint Purchase of Drugs, and
Prevention Methods for People with HIV;
f) Develop the Policy of Comprehensive Care and its Strategic Plan for National Response to HIV;
g) Update the protocols for comprehensive care, which will be applied at the national level;
h) Strengthening staff training and awareness in HIV management;
i) Strengthening the HIV Management Information System;
j) Strengthen HIV research as an input to policy decision making and
techniques; integrating up-to-date national and international knowledge;
k) Providing sufficient and timely information to everyone on HIV;
l) Promote the committed participation of all people for the prevention and
HIV care;
m) Managing economic, material and human resources for the implementation of this Law;
n) Establishing lines of action aimed at disseminating and training knowledge, use and application of this Law and other HIV-related regulatory instruments;
o) Develop and update first aid protocols for high risk staff of
, in particular for cases where there is body fluid contact;
p) Update the Clinical Guide for Prophylaxis Post Exposure and Biosafety, for health personnel
with high risk of exposure; and,
q) Develop care protocols for the management of dead bodies, including those of those who lived with HIV.
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CHAPTER II
EXECUTIVE LEVEL
Job Scope Manager
Art. 5.-The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare in coordination with the Rector, is the
institution responsible for ensuring the correct and timely implementation of this Law, in relation to the work environment.
Work and Social Security, through the different dependencies that
make up, must provide people with timely and personalized attention, by means of staff
trained and sensitized in the topic of HIV, which understands employment advice on rights and duties for working people, as well as guidance in employment and occupation issues.
Educational Scope Manager
Art. 6.-The Ministry of Education in coordination with the Governing Body is the institution responsible for ensuring the correct and timely implementation of this Law in relation to this
scope, at all levels and modalities of education; adapting prevention messages according to psychoevolutionary development and educational level.
Responsible for the Scope of Childhood and Adolescence
Art. 7.-The State, through the System of Integral Protection of Children and Adolescence, in coordination with the Rector, has the obligation to guarantee the primary and fundamental role of the
family, as well as the rights conferred by the The Laws of the Republic, with an emphasis on the rights of girls, children and adolescents with HIV, in conditions of vulnerability and those who are affected by
HIV.
State institutions that provide pedagogical care and care for girls, children and
adolescents with HIV, must provide comprehensive, specialized medical care that has physical, medical and environmental conditions that benefit from your treatment and guarantee all your rights,
regardless of how you acquired HIV.
Prison Scope Manager
Art. 8.-The Ministry of Justice and Public Security in coordination with the Governing Body is the
institution responsible for ensuring the correct and timely implementation of this Law, in relation to the prison field.
Military Scope Manager
Art. 9.-The Ministry of National Defense in coordination with the Governing Body is the institution responsible for ensuring the correct and timely implementation of this Law, in relation to the scope
of the military units.
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TITLE II RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
CHAPTER I
OF THE RIGHTS
Rights for the Person with HIV
Art. 10.-Actions related to HIV prevention and care, will ensure respect
of the fundamental rights of people with HIV and all inhabitants of the Republic; for the purposes of this Law the following are recognized: rights:
a) Non-discrimination: Any discrimination contrary to human dignity and any stigmatizing act to the detriment of people with HIV as well as their
family is prohibited.
The restrictions or coercive measures of the rights and the
freedoms of people infected with HIV are also prohibited. Except for the exceptions contained in this Law, everyone with HIV is entitled to the right not to interfere in the
development of their civil, family, work, educational, affective and sexual activities, the latter according to the respective protection recommendations;
b) Access to HIV information: All people have the right to have
up-to-date, timely, accurate, truthful, understandable and scientific information, including
accessible and alternative media and formats for people with disabilities, about the modes of transmission, prevention methods, treatments and actions performed
in response to HIV and other aspects of HIV infection and situation;
c) HIV diagnosis information: diagnosed
with HIV, has the right to disclose your condition, to the people you consider convenient;
d) Access to the HIV infection test: all
people have the right to access voluntarily tested for the diagnosis of
HIV infection, under the criteria of informed consent and alternative forms of communication and language;
e) Access to comprehensive care: all people with HIV, have the right to receive
quality services, warmth, equity and opportunity to guarantee your health needs for this diagnosis; and,
f) Access to counseling and guidance: every person with HIV, family, or family, has the right to receive counseling and guidance in a timely manner,
adequate, voluntary and non-discriminatory, about prevention and prevention issues HIV care.
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In addition to the above, all the rights recognized by the Law of Duties and Rights of Patients and Prestors of Health Services.
Rights of Girls, Children and Adolescents
Art. 11.-Girls, children and adolescents living with HIV may not be deprived of the rights that are inherent in them in accordance with the laws and treaties ratified by the country,
and must enjoy without restriction any of them.
Tutfabric
Art. 12.-In the case of girls, children and adolescents who have been diagnosed with HIV and
who are in a situation of abandonment, it will be in accordance with the Constitution, International Treaties and other secondary legislation that ensure their comprehensive protection, with particular
consideration in the best interests of the child, child and adolescent.
Creating Integral Assistance Centers
Art. 13.-The State, in coordination with public and private organizations, will promote and
support the creation of comprehensive care centers for children and adolescents living with HIV, who are lacking family members or legal guardians. provide a suitable environment for development,
food, health care, psychological support, or any other assistance service.
Will also create Comprehensive Care Centers for Older Adults Living with HIV
that they lack housing, where they will be provided with adequate food, medical care, psychological support or any other service related to your care.
CHAPTER II
OBLIGATIONS
Sexual Practices
Art. 14.-It is the responsibility of people in general to inform and practice their sexuality
using scientifically proven prevention methods to minimize the risks of acquiring HIV.
People living with HIV are forced to practice their sexuality, using scientifically proven prevention methods
minimize the risks of virus transmission to other people.
Communicate
Art. 15.-Members of the National Health System and private providers should develop measures and actions to raise awareness among people with HIV, to enable them to have
safer sex and their ethical responsibility in reveal their serological status for safety
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to your partner.
The institutions will develop counseling to guide the importance of revealing your condition to your partner and for the correct use of barrier methods.
Everyone who has been notified of her serological condition, is obliged to inform her such a situation to your partner either permanent or eventual.
It is the obligation of everyone living with HIV, to inform the health staff
about their condition.
The same obligation, they will have the relatives or relatives in Case the person with HIV does not
be able to report it.
Donar Ban
Art. 16.-Members of the National Health System and private providers have the
obligation to apply high quality, safe and effective procedures to both donors and recipients of organs, blood and other tissues.
No person living with HIV may be a donor of organs, blood or other tissues
humans for therapeutic use; nor will he be able to donate semen, eggs, breast milk, or lactate, except for research purposes.
Who will make improper, reckless or negligent use of fluids or human derivatives resulting in The infection of third persons with HIV will be sanctioned according to the
Criminal Code and other respective Laws.
TITLE III COMPREHENSIVE CARE POLICY
CHAPTER I
COMPREHENSIVE CARE POLICY AND THE ADVISORY LEVEL
Establishing Comprehensive Care Policy
Art. 17.-The State through the Ministry of Health, within six months from the
of
term of this Law, will establish the Comprehensive Care Policy, which should contain preventive actions, epidemiological surveillance, control, diagnosis, care of the infection with focusintersectoral and with the participation of society.
The National Policy of Comprehensive Response to HIV must have continuity and have a
review mechanism, updating and updating, allowing for the incorporation of progress and updates with regard to attention health, human rights and legal needs.
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From the National HIV Commission
Art. 18.-Create the National Commission Against HIV, "CONAHIV", as an advisory body to the Ministry of Health, which will be integrated as follows:
a) A representative duly accredited by the Ministry of Health, who is responsible for the coordinate;
b) A duly accredited representative of the Higher Public Health Council;
c) A duly accredited representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
d) A duly accredited representative accredited by the Attorney General's Office for the Defense of Human Rights;
e) A representative duly accredited by the Associations or Foundations whose
objective is HIV prevention, protection and advocacy, legally established;
f) A duly accredited representative of the Medical College;
g) A duly accredited representative of the Secretariat for Social Inclusion; and,
h) A duly accredited representative of the National Youth Institute.
National Commission Against HIV Powers
Art. 19.-The Commission shall have the following powers:
a) Propose to the Ministry of Health the update of the National Policy, the Plan
Multisectoral National HIV Strategic and Sexual Transmission Infections and instruments for the execution, monitoring, and evaluation of the program;
b) Propose the strategies that facilitate coordination, articulation and execution of the
lines of action between its members and other entities and institutions involved in
HIV prevention, care, monitoring and evaluation actions;
c) Propose to the Ministry of Health the execution of a simultaneous and integrated communication strategy of information, communication and education on factors of
risk, diagnosis and treatment related to HIV;
d) Propose mechanisms to monitor, monitor and evaluate the implementation and impact of
HIV prevention, care and control actions, which will enable us to have a continuously updated epidemiological profile;
e) Promote and facilitate part of its members, institutional support to the present
Law, its Rules of Procedure and Policy;
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f) Propose the Ministry of Health, reform initiatives to this Law and its Regulations, related to improving the comprehensive response to HIV;
g) Propose the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Health Exteriors, the subscription of
International Conventions related to improve the comprehensive response to HIV;
h) Monitor the promotion and follow-up of international commitments that the country has
in relation to the subject;
i) Propose to its members the criteria in the field HIV research, including programs for prevention, control and comprehensive care, as well as
promoting and supporting research and scientific events
related to HIV;
j) Propose epidemiological surveillance strategies for blood banks, laboratories, banks organs and tissues, breast milk banks and public hospitals and
private for the purpose of avoiding or minimizing the risks of HIV transmission; and,
k) Support in the requirements that the executive level requests, for compliance with
this Act.
CHAPTER II
PREVENTION ACTIONS
Prevention Actions
Art. 20.-It is the obligation of every natural or legal person to perform and promote actions
aimed at preventing HIV infection so that they become active agents in the fight
against the epidemic.
Specialize Human Resources
Art. 21.-Public or private institutions including the Salvadoran Institute of Insurance
Social, which provide health services, must have specialized human resources for the promotion, prevention, control, research and HIV treatment.
Prevention Methods Broadcast
Art. 22.-The scientifically proven and accepted methods of prevention and control,
should be widely disseminated through the alternative social media, traditional and
, in order to provide media coverage to the entire population.
Prevention Methods
Art. 23.-The easy access to the condom or condom must be guaranteed as
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prevention method, as it constitutes a method that decreases the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
Public and private health facilities and the Salvadoran Social Security Institute
agreement to the services they provide, they must have dispensers of these.
The establishments providing occasional room services are required to deliver
at least two condoms, as part of the basic service they provide.
Prevention in Special Centers
Art. 24. In the military's social rehabilitation, security and garrison centers or establishments
, HIV prevention and education actions will be promoted, and must be complied with in accordance with the second paragraph of the previous article.
When a person is being held or deprived of liberty by court order and
administrative, he is entitled to receive the necessary information, guidance, truthful and scientific education
on HIV prevention, as well. to receive the medical-hospital care that requires in conditions that do not violate its personal dignity.
CHAPTER III OF THE DIAGNOSTIC
Diagnostics
Art. 25.-The execution of any test for the purpose of diagnosing HIV infection, as well as its results, shall be carried out in compliance with the rights set out in Articles 13 and 14 of the Law of
Duties and Rights of Patients " and Health Service Providers, before and after the test,
except for the following cases:
a) That at the discretion of the physician, there is a need to carry out the test for the sole purpose of the patient's health care, have a better criterion
to establish diagnosis and therapy; this circumstance must be stated in the
respective clinical file;
b) When it is a donation of breast milk, blood, semen, organs or tissues; and,
c) When required for procedural and criminal purposes, and with the prior order of the competent authority.
Immunological Tests
Art. 26.-It is prohibited to request the test for the diagnosis of HIV infection, by any means or motive; as well as to use deceptions for the realization of the same, using the tests
routine or other type of mechanism that indirectly allow the status of HIV to be inferred.
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The immunological test to diagnose HIV for entry into the country, for access to goods or services, or to be part of private institutions and public work centers or
cannot be requested.
Results Information
Art. 27.-The treating physician or health personnel trained in HIV who will inform a person
of his or her seropositive condition, will also make known the infectious nature of this and the means of transmission and prevention, of the right to receive adequate and comprehensive health care, and the
obligation to comply with Article 15 of this Law, all with assurance of confidentiality.
Reference for Attention
Art. 28.-In the private health care exercise, the health professional may agree with the person diagnosed with HIV, his or her reference to the instances that run the Care Policy
Integral for people with HIV.
CHAPTER IV EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE
Biosafety Standards
Art. 29.-All health personnel are required to comply with established biosecurity standards regardless of their condition to ensure control of the transmission of the
infection.
Any person exercising their profession or profession where procedures are performed that
means risk of HIV transmission to the people they serve is required to comply with established biosecurity standards.
Public and private institutions where risk procedures are performed for the
transmission of HIV must provide the necessary materials and equipment for the practice of the
biosafety standards.
Reporting to Surveillance Fines
Art. 30.-Public and private health institutions and health professionals should report on persons diagnosed with HIV to MINSAL, as well as deaths related to the
infection, for epidemiological and/or intervention, ensuring confidentiality.
Scientific Research on Human Beings
Art. 31.-Research in human beings for HIV prevention and treatment purposes,
must comply with the provisions of Article 16 of the Law of Duties and Patients ' Rights and
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Health Services Prestors.
TITLE IV
VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES, COMPETITION, AND PROCEDURE
CHAPTER I
VIOLATIONS
Infrastructures
Art. 32.-All transgressions, breaches, violations or
breaches of the provisions contained in this Law are violated, and are classified in: serious and very serious.
Serious Infrastructures
Art. 33.-The following actions or omissions shall be considered as serious violations:
a) Negating access to HIV information;
b) Negating access to counseling and guidance related to prevention and care of the HIV;
c) Discriminating or stigmatizing a person for their HIV status;
d) Not ensuring access to prevention methods;
e) Failure to communicate about their serological condition, as described in Art. 15; and,
f) Refuse to inform the Ministry of Health about the diagnosed persons and the
deaths
Very Serious Infractions
Art. Related to HIV, by institutions and health professionals.
Very Serious Infractions
Art. 34.-They will be considered as very serious infractions, the following actions or omissions:
a) Negating voluntary access to the realization of the HIV test;
b) Force to perform HIV testing;
c) Reveal information without consent on the condition and diagnosis of a person with HIV;
d) Refusing to provide comprehensive care to people with HIV;
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e) Privating the rights recognized in Articles 10 and 11 of this Law;
f) Refusing to apply high quality, safe and effective procedures to both donors and organ recipients, blood and other human tissues, in
donation processes;
g) Donate organs, blood or other tissues, knowingly of their HIV status;
h) Failure to inform the patient of their serological condition;
i) Failure to comply with biosecurity standards; and,
j) Infringement of technical standards, protocols and clinical laboratory procedures approved by the Ministry of Health regarding this condition.
CHAPTER II
SANTIONS
Sanctions
Art. 35.-Without prejudice to criminal, civil or administrative liability, the penalties applicable to the offenders of this Law are:
For serious infringements, the fines will be ten to fifty minimum wages of the trade and service sector.
For very serious infringements, the fines will be fifty-one to one hundred wages
trade and service sector minimums in force.
Determination of the Multa
Art. 36.-To determine the amount of the fine, this will be in accordance with the type of infringement committed and
the competent authority shall take into account:
a) The economic capacity of the offender;
b) The significance and severity of the infringement;
c) The nature of the injury caused or degree of affectation to the life, health, integrity or
heritage of the affected;
d) The degree of intentionality of the offender;
e) The degree of participation in the action or omission; and,
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f) The circumstances in which it is committed, repeated or repeated non-compliance, as the case may be.
When the offender is the holder or the highest authority of a Government Institution, a
private company or any association and non-profit foundation, which has several
establishments, recidivism and reiteration will be appreciated for violations committed in the same establishment.
The amount of the fines will be entered into the General State Fund.
Payment of Fines
Art. 37.-The fines imposed must be cancelled within eight working days after the final decision has been notified, the payment of the fine will be made in the Directorate General of
Treasury of the Ministry of Finance. After the expiry of the time limit for payment of the fine without having been made effective, the resolution containing the fine will be certified, which will have force
executive for the purposes of recovery by the judicial path.
Right to Report Administratively
Art. 38.-Everyone living with HIV or their family members will have the right to report,
any infringement or violation of their rights under this Law; regardless of the actions that may be derived from the civil and criminal liability that is
originating from violations.
CHAPTER III COMPETENT AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURE
Competent Authority
Art. 39.-The UNIT FOR THE HEALTH, from the Ministry of Health, hereinafter AUDS@, will be the Ente in charge of the application of the sanctions referred to in this Law.
Principle of Legality of the Procedure
Art. 40.-The application of penalties in accordance with this Law shall be subject to the
instruction of the corresponding sanctioning administrative procedure, which shall be dealt with in accordance with the following provisions.
Crafts
Art. 41.-The procedure may be initiated on its own initiative or by complaint. The competent authority which has knowledge by means of denunciation or warning shall immediately order the start of the
procedure.
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Of The Reporting
Art. 42.-The written complaint must contain:
a) Name and general of the complainant;
b) The circumstantial relationship of the fact, with specification of the place, time and mode as
was committed;
c) The identity of the infringer if known and the persons who witnessed the event, as well as the place where they can be cited; and
d) All indications and other circumstances to assist in the verification of the reported fact.
verbal denunciation shall be received in the minutes in which the information referred to in the previous
entered. The complainant will sign the act if he or she knew, and otherwise, will print the fingerprint
digital of the thumb of his right hand, or in his defect, of any other finger.
Citation
Art. 43.-Initiate the procedure the competent authority shall order the summons of the alleged infringer, to appear within three working days to manifest its defense.
All summons and notification must be made according to as prescribed in Article 177 of the Civil and Commercial Code.
Rebellion
Art. 44.-The person will be summoned once, by corner, with acknowledgement of receipt, must appear to the indicated audience, to manifest his defense, and if the alleged infringer does not, of
officio will be declared rebellious and will continue with the procedure in their rebellion. You may appear personally or through your legal representative or accompanied by this.
Test
Art. 45.-If the alleged infringer appears to be opposed to the site or is declared a rebel, the procedure shall be opened to the test for the term of eight working days,
within which the evidence must be produced. offered and confirm those mentioned in the complaint.
When the alleged infringer does not oppose or confess the offence, the
opening to the test may be omitted.
If it is necessary to practice inspection, click, report or lab analysis, it will be ordered immediately even if there is no open-to-test.
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Probate Media
Art. 46.-The probative means relevant to the present sanctioning procedure shall be those recognized in the Code of Civil and Commercial Processing.
Resolution
Art. 47.-The term of proof, if any, and received those which have been ordered or requested, shall be concluded by the competent authority within the third day on the basis
evidence and applicable provisions
This resolution will be signed from the eight working days, if dictated.
Resource
Art. 48.-The resolution imposing the fine shall admit appeal to the holder of the Ministry of
Health within five working days of the notification of the final resolution.
CHAPTER IV ENDINGS AND REPEALS
Regulatory Faculty
Art. 49.-The President of the Republic shall issue the Regulation of this Law within sixty days, counted from its validity.
Substitute Application
Art. 50.-The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure and the Commercial Code, as applicable, shall be observed in all the provisions of this Law.
Rogatory
Art. 51.-Derogase the Law of Prevention and Control of the Virus-Caused Infection of
Human Immunodeficiency, issued by Decree No. 588 dated October 24, 2001, published
in the Official Journal Núndito 222 Tomo Núndido 353 del 23 de November of the same year.
Vigency
Art. 52. This Law shall enter into force eight days after its publication in the Official Journal
.
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GIVEN IN THE BLUE HALL OF THE LEGISLATIVE PALACE: San Salvador, at the fourteen days of the month of December of the year two thousand sixteen.
GUILLERMO ANTONIO GALLEGOS NAVARRETE,
PRESIDENT.
LORENA GUADALUPE PEÑA MENDOZA, DONATO EUGENIO VAQUERANO RIVAS,
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
JOSÉ FRANCISCO MERINO LÓPEZ, RODRIGO AVILA AVILES, THIRD VICE PRESIDENT. FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT.
SANTIAGO FLORES ALFARO, FIFTH VICE PRESIDENT.
GUILLERMO FRANCISCO MATA BENNETT, RENÉ ALFREDO PORTILLO CUADRA,
FIRST SECRETARY. SECOND SECRETARY.
FRANCISCO JOSÉ ZABLAH SAFIE, REYNALDO ANTONIO LÓPEZ CARDOZA,
THIRD SECRETARY. FOURTH SECRETARY.
JACKELINE NOEMI RIVERA AVALOS, SILVIA ESTELA OSTORGA DE ESCOBAR, FIFTH SECRETARY. SIXTH SECRETARIAT.
MANUEL RIGOBERTO SOTO LAZO, JOSÉ SERAFIN ORANTES RODRÍGUEZ, SEVENTH SECRETARY. EIGHTH SECRETARY.
PRESIDENTIAL HOUSE: San Salvador, nine days of the month of January of the year two thousand seventeen.
PUBESQUIESE,
Salvador Sánchez Cerén,
President of the Republic.
Elvia Violeta Menjívar Escalante, Minister of Health.
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