P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 3652
Any person of legal age and of sound mind may state, in advance and at any time, his/her will to be submitted or not to a specific medical treatment in the event of suffering a terminal health condition or a persistent vegetative state that would prevent him/her from expressing at the time [sic] said medical treatments should be administered or not, according to the person’s express will. Such a statement may include the designation of an executor to make the decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of treatment in the event that the declarant is unable to communicate. If the declarant does not designate an executor, the closest, eldest relative of legal age, according to the order of succession established in the Civil Code of Puerto Rico, as amended, with the spouse of the declarant being first in rank, shall be deemed the executor. However, no declarant shall prohibit that such available medical resources be administered in such a situation to relieve pain or to hydrate and feed him/her, unless death is imminent and/or the body can no longer absorb the nutrients and hydration that is administered.
History —Nov. 17, 2001, No. 160, § 3.