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Any person who learns or suspects that an elderly person is a victim of abuse, institutional abuse, abuse by negligence and/or abuse by institutional negligence shall report such a fact through the 'Golden Hotline', to the Puerto Rico Police, and/or to the Office of Elderly Affairs, attached to the Office of the Governor, in the manner provided for by this chapter. The information thus furnished shall be kept in strict confidentiality, as well as the identity of the person who furnished the information. History —July 12, 1986, No. 121, p. 389, added as § 9 on Dec. 17, 2003, No. 305, § 4.