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All patients, consumers, or users of medical and hospital health services in Puerto Rico are entitled to be treated equally, courteously, and with respect by all members of the health care industry, including but not limited to health care professionals, health care plans, and health care facility operators and providers at all times and under any circumstance. No patient, consumer or user of health care medical and hospital services shall be discriminated against for reason of the public or private nature of the facilities or the provider of said services, or for reason of race, color, sex, age, religion, ethnic origin or background, nationality, political ideology, present or future physical or mental disability, medical or genetic information, social status, sexual orientation, ability to pay, or means of payment of the consumer or user of said services and facilities.\nHistory —Aug. 25, 2000, No. 194, § 10.