For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms or phrases shall have the meaning indicated hereinbelow:\n(a) Falciform anemia. — Means the condition caused by the inheriting of falciform hemoglobin or other abnormal hemoglobin, from both parents.\n(b) Council. — Means the Puerto Rico Hereditary Disease Council.\n(c) Department. — Means the Department of Health of Puerto Rico.\n(d) Hereditary disease. — Means any disease transmitted through the genetic substance known as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).\n(e) Hereditary metabolic diseases. — Means the metabolic disorders of various substances that are essential to human development.\n(f) Phenylalanine. — Means the amino acid which is essential for human growth and development.\n(g) Phenylketonuria. — Means the inherited phenylalanine metabolic disorder.\n(h) Hemophilia. — Means the hereditary hemorrhagic disorder caused by the deficiency of a coagulation factor.\n(i) Congenital hypothyroidism. — Means the condition caused by a deficiency of thyroxine.\n(j) Laboratory tests. — Means the procedures that are capable of detecting the normal or abnormal values of substances that characterize a specific condition, such as: congenital iency of thyroxine.\n(j) Laboratory tests. — Means the procedures that are capable of detecting the normal or abnormal values of substances that characterize a specific condition, such as: congenital hypothyroidism, falciform anemia, hemophilia, phenylketonuria and other metabolic diseases.\n(k) Program. — Means the Program for the Detection and Diagnosis of Hereditary Diseases of Puerto Rico.\n(l) Regulations. — Means the regulations of the Hereditary Diseases Program of Puerto Rico.\n(m) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico.\n(n) Thyroxine. — Means the hormone produced by the thyroid gland, which is necessary for human growth and development.\nHistory —July 2, 1987, No. 84, p. 318, § 3.
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