The Public Service Commission and the Secretary of Health are hereby empowered to make the inspections and investigations they may deem necessary to the ambulance services established and operating in Puerto Rico. These inspections shall be made coordinately by the Public Service Commission and the Secretary of Health. The Commission shall be responsible for the inspection of the mechanical parts of the vehicle, and the Department of Health for all the fittings and special equipment specified in Categories I, II and III of § 2102(b) of this title. Before granting any authorization or license for those covered by this chapter, the Secretary of Health shall inspect the ambulance services to be established for the purpose of determining whether they meet the requirements established in this chapter and in the regulations promulgated hereunder, and the Public Service Commission shall not grant any authorization, license, permit or certificate of public convenience and necessity without having first obtained the endorsement of the Secretary of Health.\nHistory —July 23, 1974, No. 225, Part 2, p. 168, § 6, eff. 30 days after July 23, 1974.
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