Costa Rica Laws

• Health Law No 5395
• Vaccine Law & Regulation
  • VACCINATION LAW No. 8111
  • REGULATIONS TO VACCINATION LAW No. 32722
• Biomedical Research Regulatory Law 9234 and 39061-S
  • Biomedical Research Regulatory Law No. 9234
  • No. 39061-S Regulations to the Biomedical Research Regulatory Law
• Penal Code and Procedure
• Civil Code and Procedure
• Public Administrative Code
• Contentious Administrative Procedure Code
• ORGANIC LAW OF JUDICIAL POWER
• General Law of Internal Control No. 8292
• Constitutional Adjudication in Costa Rica: A Latin American Model
• Expedited FDA & WHO Foreign Strict Regulatory Authorizations of Drugs in Costa Rica
  • Original Superseded First Decree Expediting EUA Approval in Costa Rica
  • DM-F-1518-2011 – Addresses formal recognition of US FDA approvals as exceeding Costa Rica’s safety standards (Spanish)
• 38414-COMEX-MEIC-S Procedure for Mutual Recognition of Sanitary Reg. Medications
• Reform of the Organic Regulations of the Ministry of Health N ° 41137-S
• Regulation number 34482-S – Regulations on registration, classification, import, and control of medical equipment and biological materials (Spanish)