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The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Spanish: Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social) is in charge of most of the nation's public health sector.Its role in public health (as the administrator of health institutions) is key in Costa Rica, playing an important part in the state's national health policy making.
Law No. 5377, passed on 19 October 1973, created the current criminal code of Costa Rica. Article 39 of the law called for the establishment of the Public Prosecutor's Office by transferring the prosecutional powers of the Attorney General's Office to the Judiciary. [3]
The Ministry of Justice and Peace of Costa Rica is the ministerial body in charge of administering the country's prisons, assisting the rehabilitation and social reintegration of the prison population, and representing the interests of the State through the General Procurator's Office in Costa Rica.
Social Guarantees had an important impact on Costa Rican social and economic development. [10] [11] Universal healthcare has allowed the country to have one of the highest health rates (it is currently considered an important destination for medical tourism and has the highest levels of lowest of infant mortality in Latin America only below Cuba), [12] [13] compulsory public education up to ...
The Joint Social Welfare Institute (Spanish: Instituto Mixto de Ayuda Social) (IMAS) is an autonomous institution with legal status in Costa Rica for welfare.It was created under Act 4760 of April 30, 1971, which put it into operation from May 8 of that year.
The Judicial Investigation Department (Spanish: Organismo de Investigación Judicial, OIJ) of Costa Rica is a dependency of the Supreme Court of Justice which works in collaboration with the Public Prosecutor of Costa Rica. The department was founded in 1973. Since October 2015, its director has been Walter Espinoza Espinoza. [1]
The Costa Rica Coast Guard also operates directly under the Ministry but is not a part of the Public Force proper. [ 6 ] Outside the Fuerza Pública, there is a small Special Forces Unit, the Unidad Especial de Intervencion (UEI) or Special Intervention Unit, an elite commando force which trains with special forces from around the world , but ...
Guido Miranda Gutiérrez (23 July 1925 – 20 February 2019) was a Costa Rican civil servant and medical doctor. Miranda is credited with spearheading the effort to push the Costa Rican Department of Social Insurance (Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social) from the capital of San José into smaller municipalities and rural regions.