Puerto Rico Forensic Sciences Institute

The Puerto Rico Bureau of Forensic Science (Spanish: Negociado de Ciencias Forenses de Puerto Rico (NCF)) is the sole medical examiner of Puerto Rico and its municipalities. The bureau is headquartered in San Juan. The agency changed its name in April 2017 when governor Ricardo Rosselló signed into law the unification of the law enforcement and emergency service agencies of Puerto Rico into the Department of Public Safety. All agencies under the umbrella organization are bureaus of the department.

Puerto Rico Bureau of Forensic Science
Negociado de Ciencias Forenses de Puerto Rico
Bureau overview
FormedApril 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
Preceding Bureau
  • Puerto Rico Forensic Sciences Institute
DissolvedApril 2017 (2017-04)
JurisdictionPuerto Rico
HeadquartersUrb. Reparto Metropolitano, Calle Maga Esq. Calle Casia, Gobernador Piñero, San Juan, PR
Annual budget$14.2 million USD (2018)[1]
Bureau executive
  • María Conte Miller, MD, Director
Parent departmentDepartment of Public Safety
Key document
  • Act No. 20 of 2017.;
    Act No. 13 of 1985. (previous)
Websiteicf.pr.gov

The current director of the bureau is Doctor María Conte Miller who was appointed by governor Wanda Vazquez Garced on October 8, 2019.[2][3]

References
  1. "Negociado de Ciencias Forenses (Budget)". www.presupuesto.pr.gov (in Spanish). Puerto Rico government. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  2. "María Conte Miller regresa para dirigir Ciencias Forenses". elnuevodia.com. October 8, 2019.
  3. "Comunidad médica respalda designación de María Conte a Ciencias Forenses". elnuevodia.com. October 9, 2019.


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