ORGANIC LAW FOR COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CARE

The Law establishes relevant definitions for its application, including:

Direct substitute: relatives up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, spouse, partner in a common-law union, legal representative or attorney-in-fact, or any person who has under responsibility the maintenance or care of a person diagnosed with cancer.

Parents or legal representatives of children or adolescents with cancer will also be considered direct substitutes.

The illness must generate a condition that prevents the person from independently carrying out activities necessary for their subsistence.

Caregiver: parents, spouses, adult children, legal representatives, or guardians who are authorized to care for a person diagnosed with cancer.

Relevant labor rights provided for in the Law:

a)    People diagnosed with cancer have the right to equality and non-discrimination in the social, family, educational, and labor context for having or having been diagnosed with cancer.

b)    People diagnosed with cancer shall enjoy enhanced job stability. To terminate the employment relationship, the employer must reasonably demonstrate that the termination is unrelated to the illness and must base it on the causes and procedures established in the applicable regulations.

c)    The same treatment shall be granted to substitute workers and anyone acting as caregivers, provided that the illness generates a condition that prevents the person from independently carrying out activities necessary to ensure their subsistence.