[1] The law by which it was created, on August 28, 1992, establishes that the executive power is authorized to mint the medal, with the objective that the Presidency, at the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, deliver it to foreign personalities with reasons reciprocity, previously reporting to the General Assembly, and entrusts the executive power with the regulation of the registration, design, ceremony and other matters of the medal.

[3] The medal is characterized by having on its forehead the national coat of arms, made of 24-karat gold-plated metal with dimensions of 65 millimeters high by 60 millimeters wide.

Its Sun is carved, the laurel and olive leaves accompany the oval of the coat of arms in half a carved point, and its center have a "bulge", with white and blue enameled colors with a glass finish.

[3] The reverse of it contains the text "Oriental Republic of Uruguay" in relief and with a diameter of 41 millimeters, and in the center the text "Medal of the Republic" in relief, straight in three lines.

If award is not possible because the beneficiary is abroad, it can be done by a person designated by the executive power.