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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 66 - Automotive Technicians and Mechanics Association (§§ 2145 — 2145m) › § 2145f - Local bodies

The regulations shall establish elected or designated district delegations or local bodies which shall function and comply with their duties in the manner and under the conditions dictated by the Association’s regulations; but the election or designation of those who shall constitute them shall be done, except in the event of a delegation of this power, by the members of the Association who reside or have offices in the respective territorial boundaries of the delegations or local bodies.
History —June 30, 1986, No. 50, p. 164, § 7, eff. 60 days after June 30, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 66 - Automotive Technicians and Mechanics Association (§§ 2145 — 2145m) › § 2145g - Regulations

The regulations shall provide for whatever is not foreseen by this chapter including that which pertains to the functions, duties and procedures of all its bodies and officials; regular and special notice of meetings; dates, quorums, format and requirements of general assemblies and sessions of the Board of Directors; elections of directors; standing committees; budget, or investment of funds and disposition of the Association’s assets, and the terms of all offices, declaration of vacancies and the manner of filling them.
History —June 30, 1986, No. 50, p. 164, § 8, eff. 60 days after June 30, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 66 - Automotive Technicians and Mechanics Association (§§ 2145 — 2145m) › § 2145h - Dues—Determination

Members of the Association shall pay annual dues on the date or in the manner provided by the regulations, the amount of which shall be [set] by a provision of the members General Assembly. The quorum required to [set] dues shall be of not less than five percent (5%) of the total active members. When a modification of the amount of the dues is to be considered, it shall so be included in the notice of the assembly as one of the matters to be considered, and in such cases the Association’s members must be given at least thirty (30) days prior notice.
History —June 30, 1986, No. 50, p. 164, § 9, eff. 60 days after June 30, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 66 - Automotive Technicians and Mechanics Association (§§ 2145 — 2145m) › § 2145i - Dues—Suspension for nonpayment

Any member who does not pay his annual dues but is otherwise qualified to be a member of the Association shall be required to pay them and if he does not do so within a term of sixty (60) days from notification shall be suspended as member, but may be reinstated by paying the outstanding dues.
History —June 30, 1986, No. 50, p. 164, § 10, eff. 60 days after June 30, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 66 - Automotive Technicians and Mechanics Association (§§ 2145 — 2145m) › § 2145j - Certificate of admission

When an automotive technician or mechanic who is duly authorized to practice the trade pays his first annual dues, he shall be issued a certificate in addition to a receipt which will state that the person has met all the legal and regulatory requirements for membership in the Association; for the second year and thereafter the regulations shall provide that a certificate renewal card shall be issued upon payment of the annual dues accrediting him as a member of the Association.
History —June 30, 1986, No. 50, p. 164, § 11, eff. 60 days after June 30, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 66 - Automotive Technicians and Mechanics Association (§§ 2145 — 2145m) › § 2145k - Duties

The Puerto Rico Automotive Technicians and Mechanics Association shall have the following duties and obligations:
(1) To contribute to the development and progress of automotive technology.
(2) To promote fraternal relations among its members.
(3) To cooperate with all that is of mutual interest and good for their general wellbeing.
(4) To establish relations with similar associations from other countries, within specific rules of solidarity and courtesy.
(5) To maintain a healthy and strict morality among its members.
(6) To uphold and maintain the dignity of the trade and its members, see to it that its members observe ethical conduct, and establish educational programs or courses, or continuing education programs.
(7) To provide advice or information, as required by the government’s effort.
History —June 30, 1986, No. 50, p. 164, § 12, eff. 60 days after June 30, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 66 - Automotive Technicians and Mechanics Association (§§ 2145 — 2145m) › § 2145l - Representation

The Association established by this chapter shall assume the representation of all its members and shall have authority to speak on their behalf and representation pursuant to the terms of this chapter and the regulations approved and the decisions adopted by the members at the annual regular and special assemblies that are held.
History —June 30, 1986, No. 50, p. 164, § 16, eff. 60 days after June 30, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 66 - Automotive Technicians and Mechanics Association (§§ 2145 — 2145m) › § 2145m - Penalties

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or who is engaged in the practice of the trade as an automotive technician or mechanic without being duly associated shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished with a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) or more than two hundred dollars ($200), or imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) month, or more than two (2) months.
History —June 30, 1986, No. 50, p. 164, § 17, eff. 60 days after June 30, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2151 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as the “College of Medical Technologists Act of Puerto Rico”.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2152 - Creation

The persons entitled to practice as medical technologists in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are hereby constituted into an artificial entity or quasi-public corporation under the name of “College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico”, with domicile at San Juan, Capital of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, provided that the majority of the medical technologists so resolve in a referendum which shall be held for the purpose as hereinafter provided.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2156 - Membership required for practice

Ninety (90) days after the first General Assembly is held and the first Board of Directors of the College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico has been elected, no medical technologist who is not a member of the College may practice the profession of medical technologist in Puerto Rico, and if any person should so practice he shall be subject to the penalties provided hereinafter.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2157 - Persons entitled to be members

All medical technologists admitted to practice the profession of medical technology in Puerto Rico by the Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists pursuant to the provisions of §§ 281 et seq. of this title may become members of the College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2158 - Duties

The College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico shall have the following duties:
(a) To encourage the continuous professional development of the medical technologist by the dissemination of scientific knowledge;
(b) to encourage the strengthening of the professional relations among its members;
(c) to watch over the welfare and protection of the profession through the enactment of meritorious laws and to defend same from any prejudicial law;
(d) to uphold strict honesty and a high degree of responsibility which distinguishes this profession;
(e) to maintain and encourage a greater sense of understanding and cooperation between the medical technologist and the other professionals, especially those who devote themselves to the protection and preservation of the health of the community;
(f) to contribute to the advancement of medical technology;
(g) to determine measures for mutual protection to strengthen the bonds of friendship and fellowship between the members thereof;
(h) to establish relations with similar associations in other countries, within definite rules of solidarity and courtesy, and
(i) to cooperate in the enactment of fair and just legislation especially if related to the profession of medical technologist.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2159 - Powers

The College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico shall have power:
(a) To subsist in perpetuity under that name.
(b) To sue and be sued as an artificial person.
(c) To possess and use a seal, which it can alter at will.
(d) To acquire rights and property, both real and personal, by donation, legacy, contributions from its own members, purchase or otherwise, and to possess them, mortgage them, lease them and dispose thereof in any form.
(e) To appoint its directors and officers and officials.
(f) To adopt its bylaws which shall be binding on all its members and to amend same in the form and under the requirements established therein.
(g) To protect its members in the exercise of their profession through the creation of gratuity funds, insurance systems and special funds or in any other way, to help those who retire for physical disability or advanced age or who suffer accidents or sickness and the heirs or beneficiaries of those who die.
(h) To receive and investigate the complaints made in regard to the conduct of the members in the practice of their profession and in violation of this chapter; the complaints may be sent to the Board of Directors for action and, after a preliminary hearing in which an opportunity shall be given to the interested person or his representative if well-founded cause is found, to institute the proper proceeding of suspension or revocation of the license before the Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico. Nothing provided herein shall be construed as limiting or altering the power of the Board of Examiners of the Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico to initiate on its own account these proceedings.
(i) To exercise such incidental powers as may be necessary or advisable for the purposes of its creation and operation and which are not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
(j) To adopt or introduce the canons of professional ethics which shall govern the conduct of medical technologists, and
(k) to assume the representation of all the medical technologists authorized by the Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists to practice their profession in Puerto Rico and to speak in their name and in their representation in accordance with the terms of this chapter and of the bylaws approved therefor.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2160 - Organization

The College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico shall be governed, in the first place, by its General Assembly and in the second place by its Board of Directors.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2161 - Board of Directors

The Board of Directors shall be composed as determined by the General Assembly and shall be appointed annually by the Regular Annual Assembly of the College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2162 - Bylaws

The bylaws shall provide for everything which has not been provided for in this chapter including everything concerning the functions, duties, and proceedings of all its bodies and officials, calls, dates, quorum, form and requirements of the general, regular and special assemblies and meetings of the Board of Directors; election of directors and officials; special and standing committees; budgets; investment of funds and disposal of property of the College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico; terms for all offices, creation of vacancies and manner of filling them.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2163 - Quotas

Each year the members of the College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico shall pay a quota on the date and in the installments fixed by the bylaws. The first quota shall be fixed by provision of the General Assembly and in subsequent years shall be fixed by provision of the Regular Annual Assembly of the College of Medical Technologists.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2164 - Quotas—Suspension for nonpayment

Any member who does not pay his quota and who in all other respects qualifies as member of the College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico shall be required to pay and should he fail to do so within the term of thirty (30) days from the date on which notice is served, he shall be admonished that he shall be suspended as such member. He could be reinstated upon payment of the quota corresponding to the year he is readmitted to the college.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2165 - Special stamp

All clinical analyses laboratories and blood banks, except those operated by Government institutions, shall affix to all analyses reports issued by them a stamp which shall be adopted by the College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico. Any person who makes any test proper of a blood bank or any clinical analysis, as defined by §§ 281 et seq. of this title, shall affix and cancel on every report on the result of said analyses the stamp adopted by the College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico. Only those reports on clinical and blood bank analyses which bear, affixed and cancelled, the stamp established by this section shall be deemed valid for all purposes. Provided, That this section shall not apply to the blood bank tests or any clinical analyses that a physician may make to reach a diagnosis and whose results are a part of the evaluation of his patient. The cost of this stamp shall not exceed five cents ($0.05). The amount collected by reason of the said stamp shall be covered into the funds of the College of Medical Technologists for its use.
Any natural or juridical person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 15; Apr. 7, 1975, No. 7, p. 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 67 - College of Medical Technologists (§§ 2151 — 2166) › § 2166 - Penalties

Ninety (90) days after the holding of the first General Assembly and electing the first Board of Directors of the College of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico, the medical technologist who practices the profession in Puerto Rico without being duly collegiated or who announces himself or passes himself as a collegiated medical technologist without being duly collegiated shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) or more than fifty dollars ($50) or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than two (2) months or more than four (4) months, or by both penalties in the discretion of the court. In the case of a second conviction the penalty shall be imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than four (4) months or more than six (6) months. The medical technologist who becomes a recidivist for the third time shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than four (4) months or more than six (6) months and in addition, the judgment shall constitute sufficient cause for the revocation by the Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists of the license which it had previously issued.
History —May 30, 1972, No. 44, p. 96, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2181 - Definitions

Unless from the context of this chapter a different meaning arises, the following words shall have the following meaning:
(a) College. — Shall mean the College of Nutritionists and Dietitians of Puerto Rico.
(b) Board. — Shall mean the Board of Examiners of Nutritionists and Dietitians of Puerto Rico.
(c) Dietician and nutrition professional. — Shall mean any professional with an academic background based on a Bachelor of Sciences with a major in nutrition and diets from an academic institution approved by the American Dietetic Association, qualified to interpret and apply scientific nutrition knowledge to the planning, organization, development and direction of programs for the promotion of health and the prevention of debilitating diseases, as well as research, study and solution of nutritional problems of individuals or groups. He/she shall also be qualified to apply this knowledge to the selection and preparation of food, planning of menus and diets, the supervision of the personnel preparing the diets; and qualified to organize and direct nutrition services in institutions such as hospitals, cafeterias, hotels, school lunch rooms, etc., and to select the required equipment. His/her preparation shall further enable him/her to offer consulting and orientation services in preventive and curative dietetics to persons who require or request a specific nourishment plan according to their needs, and to order a nourishment plan when such people are in optimal health conditions. In all other cases of illness, his/her preparation shall also empower him/her to offer consulting and orientation services to persons who require or request the same, and to prescribe a nourishment plan, provided the patient has been referred by a physician. His/her powers do not include ordering medical tests without previous indication by a physician in cases of illness and in cases of optimal health conditions, he/she may only order the following lab tests: a basic metabolic panel and cholesterol levels.
(d) Department. — Shall mean the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(e) Recertification. — Shall mean the procedure provided for the health professions in §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 1; Aug. 31, 1990, No. 80, p. 473, § 1; Jan. 10, 2004, No. 45, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2182 - Board—Creation, composition

(a) There is hereby created the Board of Examiners of Nutritionists and Dietitians of Puerto Rico, attached to the Office of Regulation and Certification of Health Professionals of the Department of Health, which shall have under its charge everything relative to the granting, suspension and revocation of licenses to practice the nutritionist and dietitian professions in the Commonwealth.
(b) The Board shall be composed of five nutritionists or dietitians appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, which shall enjoy good repute, be of legal age, citizens of the United States, and have resided in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for at least three (3) years immediately prior to their appointment. The latter shall hold a bachelor’s degree with a major in nutrition or dietetics from a college or university accredited by the Council of Higher Education, and shall not have less than five years of experience in the exercise of their respective professions at the date of their appointments. If the candidate holds a master’s or doctor’s degree in nutrition or dietetics, or in other fields related to these subjects, there shall only be required one year of experience in the field of his/her specialty. Once appointed, no member of the Board may be a shareholder or belong to the Board of Trustees or Directors of a university, college or school where studies leading to a degree as nutritionist or dietitian are included.
The Governor may consider competent candidates submitted to him to act as members of the Board by bona fide entities which have a legitimate interest in the work of the Board.
(c) Board members shall be appointed to four (4) -year terms and shall hold office until their successors are appointed and take office. Any vacancy which may occur before the expiration of the term of a member has expired, shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term. No person shall be appointed for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
(d) The members of the Board shall serve ad honorem but shall receive a fifty-dollar ($50) per diem for each day or fraction thereof that they devote to their official duties and shall be entitled to be reimbursed for travel expenses in which they may incur while carrying out their functions in accordance with the applicable regulations of the Department of the Treasury.
(e) The Governor may remove from office any member of the Board, upon previous notice and hearing, for unbecoming conduct, for neglect in the fulfillment of his obligations or for gross incompetence in the discharge of his office.
(f) The funds collected through the enforcement of this chapter shall be covered into the General Fund of the Commonwealth Treasury.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 2; July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 3; Aug. 31, 1990, No. 80, p. 473, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2183 - Board—Meetings

The Board shall meet at least twice a year and as many times as necessary for the best fulfillment of its functions. In the first meeting, and thereafter whenever vacant, the Board shall elect a Chairman from among its members. The resolutions of the Board shall be taken by a majority vote of its members. Three (3) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 3; July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2185 - License—Application

(a) Any applicant for a license to practice as a dietitian or nutritionist in Puerto Rico shall file his/her application before the Board in the official form prepared by the latter to that effect.
(b) Any applicant who fails the revalidation examination on three (3) occasions may not take a new examination until he/she presents convincing evidence to the Board attesting that he/she has taken and approved the pertinent course or courses after his/her particular situation has been evaluated by the Board. Once the person has taken and approved the course or courses required herein, he/she may take the examination on three (3) additional occasions. Were these courses unavailable, the applicant will have three (3) additional opportunities for taking the revalidation examination without having to meet the requirement to take them.
(c) The Board may issue license duplicates upon previous verification that the applicant shows to the satisfaction of the latter that his/her original license has been lost or destroyed.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 5; July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 6; Aug. 31, 1990, No. 80, p. 473, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2185a - License—Fees to be paid

The fees indicated hereinbelow shall be paid through a postal or bank money order, or certified check in the name of the Secretary of the Treasury:
Revalidation examination $ 35.00 License $ 75.00 License through reciprocity $ 75.00 Provisional license $ 25.00 Duplicate license $ 15.00 Recertification and registration $ 75.00
The funds generated on account of the fees set in this section shall be covered into the Health Fund, for the use of the Office of Regulation and Certification of Health Professionals of the Department of Health.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, added as § 5a on Aug. 31, 1990, No. 80, p. 473, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2186 - License—Requirements for obtaining license

(a) To present a Criminal Record Certificate, be over eighteen (18) years of age, and have resided uninterruptedly in Puerto Rico for a minimum period of six (6) months immediately before filing the application, excluding sporadic departures from the country for medical, study or business purposes or for pleasure.
(b) To hold a bachelor’s degree with a major in nutrition or dietetics from a university or college accredited by the Council on Higher Education, or by one of the national regional accreditation bodies and to have completed an internship in nutrition or dietetics in a hospital or institution accredited to give such training or in substitution to such internship, to hold a master’s or doctor’s degree in nutrition or dietetics from a university or college recognized by the Council on Higher Education or by one of the national regional accreditation bodies.
An internship shall not be required of those persons who completed their bachelor’s degree prior to July 1, 1976.
(c) To have passed an examination offered by the Board on the subjects specified by regulations.
The Board shall adopt norms to guarantee that those persons who have not passed the revalidation examination shall have the right to examine their answer sheet, obtain a breakdown of the score achieved, and to request a reconsideration of the grading of their examination.
The Board shall grant a term of ninety (90) days from the date the results of the examination are posted for filing any allegation in his/her favor regarding the grading of the examinations. The examination papers of those that have passed may be destroyed after the abovementioned ninety (90) days have elapsed. The Board shall retain the examination papers of the last three examinations taken by the person who fails for the purpose of expediting the abovementioned process.
The Board shall also establish a mechanism to advise the applicants about the revalidation examinations, the norms for their administration, the type or kind of examination, the evaluation method and all applicable regulations. To that effect, the Board shall prepare and publish a handbook with all the information concerning the revalidation examination. A copy of said handbook shall be given to every applicant in exchange for a postal or bank money order, or a certified check, in the amount of ten dollars ($10) payable to the Secretary of the Treasury.
From time to time, the Board may revise the cost of acquisition of this handbook based on the cost of preparing and publishing same, although the amount to be charged shall never exceed the real cost represented by such an expense.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 6; July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 7; Aug. 31, 1990, No. 80, p. 473, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2187 - License—Required for practice

On and from the date of effectiveness of this act only the persons holding a license issued by the Board shall have the right to practice the nutrition and dietetics profession in Puerto Rico, and to use the corresponding title.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 7; July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2188 - License—Reciprocity, license without examination and provisional license

The Board may grant licenses without examination to practice in Puerto Rico as nutritionists or dieticians to those persons who have pursued studies comparable to those required in Puerto Rico in a recognized college or university, and who may hold licenses to work as such granted by authorized organizations of the states of the United States of America with which the Board may have established reciprocity relations, and provided in said states a similar concession is granted to the persons licensed in Puerto Rico. The applications for licenses without examination under this section should meet the requirements of § 2186(a) of this title.
The Board is hereby authorized to issue a provisional license to nutritionists or dietitians invited or contracted by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its agencies or departments, or to be used by federal agencies in Puerto Rico to practice as such in Puerto Rico. The Board shall establish in its regulations, the requirements and conditions for the application and issuance of said licenses, after a payment for such provisional licenses of fees amounting to twenty dollars ($20) payable to the Secretary of the Treasury through a postal or bank money order, or a certified check. These licenses shall be issued for a term not greater than one (1) year and may be extended for additional periods when it is so justified before the Board.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 8; July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 9; Aug. 31, 1990, No. 80, p. 473, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2189 - License—Penalties

Any person who practices the profession of dietitian or nutritionist in Puerto Rico, who announces himself as such without holding a license duly issued by the Board of Examiners created by virtue of this chapter, or that during the suspension or revocation of his license or not being a member of the College of Nutritionists and Dietitians of Puerto Rico practices as a person authorized therefor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than one (1) month or more than six (6) months, or by both penalties [at] the discretion of the court.
Any person who deliberately furnishes false information to obtain a license under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than one (1) month or more than three (3) months, or by both penalties [at] the discretion of the court.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 9; July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2189a - License—Exceptions

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply nor shall it be detrimental in any way to:
(a) Officers and employees of the Government of the United States while they are employed in Puerto Rico as nutritionists and dietitians in federal agencies and who hold their provisional license.
(b) Any person who works in Puerto Rico in Commonwealth or federal agencies as subordinates or under the supervision of a nutritionist or dietitian duly licensed by the Board of Examiners, or a nutritionist or dietitian covered by subsection (a) of this section, and provided, that the works or tasks of the subaltern are not completely and exactly those corresponding to a nutritionist or dietitian, or require determinations and definite judgments, and are made subject to the responsibility and immediate supervision of the authorized professional.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, added as § 9A on July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2190 - College—Creation, constitution

All professionals entitled to practice the nutrition and dietetics profession in Puerto Rico, provided a majority of them shall so determine in a referendum to be held for that purpose as hereinafter provided in subsection (a) of § 19 of this act, are hereby constituted into a juridic body or quasi-public corporation under the name of the College of Nutritionists and Dietitians of Puerto Rico, with domicile where the initial General Assembly of the College may determine.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 10; July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2191 - College—Powers and duties

(a) Powers. — The College shall have power:
(1) To subsist perpetually under that name, to sue and be sued as a juridical person.
(2) To have and use a seal which it may alter at will.
(3) To adopt the canons of professional ethics which shall govern the conduct of nutritionists and dietitians.
(4) To investigate the complaints filed under oath with respect to the conduct of its members; and upon hearing where the interested party shall be given an opportunity to defend himself, if cause be found, it may request the intervention of the Board of Examiners for the appropriate action. Nothing provided herein shall be interpreted in the sense of limiting the power of the Board of Examiners to begin in its own initiative the investigations it may deem necessary.
(5) To acquire rights and properties, both personal and real, through donation, legacy, contributions from its own members, purchase or otherwise, and to possess, mortgage, lease and dispose of same in any legal way.
(6) To appoint its directors and officers or officials.
(7) To adopt its bylaws, which shall be binding on all its members and to amend same in the form established therein.
(8) To protect its members in the exercise of their profession.
(9) To exercise such incidental powers as may be necessary or advisable for the purposes of its creation and which are not in conflict with this chapter.
(b) Duties. — The College shall have the following obligations or duties:
(1) To work towards the improvement of the dietetics and nutritionists working conditions in Puerto Rico in all its phases.
(2) To promote the enlargement of nutritional and dietetic knowledge among the members for their professional improvement through an intensive program of education.
(3) To promote the relations among dietitians, nutritionists and other allied field personnel in Puerto Rico and other countries for the purpose of working in coordination toward the attainment of common objectives.
(4) To offer guidance to the community on different aspects of nutrition for the purpose of improving the nutritional conditions of our people.
(5) To raise and maintain the dignity of the profession and of its members.
(6) To defend the rights and immunities of nutritionists and dietitians.
(7) To prepare the reports that the Government may request relative to nutrition and dietetic matters.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 11, eff. 6 months after May 31, 1972.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2192 - College—Membership required

After the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the College, no person shall practice the nutrition and dietetics profession in Puerto Rico without being a member of the College, and if so practiced, he shall be subject to the penalties provided in the first paragraph of § 2189 of this title.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 12; July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2193 - College—Who may be member

Every person admitted to practice the nutrition and dietetics profession in Puerto Rico as provided in this chapter may be a member of the College.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 13; July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2194 - College—Government

The College of Nutritionists and Dietitians of Puerto Rico shall be governed, in the first place, by its General Assembly and in second place by its Board of Directors.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 14, eff. 6 months after May 31, 1972.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2195 - College—Composition

The Board of Directors shall be composed as determined by the General Assembly and shall be designated by same.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 15, eff. 6 months after May 31, 1972.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2196 - College—Regulations; complementary provisions

The regulations of the College shall provide that for which the present chapter has not provided, including all that concerns the function, duties and procedures of all its bodies and officials, convocations, meetings of the Board of Directors, election of directors and officials, standing committees, budget or investment of funds and disposition of the assets of the College, term for all offices, declaration of vacancies and manner of filling the same.
The members shall have the option to exercise their right to vote to elect the directors and officials at their convenience, in person or by mail, following the procedure that the College provides through regulations. The College may also through regulations provide its members with the additional option of exercising their right to vote through another means which is determined to assure privacy, reliability, secrecy and the validity of said vote. The canvassing of the votes cast by mail or other means shall be conducted in the General Assembly convoked for these purposes.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 16; Dec. 24, 1998, No. 322, § 1, eff. 60 days after Dec. 24, 1998.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2197 - College—Annual dues

The College is hereby authorized to fix the annual quota to be paid by its members, which shall be approved by a majority of the members attending a general assembly of the institution in whose call this matter is included.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 17, eff. 6 months after May 31, 1972.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2198 - College—Failure to pay dues; suspension

Any member who does not pay his annual dues shall be suspended as such member after notice and reasonable opportunity extended to pay his dues. The member may be rehabilitated upon payment of the amount owed for such reason. After a member is suspended, the College shall have discretion to demand before the Board of Examiners, in cases where justified, on its own initiative or of any of its members the corresponding action for the suspension of the license of nutritionist or dietitian, as the case may be, of the person concerned.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 18; July 23, 1974, No. 124, Part 1, p. 556, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 69 - Board of Examiners and College of Nutritionists and Dietitians (§§ 2181 — 2199-2201) › § 2198a - Nourishment plan—Stamps

Any nourishment plan, menu or diet, designed by dietitian or nutrition professional, working for or through private hospitals, private practice, medical equipment companies, private consulting and others, except for those who work in local or federal government agencies, and those working in non-profit institutions, shelters and hospices, shall have affixed a stamp to be adopted and issued by the College of Nutritionists and Dieticians of Puerto Rico. This stamp shall have the value of one dollar ($1) which shall be paid by the dietician and nutrition professional’s client. The proceeds income shall be deposited in the funds of the College of Nutritionists and Dieticians of Puerto Rico for its use. This stamp shall be cancelled with the signature and the license number of the licensed nutritionist/dietician, who also certifies the document. The College of Nutritionists and Dieticians shall keep a numeric registry of the sale of stamps using the license number of the nutritionist-dietician. For this purpose each dietitian and nutrition professional must register his/her signature next [to] his/her license number to corroborate the legality and authenticity of the cancellation of the stamp.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, added as § 19 on Jan. 10, 2004, No. 45, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 71 - Board of Examiners and College of Interior Designer-Decorators (§§ 2231 — 2256) › Subchapter I - Board of Examiners of Interior Designer-Decorators (§§ 2231 — 2243) › § 2231 - Definitions

The following terms and phrases, as used in the following sections, shall have the meanings stated below:
(a) Interior designer/decorator. — Means the trained professional qualified through to his/her education, experience, skills and recognized ability, which enable him/her to identify, analyze, and resolve in a creative manner, those problems concerning the quality, function and aesthetics of interior environments. He/She also develops services in relation to said interior spaces, which include: the analysis of design, planning of space, and the supervision of the work to be conducted, by using his/her knowledge on building codes, equipment specifications, and acquisition and installation of materials and furniture. He/She develops and presents the drawings, specifications and documents needed for the proper design and planning of interior spaces. In addition, he/she creates an atmosphere by using visual elements such as: line, form, color, texture, light and accessories.
(b) Board. — Means the Board of Examiners of Interior Designers-Decorators.
(c) College. — Means the College of Interior Designers/Decorators of Puerto Rico, created by §§ 2244 et seq. of this title.
History —June 8, 1973, No. 125, p. 501, § 1; Dec. 21, 1995, No. 243, § 2; Aug. 12, 1998, No. 231, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 71 - Board of Examiners and College of Interior Designer-Decorators (§§ 2231 — 2256) › Subchapter I - Board of Examiners of Interior Designer-Decorators (§§ 2231 — 2243) › § 2232 - License

An interior designer/decorator license shall be issued immediately to all persons holding an interior designer/decorator license in Puerto Rico as of the date of effectiveness of this act.
No person shall practice or offer to practice as interior designer/decorator in Puerto Rico after one year counting from the effective date of this act, unless he/she holds a license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
History —June 8, 1973, No. 125, p. 501, § 2; Dec. 21, 1995, No. 243, § 3; Aug. 12, 1998, No. 231, § 2.