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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2310 - Examinations

The Board shall offer examinations for accreditation at least once a year, on predetermined dates during the same month of each year, which shall be prepared and corrected by a private company which shall be contracted with the consent of the Department of State of Puerto Rico with the previous approval of the Appraiser Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation, which is engaged in the preparation of this type of examination. It shall be at the discretion of the Board to determine the type of examination to be offered and the subject matter that it shall cover.
The Board shall ascertain that:
(1) The company contracted prepares an informational manual that shall determine the type of examination to be offered and the subject matter that it shall cover, and
(2) the term to correct the exams will not exceed ninety (90) days after the same has been offered.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 10; Dec. 26, 1997, No. 194, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2311 - Fees payable

With regard to licenses or certifications, the Department of State shall fix through regulations the fees payable for examination, issuing, renewal, registration and duplicates thereof. It shall likewise provide through regulations all that concerns the way in which said fees shall be paid.
As to the amount collected for registration, the Board shall annually compute and certify to the Department of State the amount to be remitted to the Appraisal Subcommittee, pursuant to the provisions of Title XI of the federal law, from the minimum portion required by law and the applicable federal regulations.
The funds collected from the various items consigned in this section shall be covered into the General Fund. The portion of the registration fees that shall be sent annually to the Financial Institutions Examination Board is exempted, which shall be deposited by the Secretary of the Treasury in a special, separate account and on behalf of the Department of State. The funds thus consigned shall be used exclusively for the amount from the registration fee that shall be remitted annually by the Secretary of State to said federal body on behalf of the Board.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 11; Aug. 14, 1991, No. 62, § 8; Dec. 26, 1997, No. 194, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2312 - Denial of license or certification

The Board shall deny the issue of a license or certification upon previous notice and hearing to any applicant who:
(a) Attempts to obtain a license or certification through fraud or deceit;
(b) does not meet the qualifications to obtain a license or certification established by this chapter, and
(c) is mentally disabled, an alcoholic or a controlled substance user, dependent or addict, according to official information obtained by the Board.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 12; Aug. 14, 1991, No. 62, § 9; Dec. 26, 1997, No. 194, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2313 - Suspension, revocation, denial of renewal of license—Causes

The Board shall, after the proceeding provided hereinbelow, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license or certification of any person who:
(a) Has obtained the license or certification through fraud or deceit.
(b) Has been declared mentally disabled by a competent court.
(c) Has been declared an alcoholic or drug addict, user, dependent or addicted to controlled substances by a competent body.
(d) Has been convicted of a felony or of any offense implying moral turpitude, false pretense or bribery.
(e) Has incurred incompetence or gross negligence, or dishonet practices or violations of the code of ethics in the discharge of his/her functions as professional real estate appraiser.
(f) Through misrepresentations and use of incorrect data, persuades or induces any person to perform a transaction which redounds against his interests.
(g) Incurs in violation of any other provisions of this chapter or of the regulations of the Board.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 12(A); Aug. 14, 1991, No. 62, § 10; Dec. 26, 1997, No. 194, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2314 - Suspension, revocation, denial of renewal of license—Procedure

Whenever the Board finds, after proper investigation, that a professional real estate appraiser or an applicant to practice said profession has incurred any of the causes listed in §§ 2312 and 2313 of this title, it shall serve notice in writing by certified mail with acknowledgment receipt on the interested party of its finding to deny the application for license or certification, or to suspend, deny, revoke or deny the renewal of the license or certification, stating the reasons therefor. Said notice shall inform the party affected of his/her right to an administrative hearing where he/she may produce proof on his/her behalf and that the request for holding the hearing shall be made within the term of ten (10) days after he/she has been notified of the findings of the Board. If no use of the right to request an administrative hearing to oppose the finding of the Board is made within the term mentioned above, said finding shall be final and binding.
The Board shall adjust this procedure, in the measure needed, to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 12(B); Aug. 14, 1991, No. 62, § 11; Dec. 26, 1997, No. 194, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2315 - Administrative hearing—Setting of date

If the administrative hearing is requested within the term set above, the Board shall be under obligation to hold same within thirty (30) days after requested. The notice of said hearing shall be sent to the aggrieved party at least ten (10) days in advance of the holding of same. The applicant shall be notified of his right to appear personally or assisted by counsel, to produce evidence and to cross-examine witnesses.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 12(C), retroative to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2316 - Administrative hearing—Form; full Board

The hearing shall be public unless waived by the aggrieved party. The hearing shall be held before the full Board or before three (3) of its members. If the case is heard by three (3) of the members of the Board, the decision of the latter together with a transcription of the evidence shall be filed with the full Board for final decision, in which at least three (3) of the members shall concur and shall sign it.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 12(D), retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2317 - Administrative hearing—Decision, time of issue; reconsideration

Fifteen (15) days after the hearing is held, or before, the Board shall issue its decision, which shall be notified by registered mail to the interested party and his counsel. The party adversely affected by the decision may request of the Board its reconsideration within a term of five (5) days following the receipt of the decision. If the Board does not set a date to debate the motion of reconsideration or if it rejects same within the five (5) days following its receipt, the reconsideration shall be considered denied.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 12(E), retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2318 - Administrative hearing—Review before Court of First Instance

If the reconsideration is denied, or if granted and the decision of the Board is adverse to the aggrieved party, he may, within the term of thirty (30) days after having been notified of the final action of the Board appeal same before the San Juan Part of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico. The review shall be limited to issues of law and shall be made in the light of the original documents, the transcription of the oral evidence and the documentary evidence. Upon a request for review the Board shall refer the record of the case to the court. The rules for review of the administrative organizations shall govern the subsequent proceeding before the court.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 13, retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2319 - Reciprocity

The Board is hereby authorized to establish, through the conditions and qualifications it may deem necessary and advisable, reciprocity relations to grant licenses of Puerto Rico without examination, directly with states or territories of the United States or with any foreign country where qualifications similar to those established in this chapter are required to obtain a license and a similar concession is provided for those licensed or certified by this Board.
The Board may issue a provisional license or certification to persons duly authorized by a state of the United States, which would allow the appraiser to practice as such in Puerto Rico to carry out a specific appraisal, when a similar concession is offered in the concerned state to those authorized by the Board. The issuing of the provisional license or certification shall be subject to:
(1) That the property to be appraised is a part of or in connection with a federally-related transaction;
(2) that the nature of the appraisal work is temporary, and
(3) the appraiser registers before the Board, prior to carrying out the work. The Board shall provide through regulations, whatever is necessary to establish the residential license or provisional certification and shall establish the fees to be paid for said authorization.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 13(A); Aug. 14, 1991, No. 62, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2320 - Rendering of free services

The Board shall by regulation require every real estate appraiser to render his services free of charge in those cases heard before the Eminent Domain Part of the Court of First Instance in which the hiring of a real estate appraiser would be too expensive because they deal with properties of low value belonging to indigent persons.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 13(B), retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2320a - Temporary practice

Any appraiser certified to be in good standing by any state of the Union may practice temporarily in Puerto Rico in transactions that include federal funds provided the law in said state has been endorsed by the Appraisal Subcommittee. In the case of operations that do not involve federal funds, the appraiser shall meet the license requirements established in § 2308 of this title.
For such purposes, the Board shall have five (5) days as of the receipt of the application to process the permit for temporary practice, whose terms and effectiveness shall be limited according to the policies established by the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. Provided, however, That the effectiveness of the temporary practice permit shall never exceed one year as of the date of issue.
For this classification, it shall be necessary for the applicant to register with the Board the Appraiser’s Consent to Service in Puerto Rico.
The Board shall adopt regulations in which it shall set forth the policies on temporary practice established by the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council. Provided, however, That the effectiveness of the temporary practice permit shall never exceed one year as of the date of issue.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, added as § 13(C) on Dec. 26, 1997, No. 194, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2321 - Effect of suspension or certification

After the suspension or revocation of any license or certification, the Board shall not issue a new license or certification, as the case may be, to the same person within the term of three (3) years from the date of the revocation or suspension, and after such term, only when the Board verifies that the applicant is duly qualified to be admitted to the practice of professional real estate appraiser.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 14; Aug. 14, 1991, No. 62, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2321a - Application of federal law

Title XI of Public Law No. 101-73, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as well as the rules adopted thereunder, are deemed complementary to this chapter, with the exception of that which is locally not applicable.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 358, § 14-A, added as § 14-A on Aug. 14, 1991, No. 62, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 75 - Board of Examiners of Professional Real Estate Appraisers (§§ 2301 — 2322) › § 2322 - Penalties

Every person who as of the year granted by § 2309 of this title illegally practices the profession of real estate appraiser or who violates the provisions of this chapter shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished with a fine not greater than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a term not greater than six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
History —July 31, 1974, No. 277, Part 2, p. 326, § 15; Dec. 26, 1997, No. 194, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 77 - Board of Examiners of Health Service Administrators (§§ 2351 — 2361) › § 2351 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as “Act to Regulate the Health Service Administrators’ Profession in Puerto Rico”.
History —May 30, 1975, No. 31, p. 63, § 1, eff. six months after May 30, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 77 - Board of Examiners of Health Service Administrators (§§ 2351 — 2361) › § 2353 - Creation

The Board of Examiners of Health Service Administrators is hereby created attached to the Division of Examining Boards of the Department of Health, and shall be composed of five (5) members. All of them shall be health service administrators licensed to practice in Puerto Rico and with not less than three (3) years of experience in this field.
The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. They must be of legal age and residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The initial appointments of the members of the Board shall be made in the following way: two (2) for a period of two (2) years, two (2) for a period of three (3) years, and one (1) for a period of four (4) years. Subsequent appointments shall be made for a period of four (4) years. The members of the Board shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualify.
Vacancies on the Board shall be filled in the same way that the original appointments are made. The term of office of a member filling a vacancy shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term of his predecessor.
No person shall be a member of the Board for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
The Board shall meet as many times as necessary for the discharge of its duties, but never less than six (6) times a year. In its first meeting the Board shall elect a Chairman for a term of one (1) year from among its members.
Three (3) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The agreements of the Board shall be taken by a majority vote of the members present, which in this case shall be three (3).
The Governor may remove any member of the Board from office upon due notice and hearing, for negligence in the discharge of his duties, noncompliance of his obligations, unbecoming conduct in office or when his license to practice the profession is revoked or suspended.
History —May 30, 1975, No. 31, p. 63, § 3; July 12, 1979, No. 94, p. 234, § 1; June 3, 1980, No. 85, p. 235, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 77 - Board of Examiners of Health Service Administrators (§§ 2351 — 2361) › § 2355 - Granting of licenses

The Board shall grant a health services administrator license to any person who approves a test pursuant to the norms adopted thereby through regulations and who, in addition, meets all other requirements established by § 2356 of this title. Aspirants shall file with the Board an application for license by filling out the official form, with the information and documents determined by the Board. Said application shall be accompanied by a money order or certified check in favor [of the] Secretary of the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for the amount stipulated by the Board through regulations.
History —May 30, 1975, No. 31, p. 63, § 5; June 24, 2004, No. 165, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 77 - Board of Examiners of Health Service Administrators (§§ 2351 — 2361) › § 2356 - Requirements for granting licenses

The Board shall grant a health service administrator license to every applicant who complies with the following requirements:
(a) To be of legal age.
(b) To be a resident of Puerto Rico.
(c) To file before the Board two (2) sworn statements of community members, accrediting the applicant’s good behavior.
(d) To file before the Board a medical certificate accrediting the applicant’s good health when filing his application.
(e) To present to the Board a diploma or its equivalent, issued by a university, college or school recognized by the Board, that proves that the person has obtained the Master degree in Health Services Administration, or its equivalent, that includes an administrative residence of at least eight hundred (800) hours at a health services facility and whose preceptor is in compliance of §§ 2351—2360 of this title and 2371—2382 of this title, as well as of those regulations adopted thereunder. Provided, That in the case of educational institutions in Puerto Rico, the programs shall be certified by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and accredited by the entity known as the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration, and if they are established in the United States, by the United States national entity known as the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration.
(f) [To] approve a revalidation test administered by the Board.
(g) [Repealed. Act June 24, 2004, No. 165, § 5, eff. June 24, 2004.]
History —May 30, 1975, No. 31, p. 63, § 6; July 12, 1979, No. 94, p. 234, § 2; June 3, 1980, No. 85, p. 235, § 3; June 24, 2004, No. 165, §§ 3—5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 77 - Board of Examiners of Health Service Administrators (§§ 2351 — 2361) › § 2357 - Testing

The Board shall administer tests at least twice (2x) a year, on the date and at the place the same so determines. Such tests shall evaluate aspirants admitted in subjects such as: theory on health services administration, organizational conduct, finances and accounting in the health field, economics in the health field, legal aspects in the health field, systems to render health services, sociological and epidemiological aspects of public health, decisional analysis in health services, and any other subject that the Board provides for through regulations or believes necessary; and they shall be proctored in the manner the Board provides for through regulations.
History —May 30, 1975, No. 31, p. 63, § 7; June 24, 2004, No. 165, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 77 - Board of Examiners of Health Service Administrators (§§ 2351 — 2361) › § 2358 - Denial, suspension or revocation of license

The Board may deny, suspend or cancel a license after due notice and hearing, if it determines that the applicant or holder thereof has engaged in any of the following practices:
(a) It may deny a license when the applicant:
(1) Tries to obtain the license through fraud or deceit;
(2) does not comply with the requirements established by this chapter;
(3) engages in habitual use of drugs or intoxicating drinks, or
(4) has been convicted for any offense implying moral turpitude.
(b) It may suspend or revoke the license when the holder:
(1) Is mentally disabled, and said disability is so established before the Board through a medical certificate;
(2) has been declared, by a competent court, mentally unfit due to the habitual use of drugs or intoxicating beverages;
(3) has been convicted of any offense implying moral turpitude;
(4) has been guilty of gross negligence in the performance of his duties;
(5) has obtained the license by means of fraud or deceit;
(6) has committed fraud or deceit in the practice of his profession;
(7) has been convicted of employing, permitting, approving, consenting to or acceding to persons not authorized to practice health services administration, performing such duties defined as the practice of health services administration, or
(8) does not comply with the requirements of registration and recertification of his or her license through continued education, as stipulated in the Regulations on Continued Education and Registration of the Board.
The decision of the Board to suspend or revoke a license may be reconsidered within the ten (10) days following service of the notice thereof. The final decision may be reviewed by the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, San Juan Part, through an action for review initiated by aggrieved party within the thirty (30) days following the date of service of the notice thereof.
History —May 30, 1975, No. 31, p. 63, § 8; June 4, 1983, No. 98, p. 268, § 2; June 24, 2004, No. 165, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 77 - Board of Examiners of Health Service Administrators (§§ 2351 — 2361) › § 2359 - Penalties

Every person who practices the profession of health service administrator without being legally authorized therefor or who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than one (1) month or more than six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
Any person who employs another person, be it without pay, for a fee, salary, per diem or compensation paid directly or indirectly, to practice the profession of health service administrator without being legally authorized to do so, or who consents to or accedes to, or allows or approves that it be done shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each day during which the violations continued to exist, or imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than one (1) month or more than six (6) months, or both penalties at the discretion of the court. In the case of juridical persons, the corresponding fine shall be imposed.
It shall be understood that the provisions of the above-mentioned paragraph shall not apply to Commonwealth officials working in administrative duties in hospitals with a capacity of less than one hundred (100) beds, provided they are supervised by a Regional Administrator.
It shall also be understood that the above provisions shall not apply to officials appointed provisionally when it is due to the unavailability of personnel who meet the requirements established by law or regulations. No provisional appointment may be extended for more than three (3) months, nor can consecutive provisional appointments be made.
Any person who deliberately furnishes false information to obtain a license under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) or more than three hundred dollars ($300), 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 30, 1975, No. 31, p. 63, § 9; June 4, 1983, No. 98, p. 268, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 77 - Board of Examiners of Health Service Administrators (§§ 2351 — 2361) › § 2360 - Reciprocity

The Board is hereby authorized to issue licenses without examination to those applicants holding licenses as health service administrators issued in any state of the United States of America where equal treatment is given to persons licensed by the Board in Puerto Rico and with which the Board has established reciprocity relations, if in the judgment of the Board, the applicant meets the requirements requested by this chapter and the bylaws approved by the Board hereunder.
History —May 30, 1975, No. 31, p. 63, § 10, eff. six months after May 30, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 78 - Health Services Administrators College (§§ 2371 — 2382) › § 2371 - Definitions

For purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meaning set forth hereinbelow:
(a) College. — Means the Health Services Administrators College of Puerto Rico, created by this chapter.
(b) Health services administrator. — Means the professional who has the duty of adequately administering, directing, planning, organizing, coordinating, controlling, evaluating and using human, material, and financial resources of health facilities or programs; known as, or to be known as director, executive director, president, executive chairperson, administrator, executive assistant, executive advisor or any other related title, and who must also have a valid license to practice his profession issued by the Examining Board of Health Services Administrators.
(c) Health services. — Means, without being limited to, all those functions and activities concerned with the administration, direction, coordination, prevention, restoration, rehabilitation, organization, evaluation, education, investigation and planning related to health, that are carried out in an integral and comprehensive manner and of the best quality at the least possible cost in a health services program or facility.
(d) Health services administration. — Means executing and developing the functions of planning, organizing, directing, controlling, coordinating and evaluating health facilities and programs in order to satisfy the health services needs of the community.
History —Feb. 23, 1990, No. 2, p. 33, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 78 - Health Services Administrators College (§§ 2371 — 2382) › § 2372 - Creation

The Health Services Administrators of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized to perform as such in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to be constituted as a juridical entity under the name of the Health Services Administrators College of Puerto Rico, provided that the majority so agrees in a Referendum that shall be held to such effects, as provided hereinbelow. The official domicile of the College shall be in the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
History —Feb. 23, 1990, No. 2, p. 33, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 78 - Health Services Administrators College (§§ 2371 — 2382) › § 2373 - Governing Board

The Governing Board shall be composed as determined by the General Constituent Assembly. Subsequently, the Governing Board shall be elected annually, pursuant to the regulations thus approved.
History —Feb. 23, 1990, No. 2, p. 33, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 78 - Health Services Administrators College (§§ 2371 — 2382) › § 2374 - Direction

The destinies of the College shall be governed, in the first place, by its General Assembly, and in the second place by its Governing Board.
History —Feb. 23, 1990, No. 2, p. 33, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 78 - Health Services Administrators College (§§ 2371 — 2382) › § 2375 - Regulation

The Regulations shall provide all that is needed to enforce this chapter, including the functions, duties and proceedings of the bodies and officials; summons, dates, quorum, manner and requirements of the general, regular and special assemblies and the sessions of the Governing Board; elections of directors and officials, standing and special committees; dues, budget, investment of funds and disposal of assets of the College; terms of all offices, statements of vacancies and the manner of filling them.
History —Feb. 23, 1990, No. 2, p. 33, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 78 - Health Services Administrators College (§§ 2371 — 2382) › § 2376 - Members

All Health Services Administrators who are legally admitted to practice their profession in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, who comply with the duties provided by this chapter and the regulations approved by the College may become members of the College.
History —Feb. 23, 1990, No. 2, p. 33, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 78 - Health Services Administrators College (§§ 2371 — 2382) › § 2377 - Compulsory membership

Sixty (60) days after the first General Constituent Assembly is held and the first Governing Board of the College is elected, no health services administrator shall practice his/her profession in Puerto Rico who is not a member of the College, and if he/she should practice it, shall be subject to the penalties provided hereinbelow.
History —Feb. 23, 1990, No. 2, p. 33, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 78 - Health Services Administrators College (§§ 2371 — 2382) › § 2379 - Dues

Each year the members of the Health Services Administrators College of Puerto Rico shall pay dues on the date or according to the terms [set] by regulations. The first dues shall be [set] by resolution of the College’s General Constituent Assembly. The annual regular assembly shall provide for changes in the annual dues.
History —Feb. 23, 1990, No. 2, p. 33, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 78 - Health Services Administrators College (§§ 2371 — 2382) › § 2380 - Suspension

Any member who does not pay his/her dues and who in any other aspect is qualified as member of the College, shall be required to pay and admonished that if he/she does not do so within the maximum term of sixty (60) days after notice, he/she shall be suspended as a member of the College. He may be reinstated by paying the unpaid dues.
History —Feb. 23, 1990, No. 2, p. 33, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 78 - Health Services Administrators College (§§ 2371 — 2382) › § 2381 - Certificate of admission

When a member of the profession duly qualified to practice the profession pays his first annual dues in addition to the receipt, he shall be issued a certificate in which it is attested that said member of the College has complied with all legal and regulatory requirements and is authorized to practice his profession during the year, pursuant to and under the conditions provided by the College’s regulations. For the second and future years, the issuance of a renewal card of the certificate which credits him to practice his profession as a member of the College shall be provided in the regulations. The collegiate shall be required to publicly display the abovementioned certificate in his office.
History —Feb. 23, 1990, No. 2, p. 33, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 78 - Health Services Administrators College (§§ 2371 — 2382) › § 2382 - Penalties

Any person who practices the profession of health services administrator in Puerto Rico without being duly collegiated [sic]; every person who passes for or advertises as a health services administrator without being duly collegiated, and any natural or juridical person who hires the services of a non-collegiated health services administrator shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction, may be punished with a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250), or imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) month, nor more than three (3) months, or both penalties at the discretion of the Court. In case of recidivism, the fine shall not be less than three hundred dollars ($300), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a term of not less than three (3) months, nor more than six (6) months, or both fines at the discretion of the court. In addition, the sentence shall constitute sufficient cause to revoke the professional license, pursuant to the provisions of the Examining Board of Health Services Administrators of Puerto Rico and the health institution or facility, according to the provisions of §§ 331 et seq. of Title 24 and its regulations. Provided, That the College may request the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico to issue an injunction to prevent the person and the health institution or facility charged with violations of this chapter from continuing said practice until the charge is solved. Commonwealth officials, performing administrative duties in hospitals with a capacity of less than one hundred (100) beds, shall be exempted from the penalties provided in this chapter, provided they are supervised by a Regional Administrator. Officials with interim appointments shall also be exempted when the reason therefor is the unavailability of personnel meeting the requirements established by this chapter or its regulations. No interim appointment may be extended for more than three (3) months, nor can consecutive interim appointments be made.
History —Feb. 23, 1990, No. 2, p. 33, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2401 - Title

This chapter shall be known as “Electronics Technicians Act of Puerto Rico”.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 1; Aug. 11, 2000, No. 152, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2402 - Definitions

The following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Electronic equipment repair and maintenance technique. — Means the diagnostic, repair and maintain in excellent working conditions of electronic equipment.
(b) Electronics technician. — Means the person duly authorized pursuant to this chapter to practice the electronic equipment repair and maintenance technique.
(c) Board. — Means the Electronic Technicians Examining Board hereby created.
(d) College. — Means the College of Electronics Technicians hereby created.
(e) The singular number includes the plural and the masculine gender includes the feminine.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 2; Aug. 11, 2000, No. 152, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2403 - Board—Creation

There is hereby created the Electronic Technicians Examining Board.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 3; Aug. 11, 2000, No. 152, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2404 - Board—Organization

The Board shall be composed of five (5) members who shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. All of the members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. The members shall hold office as such until their successors are appointed and take office. Any vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of a term shall be filled for the remainder thereof.
No person who has not obtained the licensed issued by the aforesaid Board for the practice of electronic technique may be a member of the Board.
As a transitory measure, each member shall receive a license from the Secretary of State, which shall authorize him or her to practice as an electronic technician.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 4; Aug. 11, 2000, No. 152, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2405 - Board—Members; requirements

Members of the Board shall meet the following requirements:
(a) To be of legal age;
(b) to be residents of Puerto Rico, and have practiced as an electronic technician or have possessed a license as a radio and television technician, or a combination of both, for a term of no less than three (3) years at the time of their appointment, and
(c) not having been convicted of a felony or any other crime that implies moral depravation.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 5; July 12, 1979, No. 93, p. 233; Aug. 11, 2000, No. 152, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2406 - Board—Members; removal

The Governor may remove any member of the Board upon preferment of charges, notice and hearing, for negligence, inefficiency or incompetence in the discharge of their duties, or for immoral conduct, or for conviction of a felony or of an offense implying moral turpitude, or for any other grounded and justified cause.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 6, retroactive to Jan. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2407 - Board—Members; compensations

Members of the Board shall receive a minimum compensation so established by the members of the Legislative Assembly, per day or fraction thereof in which they attend meetings, or in which they conduct official business of the Board, including those members who are officials or employees of the Government of Puerto Rico. Members shall have a right to be reimbursed for regular traveling expenses incurred while carrying out their official duties, pursuant to the applicable regulations of the Department of the Treasury.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 7; Mar. 7, 1983, No. 7, p. 12; Jan. 4, 2000, No. 7, § 15; Aug. 11, 2000, No. 152, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2408 - Board—Members; quorum

Three (3) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and the vacancy or absence of two (2) of its members shall not affect the right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the Board. The decisions of the Board shall be made by a majority vote of the members present.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 8, retroactive to Jan. 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2409 - Board—Duties and powers

The Board shall have the following duties and powers:
(a) It shall authorize the practice of electronic equipment repair and maintenance technique in Puerto Rico by granting a license of electronics technician to those persons who meet the requirements and conditions fixed herein.
(b) It shall designate a chairman and vicechairman from among its members.
(c) It shall adopt bylaws for its internal operation which shall be approved within the term of one (1) year after the Board is duly constituted.
(d) It shall adopt an official seal to identify its orders and other documents.
(e) It shall investigate and examine those persons applying for a license.
(f) It shall keep a file of all the applications and documents submitted.
(g) It shall hold such meetings and sessions as may be necessary to carry out its functions, upon call of the chairman or, in the absence of the latter, of the vicechairman.
(h) It shall keep a minute book of the meetings or sessions held.
(i) It shall keep up to date the registries created hereinafter.
(j) It shall investigate the violations to this chapter and hold the necessary administrative hearings, at its own initiative, or on complaint filed with the aforesaid entity by any person.
(k) It shall suspend temporarily or revoke permanently or deny temporarily or permanently the renewal of any license of electronics technician for the reasons stated herein.
(l) It shall keep full record of all the administrative hearings held in connection with the denial, suspension, revocation or refusal to renew licenses. The duly certified transcript of the record of a hearing shall be considered prima facie evidence of the facts.
(m) It shall submit a report to the Governor of Puerto Rico at the end of each fiscal year, giving the details of the income received and informing the work performed during the year.
(n) It shall undertake any business, adopt rules and regulations and shall have any such other power, in addition to those provided herein, as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 9; Aug. 11, 2000, No. 152, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2410 - License—Requirements

Any applicant to practice electronic technique shall meet the following requirements:
(a) To file before the Board a duly sworn application in the printed form provided by the Board for such purposes.
(b) To have attained eighteen (18) years of age.
(c) To have [passed] at least four years of high school or its equivalent, as well as a vocational course or technician in:
(1) Electronics
(2) radio, or
(3) television
offered by the Department of Education of Puerto Rico, or by any other institution accredited by the Council on Higher Education, or any other educational institution accredited by the federal government or any state, possession or dependent territory of the United States of America.
(d) To [pass] the general examination offered by the Board.
(e) To pay the dues provided in § 2427 of this title.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 10; May 19, 1977, No. 26, p. 50; Aug. 11, 2000, No. 152, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2410a - License—Transitory measures

Any person, who possesses a valid license of radio and television technician, shall have the right to receive from the Board, after application to that effect, a license of electronics technician specialized in radio and television. In addition, the Board shall process future applications for the renewal of a license of radio and television technician as a renewal of a license of electronic technician.
The provisions of this section shall enter into effect forty-eight (48) months after the effective date of this act.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, added as § 10A on Aug. 11, 2000, No. 152, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2411 - License—Granting and display

(a) The Board shall issue a license of to any person who meets the requirements established in § 2410 of this title. In addition, the Board is hereby empowered to certify any specailized knowledge within the electronic equipment repair and maintenance technique.
(b) The Board may issue a provisional license for a term of six (6) months that may be prorated for a term of six (6) additional months, to any applicant who had met the requirements described in subsections (b) and (c) of § 2410 of this title. Said provisional license shall only authorize its holder the practice of electronic equipment repair and maintenance technique under the direct supervision of a person duly authorized by this chapter as an electronics technician.
(c) Licenses shall be displayed to the public in the technician’s and/or trainee’s work place.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 11; July 9, 1986, No. 82, p. 265, § 1; Aug. 11, 2000, No. 152, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2412 - Examinations

The Board shall offer every year at least two (2) examinations for the applicants of electronics technician license. The Board shall have discretion to fix the date and place of the examinations.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 12, retroactive to Jan. 1, 1975; Aug. 11, 2000, No. 152, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 79 - Board of Examiners and College of Electronics Technicians (§§ 2401 — 2442) › § 2413 - Examinations—Type and subject matter

The Board shall have discretion to determine the type of examination which it shall offer and the subject matters that it shall cover.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 99, p. 295, § 13, retroactive to Jan. 1, 1975.