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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3359 - Board—Book of minutes

The Board shall keep a book of minutes of its agreements, and a complete registry of the persons holding licenses and their mailing addresses, the registry of qualifications, and all other pertinent official attesting documents. At the closing of each fiscal year, the Board shall submit a report on the activities during the closed fiscal year to the Governor of Puerto Rico.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 10, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3360 - Board—Seal

The Board shall adopt an official seal, which shall be stamped in the licenses issued, and in the official documents of the Board.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 11, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3362 - Licenses—Issuance

The Board shall issue licenses to practice the diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist profession to any person who has satisfactorily [passed] theoretical and practical exams offered by the Board, paid the fees established in this chapter and met any other requirements established by regulations.
Once the license is issued, every professional shall have the obligation and responsibility of placing his/her license in a conspicuous place at his/her clinical workplace, and copy thereof in all places where said professional renders his/her services.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 13, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3363 - Licenses—Application for examination, qualifications, and requirements

The candidates shall submit to the Board an application to take the examination in the form provided by the Board to such effects, together with a certified check or money order in the name of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the amount specified in § 3368 of this title, and any other documents required by regulations from the examination candidates.
(a) Be over than [sic] eighteen (18) years of age.
(b) [Have] obtained at least an Associate Degree in diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technology from a university or program recognized by the Council on Higher Education or any recognized accrediting agency for each specialty.
(c) The candidate who has obtained his/her degree in a foreign university shall request an evaluation for equivalency to any credential evaluation agency admitted by the Board. Said candidate shall also request that the agency remit a certified copy of the evaluation directly to the Board.
(d) In the case of radiotherapy technologists, they must have completed a study program accredited by the Council on Higher Education or any accrediting agency recognized for its specialty in radiotherapy, or a training period of not less than four thousand one hundred sixty (4,160) hours under the supervision of a radio-oncologist.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 14; May 30, 2008, No. 74, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3364 - Licenses—Penalty, denial, suspension, cancellation or revocation

The Board may fine, deny, suspend, cancel or revoke any license or impose a probation period for the practice of the profession for a determined time, with previous notice of charges and holding of administrative hearings, on any candidate for diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist who:
(a) Has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or, actions that adversely affect the exercise of his/her profession.
(b) Has been declared mentally disabled by a competent court.
(c) Is a regular user of narcotics and/or alcoholic beverages.
(d) Makes false statements for the benefit of another person who has applied for the revalidation examination or in any investigation of complaints filed before the Board, for violations of the provisions of this chapter and its regulations.
(e) Holds, transfers, alters, or falsifies any document or material with the intention to maliciously deceive third parties or the members of the Board in the performance of its official functions.
(f) Has incurred manifest incompetence or negligence in the practice of the profession.
(g) Fails to comply with the continuing education requirements and registration, provided in §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24.
(h) Incurs in violations of the provisions of HIPAA.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 15, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3365 - Licenses—Examination

(a) The revalidation examination shall have two (2) parts:
(1) Theoretical
(2) Practical
(b) The theoretical part of the examination shall be in writing and shall constitute fifty percent (50%) of the curricular cognitive area of the specialty of the candidate.
(c) The practical part shall consist of a practical examination in a hospital or laboratory which provides the necessary equipment according to the application for a license required by the candidates. The practical examination shall constitute fifty percent (50%) of the total score thereof.
(d) The Board shall adopt through regulations the necessary mechanisms that guarantee to those candidates who fail one or both parts of the examination the right to examine his/her answer sheet, receive an itemization of the score, and request reconsideration of the score of the examination.
Likewise, it shall provide that, before the taking the examination, the candidate shall receive an orientation to become familiarized with the revalidation process, the standards that govern the administration of the examination and the evaluation method thereof, as well as the regulations of the Board. To such effects, the Board shall prepare and publish content guidelines including all the information concerning the revalidation examination of each specialty, copy of which shall be available and shall be delivered after paying by money order or certified check the sum established by regulations, to every person who applies to be admitted for the examination.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 16, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3366 - Licenses—Reciprocity

The Board shall establish reciprocity agreements on the granting of licenses or certificates without the examination requirement, with those entities in the United States of America that grant licenses through an examination, provided that said entities have the same requirements as those established by this chapter, to obtain a diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist license.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 17, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3367 - Licenses—Validation

The Board shall exempt from the revalidation examination requirement every diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist candidate who, after meeting all the requirements established in § 3362 of this title, shows attesting evidence of having [passed] the examination offered by entities in the United States of America that grant licenses through an examination for the practice of the profession and its modalities.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 18, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3368 - Licenses—Fees to be paid

The Board shall collect a fee for revalidation examination services and license, recertification and registration, specialty certificate, reciprocity, reexamination, license duplicate and validation, according to the sums stipulated in its regulations.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 19, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3369 - Disciplinary sanctions

The Board shall, upon previous notice and administrative hearing, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, and the identity protection laws, impose disciplinary sanctions to any diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist who:
(a) Discloses and/or retrieves material that does not belong to him/her or data that identifies a patient, without his/her previous authorization, when the same are obtained in the course of a professional relationship, except as required or authorized by virtue of this chapter.
(b) Carries out laboratory practices or methods for which he/she is not professionally authorized or trained.
(c) Requests or receives, directly or indirectly, fees, compensation, reimbursement, or commissions for professional services not rendered.
(d) Causes, by action or omission, that the personnel under his/her direction or supervision incur in illegal acts or perform acts, procedures, or practices not permitted under this chapter, or the regulations adopted hereunder.
(e) Employs or delegates upon unauthorized persons, or helps or incites unauthorized persons to perform illegal procedures or work that, according to the provisions of this chapter, shall only be legally performed by duly licensed diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologists.
(f) Harasses, abuses or intimidates patients.
(g) Refuses to provide his/her services to a patient without cause or any justified reason.
(h) Announces the practice of the diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technology through false or deceitful methods.
(i) Has been adjudicated against in a professional malpractice case or incurs in incompetence or negligence.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 20, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3370 - Penalties for illegal practice

Any person who practices the diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist profession without holding the corresponding license, or whose license has been revoked or suspended or the same has not been recertified, and continues to practice the profession shall be guilty of [a] misdemeanor and upon conviction, he/she shall be punished by imprisonment for six (6) months or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or both penalties at the discretion of the court.
(a) Is engaged in the diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist profession without holding the license required by this chapter, except for specialty physicians authorized to practice their profession in Puerto Rico, who in order to offer diagnosis and treatment must perform procedures common to his/her specialty; Provided, That said procedure shall be performed by said physician; or
(b) employs another person who does not hold a diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist license to engage in the practice of the profession; or
(c) advertises him/herself as a diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist without the proper supervision of a physician specialized in diagnostic imaging and treatment; or
(d) acts as a diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist without being duly licensed as such in Puerto Rico, or
(e) violates any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations duly adopted by the Board.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 21, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3371 - Certificates without examination

The Board shall grant certificates without examination to practice any specialty or subspecialty in Puerto Rico. Said certificates may be granted to those diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologists who, at the time of the approval of this act, meet the education and experience requirements of the Board, according to the powers granted thereto by the provisions of this chapter. The period for certification without examination shall be six (6) months once the approval takes effect.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 24, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3402 - Board of Examiners—Creation

The Examining Board of Respiratory Technicians of Puerto Rico, attached to the Department of Health, which shall be composed of five (5) members who shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate, is hereby created. Two (2) of the members shall be physicians duly licensed to practice medicine in Puerto Rico, to wit: a pneumologist, an anesthesiologist or a surgeon duly licensed to practice the medical profession in Puerto Rico. The three (3) remaining members shall be respiratory care technicians [with more than five (5) years of experience] and must have actively practiced the profession for a term of not less than three (3) years immediately before the date of approval of this act.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3403 - Board of Examiners—Members; requirements

The persons appointed to the Board shall be over 21 years of age, citizens of the United States of America, and must have resided in Puerto Rico for a period of not less than three (3) years prior to their appointment, have the necessary academic preparation and have been admitted to the practice of their profession and be of good repute.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3404 - Board of Examiners—Terms

The initial appointments of the Board members shall be made in the following manner: two (2) for a term of two (2) years, three (3) for a term of three (3) years. Subsequent appointments shall be made for a term of four (4) years. The members of the Board shall hold office until their successors are appointed and take office.
The vacancies that may occur in the Board shall be filled in the same manner that the original appointments are made. The term of the member who fills a vacancy shall be extended for the remainder of the term of his predecessor.
No person may be a member of the Board for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3405 - Board of Examiners—Removal

The Governor may remove any member of the Board for immoral conduct, violations of this chapter, manifest inefficiency or negligence in the performance of his duties, conviction of a felony or misdemeanor that implies moral depravation or for any other justified cause, after due notice and hearing.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3406 - Board of Examiners—Meetings

The Board shall hold at least two (2) annual meetings to consider and resolve its business but it may meet as many times as necessary for the prompt handling of its functions and duties. At their first meeting, the members shall elect a Chairman from among themselves, who shall hold office for the term and under the conditions fixed by the Board’s Regulations.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3407 - Board of Examiners—Quorum

Three (3) Board members shall constitute a quorum. The agreements of the Board shall be by majority vote of the members present.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3408 - Board of Examiners—Per diems

In addition to travel expenses for each mile travelled, the Board members shall be entitled to a per diem of thirty dollars ($30) per day, or fraction thereof, during which they render services to the Board, pursuant to its regulations.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3409 - Board of Examiners—Duties and faculties

(a) The Board shall issue, suspend, revoke or deny the licenses to practice the profession of respiratory care technician, for the reasons consigned in this chapter.
(b) Within the term of six (6) months after the date of approval of this act, it shall adopt regulations pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3 that shall include the provisions needed for compliance with its duties and the rules of procedure that it deems convenient for the handling of its business.
(c) It shall keep a book of the minutes of all its proceedings and shall note its resolutions and actions in appropriate books.
(d) It shall maintain a professional register that will include a true and exact list of the persons authorized to practice the profession of respiratory care technician in Puerto Rico, their license number, and work and residential addresses. It shall also keep a record of licenses granted, denied, provisionally suspended, permanently revoked, and provisional licenses.
(e) It shall adopt an official seal for the processing of all licenses and other documents issued by the Board.
(f) It may take oaths, hear testimony and admit evidence related to matters under its cognizance.
(g) It may issue summons requiring the presence of witnesses and the presentation of data, documents and reports deemed necessary by the Board. If the summons issued by the Board is not duly complied with, the Board may appear before any part of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico and request the court to order its compliance, subject to contempt of court.
(h) It shall render an annual report of its work to the Governor, through the Secretary of Health, accounting for the number of licenses issued, cancelled or renewed.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3410 - License—Requirements

Every person who aspires to practice the profession of respiratory care technician in Puerto Rico must meet the following requirements:
(a) Submit official written evidence as to:
(1) Having graduated from a respiratory therapy program approved by the Council on Higher Education, the Department of Education or from a foreign school accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Respiratory Therapy Education of the American Medical Association.
(2) Having formal and practical training in a program duly approved by the Council on Higher Education, the Department of Education or by the Joint Review Committee on Respiratory Therapy Education.
(3) Have approved as minimum of sixty-two (62) college credits at an institution accredited by the Council on Higher Education, the Department of Education, with twelve hundred (12,000) [sic] contact hours, or by the Joint Review Committee on Respiratory Therapy Education, among which he shall have approved the following subject matters: anatomy, physiology, microbiology, physics, biology, mathematics, and chemistry. This provision shall apply only to those applicants who request their license for the first time, eighteen (18) months after the date of approval of this act.
(b) Be eighteen (18) years of age.
(c) File a duly sworn application before the Board on the printed form provided by the Board for such purposes.
(d) Present two (2) certificates from persons of known moral solvency recommending him as a person who enjoys a good reputation in the community and as a bona fide resident of Puerto Rico.
(e) Approve the examinations given by the Board.
(f) Pay the fees provided hereinbelow.
(g) Practice in the public service for a period of one (1) year wherever the Secretary of Health determines that his services are most needed and useful, through a special authorization issued to such effects pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 79 of June 28, 1978.
(h) Be a person of good repute, attested by a negative criminal record issued by the Police of Puerto Rico and any other credentials established by the Board through regulations.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3411 - License—Granting and display

The Board shall issue a respiratory care technician’s license to the person who complies with the requirements established in § 3410 of this title. The license shall be displayed to the public at the respiratory care technician’s place of work.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3412 - License—Examination; obligation to offer

The Board shall establish, through regulations, the requirements for acceptance to the revalidation examination, that will include the basic sciences. The candidate must include a transcript of credits that attests to his approval of a professional education that qualifies him to practice as a respiratory care technician, as established by the Board, with an academic point average of no less than two points (2.0) or its equivalent. The examination shall be offered at least two (2) times a year and must include a theory and a practical examination on the basic disciplines and sciences of respiratory care determined by the Board, and which are necessary to ascertain the candidate’s capacity.
The Board may use the National Board of Respiratory Therapy (Junta Nacional de Terapia Respiratoria) theoretical examination.
Any candidate who does not receive a passing grade in the revalidation examination the first time shall have five (5) additional opportunities to take the examination after payment of the corresponding fees. Notwithstanding the above, if the candidate does not receive a passing grade in the Board’s examination the third time, he must complete a refresher course which has been approved by the Board before each additional opportunity.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3413 - License—Special

A person who has been practicing as a respiratory therapy technician under medical supervision during a one (1) year term prior to an unextendable term of one (1) year immediately following the date of effectiveness of this act, and provides evidence to that effect, may obtain a respiratory care technician’s license without having to take the examination. Any person licensed in a state of the United States whose examining entities require a level of professional education equal to or greater than Puerto Rico’s, who pays the corresponding fees provided by § 3417 of this title, meets the requirements established in subsections (b) and (d) of § 3410 of this title and furnishes official evidence of his license shall be granted a provisional license whose duration and renewal shall be subject to the provisions of § 3414 of this title.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3414 - License—Provisional

The Board shall issue a provisional license to practice under medical supervision and the supervision of a licensed respiratory care technician to every person who requests and is admitted to an examination for the first time.
The provisional license shall be canceled after six (6) months have elapsed since it was issued, but may be renewed for a maximum of two (2) times. In order to be entitled to this, the candidate shall be bound to take the examination at least once a year in consecutive terms.
The Board may excuse the candidate from taking the examination consecutively whenever there are intervening circumstances that warrant it.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3415 - License—Renewal and recertification

The license shall be renewed every three (3) years through payment of the fees established by § 3417 of this title, and shall be recertified pursuant to what is provided below.
It shall be the duty of the Board to send a printed application for renewal every three (3) years, on or before the first day of June, to every respiratory care technician to whom a license has been granted.
The Board shall establish the requirements and necessary mechanisms for the registering and recertification of these professionals every three (3) years based on continuing education and the norms provided by the corresponding professional evaluating and regulating organizations after evaluation and compliance with the requirements established through regulations. The recertification of respiratory care technicians based on the approval of the continuing education courses required by the Board shall be equivalent to a license renewal.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3416 - License—Reciprocity

The Board is hereby authorized to establish, through the conditions and requirements that it deems necessary and convenient, the reciprocity relations regarding the granting of a license without an examination, directly with the states or territories of the United States, or with any other foreign country that has requirements for the obtention of a respiratory care technician’s license similar to those established by this chapter, and in which an equal concession is provided for those licensed by this Board. This license shall be for a term of one (1) year, and may be extended for an additional year. If these technicians wish to continue practicing in Puerto Rico indefinitely, they must obtain a regular license as established in this chapter.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3417 - License—Fees

The Board shall charge the following fees:
For each examination $ 35.00
For the first license $ 50.00
For license renewal $ 25.00
For provisional license $ 25.00
For a duplicate of any license $ 15.00
The fees charged by the Board shall not be reimbursed under any circumstances. The sums thus collected shall be covered into the Health Fund through a certified check or bank money order payable to the Secretary of the Treasury.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 18.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3418 - License—Denial

The Board may refuse to issue a license after due notice to the interested party, giving him the opportunity to be heard, when that party:
(a) Does not meet the requirements established by this chapter to obtain the license.
(b) Has practiced the respiratory care technician profession illegally in Puerto Rico.
(c) Has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that implies moral depravation.
(d) Has obtained, or tried to obtain, a respiratory care technician’s license through fraud or deceit.
(e) Has incurred in manifest incompetence in the practice of the profession in detriment of a third party.
(f) Has been declared mentally unfit by a competent court or his unfitness is established before the Board through medical expertise; Provided, That the license may be granted by the Board as soon as the person is again declared fit, if he meets all the other requirements established by this chapter.
(g) Is addicted to drugs or alcohol; Provided, That the license may be granted once the person proves he is fit, if he meets all the other requirements established by this chapter.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 19.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3419 - License—Suspension or revocation

The Board may refuse to renew, or revoke, or temporarily or permanently suspend a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter after notifying the interested party and giving him the opportunity to be heard, when:
(a) He has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that implies moral depravity.
(b) Has obtained, or tried to obtain, a license to practice the profession of respiratory care technician through fraud or deceit.
(c) Has incurred, or allows a person with a provisional license who works under his responsibility and supervision to incur in gross negligence in the practice of his professional duties in detriment of a third party.
(d) Has been declared mentally unfit by a competent court or his unfitness has been established before the Board through medical expertise; Provided, That it can be restored as soon as the person is again declared fit, if he meets the other requirements provided by this chapter.
(e) Is addicted to drugs or alcohol; Provided, That it can be granted or restored once he is fit, if he meets the requirements provided by this chapter.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 20.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3420 - License—Hearings

(a) The Board may initiate proceedings under the provisions of this chapter, motu proprio or through a complaint by an interested party.
(b) The person affected by a complaint shall be given written notice of the nature of the charge or charges filed against him, and the date and place of the hearing to be held before the Board. This notice shall be given no less than thirty (30) days prior to the date on which the hearing is to be held, and may be served personally or by mailing a copy of the notice by certified mail with return receipt requested to his last known address.
(c) If the respondent does not appear at the hearing after being duly notified, the Board may proceed to evaluate the evidence presented against him and issue the order that such evidence justifies. If within thirty (30) days following the notice of the Board’s order the respondent demonstrates that his failure to appear was for a just and reasonable cause, the Board may reopen the case and allow him to present evidence in his favor.
(d) The Board’s decision denying, suspending or revoking a license may be reconsidered within thirty (30) days following notification of that decision.
(e) Any person adversely affected by a final decision of the Board may request a review thereof by filing a writ at the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico within thirty (30) days following the notification of the final decision. The request for review must state the reasons for requesting such a review. A copy of the request must be immediately presented to the Board, after which it will file a certified copy of the record upon which its decision was based in court.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 21.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3421 - License—Required

No person may practice or offer to practice as a respiratory care technician unless he possesses a license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 22.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 107 - Board of Examiners of Respiratory Care Technicians (§§ 3401 — 3422) › § 3422 - Penalties

(a) Every person who advertises as a respiratory care technician, or uses words, letters, phrases, abbreviations or emblems indicating that he is one, or is engaged in the practice of the profession in Puerto Rico without the corresponding license, or employs another person without a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished with a fine of no less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 23.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 108 - Board of Examiners of the Emergency Medical Technicians (§§ 3451 — 3470) › § 3451 - Creation

The Board of Examiners of the Emergency Medical Technicians of Puerto Rico, henceforth the Board, is hereby created, attached to the Health Professionals Regulation and Certification Office of the Department of Health. The Board and the Department of Health shall establish the mechanisms for consultation and coordination and shall adopt the agreements needed to perform their respective functions, related to the regulation and certification of emergency medical technicians.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 310, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 108 - Board of Examiners of the Emergency Medical Technicians (§§ 3451 — 3470) › § 3452 - Appointments; composition; term; requirements

The Governor of Puerto Rico, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Board of Examiners of Emergency Medical Technicians of Puerto Rico, which shall be composed of five (5) members, four (4) of which shall be persons duly authorized to practice as emergency medical technicians in Puerto Rico, of recognized reputation, permanent residents in Puerto Rico, and who have practiced as emergency medical technicians of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for a minimum term of five (5) years; and one (1) of the members shall be a person authorized to practice as a emergency medicine physician in Puerto Rico, of recognized reputation, a permanent resident in Puerto Rico, and who has practiced as emergency medicine physician in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for a minimum term of three (3) years.
At least one (1) of the members of the Board must have been engaged in teaching emergency medical technology for five (5) years or more in a school for Emergency Medical Technologists accredited by the General Education Council or the Council on Higher Education.
In order for the Board to remain constituted even when there is a vacancy, the members of the Board shall be appointed as follows: two (2) of them for a five (5) year term, two (2) for a four (4) year term, and one (1) for a three [(3)] year term. In all cases, the persons thus appointed shall hold office until their successors are appointed and take office, and the Governor shall appoint the Chairperson from among the members of the Board. If a vacancy arises before the term of any of the members of the Board expires, the person appointed to fill said vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term. No member shall be appointed for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
During the term of their appointment as members of the Board, none of them may belong to or hold office in a private institution or enterprise that may create a conflict of interest with the performance of their functions as members of the Board, except that of being a part of the faculty of a college or university.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 310, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 108 - Board of Examiners of the Emergency Medical Technicians (§§ 3451 — 3470) › § 3453 - Dismissal

The Governor of Puerto Rico may dismiss a member of the Board for negligence in the performance of duties, for negligence in the practice of the profession, upon conviction for a felony that involves moral turpitude, or the suspension, cancellation, or revocation of his/her license.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 310, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 108 - Board of Examiners of the Emergency Medical Technicians (§§ 3451 — 3470) › § 3455 - Official seal; regulations

The Board shall adopt an official seal, which shall [be] affixed on all licenses issued by it, and shall draft and enforce the regulation needed to enable the provisions of this chapter.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 310, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 108 - Board of Examiners of the Emergency Medical Technicians (§§ 3451 — 3470) › § 3456 - Powers and obligations

In addition to the other powers, duties and responsibilities provided in this chapter, the Board shall have the following [sic]:
(a) Authorize the practice of the emergency medical technician profession in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, pursuant to the provisions of this measure and the regulations adopted by virtue thereof.
(b) Deny, suspend, cancel, or renew any license as provided in this measure.
(c) Establish through regulations the eligibility criteria for the revalidation examination, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(d) Prepare, revise and administer practical and theoretical revalidation examinations for the different levels of the emergency medical technician certification at least twice a year. The subject matter of the examination shall be based on the national curricula established by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT.)
(e) Establish through regulations the requirements and mechanisms needed for the recertification of emergency medical technicians every three (3) years.
(f) Examine all documents furnished by every applicant to verify if they meet the requirements of this chapter and all additional requirements required by regulations.
(g) Establish through regulations the continuing education requirements needed for the recertification of EMT-P’s and EMT-B’s.
(h) Establish a register of licenses issued with their number, name and date of issue, expiration date and certification level, which shall be revised every three (3) years.
(i) Settle claims filed for violations to the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated by virtue thereof.
(j) Require the Secretary of Justice, through the Secretary of Health, to institute, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, those civil and criminal procedures that are necessary to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedure Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
(k) Establish through regulations, the requirements to issue licenses by reciprocity with those states whose minimum requirements are similar or equivalent to those of the Department of Health pursuant to this chapter.
(l) Perform any function that is needed for the most effective execution of the powers authorized by this chapter.
In the performance of its powers, authority and obligations conferred by the provisions of this chapter, the Board shall exercise them pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedure Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 310, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 108 - Board of Examiners of the Emergency Medical Technicians (§§ 3451 — 3470) › § 3457 - Requirements and documents needed to apply for the revalidation examination

[Every person who aspires to obtain a paramedic or basic emergency medical technicians license, shall comply with the following requirements:]
(a) Complete the application for examination on the form provided by the Board.
(b) Recent 2′′ by 2′′ photograph which accredits his/her identity.
(c) Be over 18 years of age.
(d) Have passed an emergency medical technician, paramedic, or basic course offered by an academic institution accredited by the General Education Council or the Council on Higher Education and based on the national curriculum established by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), or by an institution recognized by the corresponding accrediting body with authority therefor and accepted by the Department if such institution is located in any of the states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, or another foreign country. In addition, he/she must pass a technical course in sign language offered by an institution accredited by the General Education Council or the Council on Higher Education and accepted by the Department of Health.
(e) Present a Criminal Record Certificate issued by the Puerto Rico Police, within six (6) months prior to the date that the application for examination is filed.
(f) Medical certificate.
(g) High school graduation diploma or certificate.
(h) Original birth certificate.
(i) Transcript of credits [passed] by the applicant certified by the competent authority of the corresponding university or college addressed directly to the Board.
(j) Copy of the diploma accrediting the academic degree obtained for his/her studies of emergency medical technology and an official certification of the university or college from which he/she obtained said degree.
(k) Include a certified check or money order payable to the order of the Secretary of the Treasury in the amount specified in these regulations.
In the event the application is denied, the applicant shall be notified of the reasons therefor.
Upon accepting the application, the applicant shall be sent a schedule for admission to the examination indicating the hour, date and place that he/shall appear to take the examination. The applicant shall hand said schedule to the examiner or the representative of the Board on the day of the examination.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 310, § 7; Dec. 7, 2010, No. 184, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 108 - Board of Examiners of the Emergency Medical Technicians (§§ 3451 — 3470) › § 3458 - Requirements for the approval of preparatory medical emergency courses

Every educational institution that offers preparatory emergency medical courses at the paramedic and basic levels, shall meet the following requirements in order for their graduates to be declared eligible to take the emergency medical technician revalidation examination:
(a) Comply with the curricula established by the U.S. Department of Transportation for the preparatory courses at paramedic and basic emergency medical technician levels.
(b) The educational institution shall have the necessary specialized equipment to offer the courses adequately.
(c) The institution shall have a medical advisor for the emergency medical program. This advisor shall meet the requirements established in the definition of medical control in § 3454 of this title.
(d) Every clinical or field practice performed by the students in the emergency medical program of an educational institution shall be held in duly licensed and certified medical institutions or ambulance services. Furthermore, this practice shall be supervised by instructors who hold an emergency medical technician’s license.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 310, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 108 - Board of Examiners of the Emergency Medical Technicians (§§ 3451 — 3470) › § 3460 - Notification of results

The results of the examination shall be notified by mail to the candidates within the term of forty-five (45) days, once they are gra[d]ed. Said notification shall be made by mail, the postmark shall be deemed as the date of notification of the results.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 310, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 108 - Board of Examiners of the Emergency Medical Technicians (§§ 3451 — 3470) › § 3461 - Reconsideration

(a) Rights of the suspended applicant. — Any applicant suspended as the result of the revalidation examination shall be entitled to obtain certified copy of his/her answers or of the essay questions of the examination and copy of the grading instructions. Said copies shall have a cost of fifteen dollars ($15) for the answers to the examination and ten dollars ($10) for the grading instructions sheet to be paid by the applicant in certified check or money order payable to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Any aspirant who wishes to obtain a certified copy of his/her answers to the essay questions of the revalidation examination or the grading instructions, shall request it to [sic] the Board within ten (10) days following the date of notification.
Within twenty days from the date of notification of the results, the Board shall mail a copy of the answers to the applicants that thus request it.
(b) Reconsideration. — Every candidate who has not [passed] the examination by a twenty-five (25) point margin shall have the right to a reconsideration of his/her examination if so requested within thirty (30) days counted after the date of notification.
Any request for reconsideration shall be resolved by the Board at least twenty (20) days before the deadline to submit the application for admission to the next revalidation examination.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 310, § 11.