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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2629 - Licenses—Duplicate

The Board may issue a duplicate of the license to every draftsman whose license has been lost or destroyed, a fact which shall be proved by affidavit to the satisfaction of the Board; and the applicant shall pay the amount of ten dollars ($10) in internal revenue vouchers as the fee to acquire said duplicate.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, § 29, eff. 90 days after May 21, 1976.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2630 - Licenses—Denial

The Board may deny the granting of a license, upon previous notice and hearing, to any person who:
(a) Tries to obtain a license by means of fraud or deceit.
(b) Does not meet the requirements for obtaining a license as provided herein.
(c) Has been declared mentally disabled by a competent court or his disability is established before the Board through medical experts; Provided, That the license may be granted as soon as the person be again declared able and if he meets the other requirements provided herein.
(d) Is a [drug addict] or an alcoholic; Provided, That the license may be granted as soon as this person proves to be fit and if he meets the other requirements prescribed herein.
The decisions adopted by the Board to deny the granting of a license may be reviewed by the Court of Appeals by submitting the corresponding appellate recourse, which shall be filed not later than thirty (30) days [following] the notice of the resolution denying the license. To conduct the hearing provided herein, the Board shall have the same powers and duties hereunder granted for holding the hearing required in this section.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, § 30; Sept. 22, 2004, No. 425, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2632 - Attachment to Boards of Examiners Division

The Board shall be attached to the Division of the Boards of Examiners of the State Department of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and subject to the applicable provisions of the law establishing said Division.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, § 32, eff. 90 days after May 21, 1976.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2633 - Scope of chapter

This chapter shall not be construed as restricting in any way the professions of engineers, architects and surveyors which are legally recognized, or the practice of the profession of draftsman in Puerto Rico by employees of the Government of the United States in official work for said government.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, § 33, eff. 90 days after May 21, 1976.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2634 - Inactivation and reactivation

Every licensed draftsman may request inactivation of his/her license when he/she retires from the active practice of his/her profession or leaves Puerto Rico for more than five (5) years. The license inactivation request shall be made by filing a sworn statement before the Board of Examiners, in which he/she shall consign the cause upon which his/her request is based.
Such inactivation shall be notified to the College of Draftsmen not later than thirty (30) days after the date of effectiveness thereof for the corresponding action to be taken. It shall be illegal and constitute sufficient cause for cancellation of the license for a draftsman to practice the profession for more than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the date of the reactivation of said license.
The license of those professionals whose license has been inactivated or suspended, or who have been expelled from the College, by virtue of the causes and through the established procedures, shall be suspended upon certification of such facts, by the authorized College officer before the Board. If after the inactivation, suspension or cancellation of the license has been ordered, the College certifies the rehabilitation of the draftsman pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the bylaws of the College, the Board shall reactivate the license immediately through the procedure of payment of dues provided in the bylaws.
If the expulsion or suspension is by reason of lack of payment of the annual dues, an official certification issued by the College of Draftsmen shall be enough to constitute sufficient evidence for the Board to take the corresponding action without the need to follow the aforementioned procedures.
In no way shall any licensed draftsman lend, transfer, rent or otherwise convey his/her license number, but if he/she does, a complaint shall be filed before the Board and he/she shall risk suspension of his/her license, pursuant to the bylaws of the Board.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, § 34; Sept. 22, 2004, No. 425, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2635 - Inspector

The Board of Examiners of Draftsmen of Puerto Rico, in consultation with the College of Draftsmen, may appoint a licensed member for three (3) years as Draftsman Inspector, to discharge the following duties:
(1) To verify that all linear and construction drawings are prepared by member draftsmen authorized by the law.
(2) To visit offices, companies, and public and private agencies to verify faithful compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(3) To file complaints and claims before the Board of Examiners of Draftsmen, the Department of Justice of Puerto Rico and before any other person or organization in charge of enforcing compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
The person appointed as Draftsman Inspector shall have not less than ten (10) years of uninterrupted experience and shall have the unanimous vote of the Board. It shall be the responsibility of the Board to establish the duties, responsibilities and compensation of the Inspector in its bylaws.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, added as § 35 on Sept. 22, 2004, No. 425, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2636 - Obligation of draft persons

Every person authorized to practice the profession of draftsmanship in Puerto Rico shall affix their name, surnames, and license number clearly and legibly on every blueprint they draw.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, added as § 36 on Sept. 22, 2004, No. 425, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2637 - Obligation of agency, department or government instrumentality in charge of granting permits

Every agency, department or government instrumentality in charge of granting permits or licenses shall require that the blueprints or documents presented to the same contain the license numbers and complete names of all the draftsmen involved in the preparation of said blueprints or documents.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, added as § 37 on Sept. 22, 2004, No. 425, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2638 - Prohibition

For purposes of this chapter, it shall be understood that a person is practicing the profession regulated herein when said person offers or renders professional draftsmanship services as draftsman, including the teaching thereof.
It shall be illegal for any person to practice or render draftsmanship services in Puerto Rico, or to use or advertise, with respect to his/her name, any title, word, utterance or description that may give the impression he/she is an authorized draftsman, unless he/she is duly registered and authorized as such, according to the provisions of this chapter, and holds the corresponding license and certificate, and is also an active member of the College of Draftsmen.
It shall likewise be illegal for any natural or juridical person to employ or otherwise negotiate or sponsor the employment or services of persons for the practice of the profession of draftsmanship, personally or through employment agents, representatives or recruiters, if such persons do not hold the necessary license, certification and membership to practice the profession.
The requirements of certificate, license and membership shall be clearly stated on every advertisement, circular, notice, letter or edict that is affixed or circulated to solicit the services of draftsmen.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, added as § 38 on Sept. 22, 2004, No. 425, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2639 - Penalties

Any violation of § 2637 of this title shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall entail a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or a term of imprisonment of not less than ninety (90) days, nor more than six (6) months, or both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
In the case of subsequent convictions, they shall entail a penalty of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), nor more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or a term of imprisonment of not less than one hundred eighty (180) days, nor more than three (3) years, or both penalties, in the discretion of the court. When the person convicted is a draftsman, the court shall remit a copy of the sentence to the Board of Examiners of Draftsmen and the College of Draftsmen.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, added as § 39 on Sept. 22, 2004, No. 425, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2640 - Injunctions

In the case of illegal practice of the draftsmanship profession, the Board and the College shall resort to the courts to obtain, by means of the special legal proceeding of injunction, the issuing of an order to cease and desist from the practice of the profession of draftsmanship against the offender.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, added as § 40 on Sept. 22, 2004, No. 425, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 83 - Board of Examiners and College of Draftspersons (§§ 2601 — 2641) › § 2641 - Continuing education

The Board, in coordination with the College, shall establish by regulation the requirement of continuing education or professional development they deem necessary for the professional betterment of draftsmen. It shall be the duty of all licensed draftspersons to comply with all the continuing education requirements established by regulation by the Board. Failure to comply therewith shall cause the Board not to renew the draftsman license.
History —May 21, 1976, No. 54, p. 140, added as § 41 on Sept. 22, 2004, No. 425, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2651 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as “Act to Regulate the Profession of Rehabilitation Counseling in Puerto Rico”.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 27, 1976.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2652 - Definitions

The following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Rehabilitation counseling. — Means the comprehensive individual or group process of a structured and enabling nature that establishes an interactive relationship between the rehabilitation counselor and the person with or without functional limitations to the integrated development of his/her abilities and skills that is directed toward all the aspects of his/her life, including his/her employment or independent living goals in order to reach an optimum quality of life. This process is directed toward the development or restoration of functional independence and the quality of life of the person. The functional independence that is pursued through the rehabilitation counseling process involves several goals that entail inclusion, self-sufficiency, integration, and independent life. It includes high quality of life levels resulting as a part of the integral rehabilitation of the human being. This constitutes an opportunity to include significant dimensions and individual considerations in the life of human beings, such as the medical, psychological, social personal, cultural, educational, vocational, and spiritual.
(b) Rehabilitation counselor. — Means any professional who, with adequate knowledge of human behavior and development and of social institutions, uses the principles and techniques of rehabilitation counseling to provide the incapacitated persons services compatible with their rehabilitation needs.
(c) Incapacitated person. — Means any person who suffers from a physical and/or mental limitation which constitutes a substantial handicap to engage in any working activity.
(d) Independent living. — Means a philosophy centered on having the person with disabilities acquire control over his/her life-impacting decisions. This includes peer support, self-management, self-determination, equal access to services, and the individual intercession of systems with the purpose of broadening and diversifying opportunities to the fullest and developing their leadership to ensure their full integration and inclusion to society as human beings. Furthermore, it means to have the right and opportunity to take any action and assume responsibilities as part of his/her life process.
(e) Board. — Means the Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counseling created by this chapter.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, § 2; Sept. 11, 2006, No. 198, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2654 - Powers and duties

The Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To adopt such rules and regulations as may become necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) To issue, deny, suspend and revoke licenses to practice the profession of rehabilitation counselor.
(c) To keep up to date a registry of all the rehabilitation counselors lawfully authorized to practice their profession in Puerto Rico, which shall contain the name, address, date and number of license of said professionals.
(d) To keep a minute book of all its proceedings; to organize its files so that all the applications presented and the action taken on them be recorded, and to adopt an official seal to identify its documents.
(e) To offer validating examinations at least once a year.
(f) To investigate complaints presented for violations of this chapter; to hear testimony and issue summons for the appearance of witnesses and the presentation of evidence or documents at any hearing held in accordance with the terms of this chapter, and to administer oaths in connection with the hearings or investigations.
(g) To incorporate and adopt a Code of Ethics that shall govern the practice of this profession in any workplace in Puerto Rico, in both the public and the private sector.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, § 4; Sept. 11, 2006, No. 198, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2655 - Granting of licenses

The Board shall grant a license of rehabilitation counselor to any person who passes an examination in accordance with the standards adopted by it through regulation and who also meets the other requirements established in § 2656 of this title. Candidates shall file with the Board an application for license. This application shall be accompanied by an internal revenue voucher of ten dollars ($10).
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, § 5, eff. 90 days after May 27, 1976.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2656 - Requirements for granting of licenses

The Board shall grant a rehabilitation counselor license to any candidate who meets the following requirements:
(a) Is of legal age.
(b) Files with the Board affidavits of two (2) members of the community accrediting his good conduct.
(c) Presents to the Board a diploma or its equivalent from a college or university recognized by the Higher Education Council, showing that he has obtained a doctorate or master degree or a professional diploma in rehabilitation counseling.
(d) Passes an examination offered by the Board.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, § 6, eff. 90 days after May 27, 1976.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2656a - Provisional licenses

The Board shall grant a provisional license to all those persons who are at present practicing as rehabilitation counselors for a period not to exceed two (2) years. Said license shall be renewable every two (2) years, up to a maximum of six (6) years, upon production of evidence of the courses approved leading to a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, added as § 6A on June 7, 1977, No. 35, p. 77, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2657 - Examinations

The Board shall determine by regulation the examination proceedings that it may consider necessary for the purpose of weighing the capacity of the candidate to practice the profession of rehabilitation counselor.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, § 7, eff. 90 days after May 27, 1976.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2657a - Continuing education

It is hereby established that all licensed, certified and recertified rehabilitation counselors shall update their knowledge through workshops, conferences, seminars and trainings as part of their continuing education which shall result in the rendering of excellent services for the persons requiring their services. The licenses shall be renewed every three (3) years, in accordance with the continuing education requirements of §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24.
For such purposes, the Board is hereby empowered to promulgate the necessary regulations to fully comply with the provisions of this chapter, so that the counselors are up-to-date in all areas of knowledge related to the profession, with special attention to the ten (10) areas of knowledge contained in the accreditation standards of the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE), to wit: (1) professional identity; (2) social and cultural diversity; (3) human growth and development; (4) employment and career development; (5) counseling and consultation; (6) group work; (7) assessment; (8) research and program evaluation; (9) medical, functional, environmental, and psychosocial aspects of disability, and (10) rehabilitation services and resources.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, added as § 7-A on Sept. 11, 2006, No. 198, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2658 - Denial, suspension or revocation of license

The Board may deny, suspend, or revoke a license upon notice and hearing, if it finds that the candidate or licensee has indulged in any of the following practices:
(a) It may deny a license when the candidate:
(1) Tries to obtain the license by fraud or deceit;
(2) does not meet the requirements established herein;
(3) is addicted to the use of drugs or intoxicating beverages, or
(4) has been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude.
(b) It may suspend or revoke a license when the holder:
(1) Is mentally incapacitated and such incapacity is established before the Board by medical certificate;
(2) has been declared by a competent court incapacitated because of habitual use of drugs or intoxicating beverages;
(3) has been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude;
(4) has committed gross negligence in the discharge of his duties;
(5) has not complied with the continuing education required for certification or recertification established by the Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors of Puerto Rico, or
(6) there is evidence to establish that in the practice of his/her profession or private life in the community, he/she has violated the code of ethics of the rehabilitation counseling profession and other codes of ethics applicable to the workplace.
Any person whose license is suspended or revoked by the Board may appeal to the General Court of Justice by a petition for review. The appellant shall first request the Board, within thirty (30) days following notice of its decision, to reconsider it. Once the petition for reconsideration is passed upon, if adverse, he may appeal to the General Court of Justice within thirty (30) days after he is notified of the decision on the reconsideration requested.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, § 8; Sept. 11, 2006, No. 198, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2659 - Reciprocity

The Board shall issue a license to any person who presents satisfactory evidence of his having been duly authorized to practice the profession of rehabilitation counselor before any board of a state, possession or territory of the United States where the candidate to practice said profession is required to meet qualifications equal or similar to those prescribed in this chapter, and which permits the reciprocal registration of, and the practice of the profession without examination by rehabilitation counselors duly authorized by the Board to practice said profession in Puerto Rico.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, § 9, eff. 90 days after May 27, 1976.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2660 - Penalties

(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) or more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250), or by imprisonment in jail for a period of not less than thirty (30) days or more than ninety (90) days, or both penalties, in the discretion of the court. For the second and subsequent convictions he shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in jail for a period of not less than ninety (90) days or more than six (6) months, or both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, § 10, eff. 90 days after May 27, 1976.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85 - Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors (§§ 2651 — 2661) › § 2661 - Granting of license without examination

(a) The Board shall grant a rehabilitation counselor’s license without examination, to any person who files an application for the license before September 1, 1977, provided said candidate proves that he meets the requirements set forth in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of § 2656 of this title.
(b) The Board shall grant a rehabilitation counselor’s license without examination to any person who has begun studies to obtain a master’s degree or professional diploma in rehabilitation counseling not later than August 1976, provided such studies are completed within a term not to exceed four (4) years and that the candidate proves that he meets the requirements set forth in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of said § 2656 of this title.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 58, p. 167, § 11; June 7, 1977, No. 35, p. 77, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2671 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated hereinbelow:
(a) Association. — Means the Puerto Rico Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association.
(b) Rehabilitation counselor. — Means the duly licensed, certified or re-certified rehabilitation counseling professional, who with the adequate knowledge of human behavior and development and of social institutions, uses the principles and techniques of rehabilitation counseling to provide persons with disabilities with or without functional limitations with the services compatible with their rehabilitation needs.
(c) Rehabilitation counseling. — Means an individual or group comprehensive process, structured and enabling in nature that establishes an interactive relationship between the rehabilitation counselor and the person with or without functional limitations for the integrated development of his/her abilities and skills directed to all aspects of life including his/her goals as to employment or an independent life to achieve an optimum quality of life. This process is directed to developing or restoring the functional independence and quality of life of the human being. The functional independence sought through the rehabilitation counseling process involves various goals that entail: involvement, self-sufficiency, integration, and independent life. This includes high quality of life indexes that are the result achieved as part of the integrated rehabilitation of a human being. This provides the opportunity for including significant dimensions and particular considerations in the life of a human being such as the medical, psychological, social personal, cultural, educational, vocational and spiritual aspects.
(d) Persons with disabilities. — Means that person who suffers from one or more physical, developmental, cognitive, sensorineural and emotional or mental condition that limits his/her capabilities or possibilities of functioning in an occupational activity or from enjoying an independent and meaningful lifestyle, integrated with his/her surroundings or in community environment.
(e) Board. — Means the Board of Examiners of Rehabilitation Counselors, created by virtue of §§ 2651—2661 of this title.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 2; Dec. 26, 2007, No. 214, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2672 - Authorization of a consultation

Rehabilitation counselors with [a] license to practice as professionals in Puerto Rico, and with certification or re-certification, as applicable pursuant to the requirements established in §§ 2651—2661 of this title that may apply, and the regulations of the Board, are hereby authorized to hold a consultation, as provided in § 2684 of this title, in order to determine if they wish to be constituted as a juridical entity or quasi-public corporation under the name of the “Puerto Rico Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association” and, if so decided in accordance with the guidelines of this chapter, to provide that said Association shall be juridically constituted with the purposes, functions and faculties established herein.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2673 - Main office

The main office of the “Puerto Rico Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association” shall be located where its members so decide through their Board of Directors.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 4; Dec. 26, 2007, No. 214, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2674 - Purpose

The Puerto Rico Rehabilitation Counselors Association shall have the following purposes and objectives:
(a) To protect the interests of its members and promote their professional development through training and continuing education courses in accordance with their needs and the requirements established by the Board. The continuing education program to be developed by the Association shall cover, as a minimum the following ten (10) subject matters established by the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE): (1) professional identity; (2) social and cultural diversity; (3) human development and growth; (4) development of careers and employment; (5) counseling and consulting; (6) groups work (7) endorsements; (8) programs oversight and assessment; (9) medical functional and environmental aspects of disabilities, and (10) rehabilitation resources and services.
(b) To promote and oversee compliance with the ethical values and principles that govern the profession and contribute to the formulation and interpretation of the standards of professional ethics.
(c) To promote the development of rehabilitation counseling as a discipline of study and the funding and development of research, as well as the holding of activities related to said discipline, with its professional practice and social mission of human service.
(d) To develop and implement community service programs.
(e) To collaborate with public entities in the design and implementation of a public policy to impact the populations in terms of their full integration into society.
(f) To collaborate with institutions, entities and bodies of the Island that render support services to the rehabilitation counseling process and contribute, whenever possible, to its development and improvement.
(g) To establish relationships with professional groups and associations concerned with the rehabilitation of citizens with disabilities to promote shared activities to the benefit of rehabilitation counseling as a discipline of study and as a profession.
(h) To contribute toward the establishment and development of work relationships that are characterized by a high sense of sensibility and commitment to the population served.
(i) To guarantee and protect the principle of confidentiality of the relationships between professional rehabilitation counselors and those who use their professional services.
(j) To promote excellence in the practice of rehabilitation counseling to guarantee faithful compliance of such professional services and to ensure that the population that receives them is fully protected.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2675 - Powers

The Association shall have the following powers:
(a) To subsist and operate under its name.
(b) To adopt and use an official seal, which it may [change] as provided in its bylaws.
(c) To adopt bylaws as provided in a General Assembly, which shall be compulsory for all its members, and submit them to any amendments necessary in accordance with the rules established therein.
(d) To sue and be sued as a juridical person.
(e) To acquire rights and property, personal and real, through purchase, donation, exchange, legacy or any other legal means; to own, mortgage, lease or dispose thereof in any legal manner and in accordance with its bylaws.
(f) To make loans and constitute guarantees for the payment of such duly approved commitments, as provided in the approved bylaws in effect.
(g) To designate its directors, employees and officers.
(h) To create voluntary participation insurance systems and special protection funds for its members.
(i) To provide, through the bylaws, for the collection of membership fees.
(j) To exercise the incidental and necessary or convenient powers to fulfill its obligations and purposes in accordance with this chapter.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 5[bis]
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2676 - Power of special investigation

The Association shall be empowered, as specified in its bylaws, to investigate any action in the practice of the profession of any of its members that may implicate a violation of the principles of ethics and the laws by which it is governed upon request of a party through the presentation of a written claim under oath. After the interested parties have been given an opportunity to be heard, if it finds well-founded grounds for possible unethical or unlawful conduct, it shall file the corresponding complaint before the Board of Examiners. The herein provided shall not be construed as a modification or limitation of the power of the Board to initiate an investigation on its own initiative or a disciplinary proceeding, when it so deems appropriate pursuant to § 2658 of this title.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2677 - Membership requirements

Any person holding a license issued by the Board, authorizing the former to practice the rehabilitation counseling profession in Puerto Rico, pursuant to the provisions established in §§ 2651—2661 of this title, shall be a member of the Association. Every rehabilitation counseling professional shall have a license in effect and have fulfilled any applicable certification or re-certification requirements. Any rehabilitation counselor who works or renders services without pay in areas related to human behavior and who, depending on the vision and mission of the agency, organization or entity, holds a position of: rehabilitation counselor, case manager, guidance counselor, counselor, vocational counselor, assessment counselor, rehabilitation specialist, advisors in public or private organizations or in community-based [nongovernmental] organizations, without it being construed as a limitation, shall be a member of the Association.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 7; Dec. 26, 2007, No. 214, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2678 - Compulsory membership

(a) Twelve (12) months after the constitution of the Association, as provided in § 2684 of this title, a person who is not a member thereof or who is completing the process to become or to be admitted as a member may not practice as a rehabilitation counselor. Once the Association is constituted, the Association shall publish edicts in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in Puerto Rico in intervals of fifteen (15) days during three (3) months to notify the professional rehabilitation counselors in the practice of the profession in the Island of said provision.
(b) No person or private entity, agency or dependency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall enter into a contract, agreement, or covenant, or shall solicit or receive rehabilitation counseling services from natural or juridical persons that do not comply or show evidence of compliance with the requirements established in this chapter and in the bylaws approved thereunder. The Association is hereby empowered by this provision to initiate the corresponding action in order to enforce this chapter. In the case of a juridical person, the action may be filed either against it or against any other person related, contracted or hired by it who is in the practice of the profession of rehabilitation counseling in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(c) All persons authorized to practice the profession of rehabilitation counselor in accordance with the criteria established in § 2659 of this title, shall meet the requirement of compulsory membership provided in this section.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2679 - Organization and government; bylaws

(a) The destiny and decisions of the Association shall be governed, first by the resolutions and valid agreements of its General Assembly, and second by the determinations and valid agreements of the governing bodies of the institution.
(b) The first Board of Directors of the Association shall be elected in a Constitutional Convention by secret vote of the attending members. Said Board of Directors shall consist, as a minimum, of one president, one vice president, one secretary, one under-secretary, one treasurer, one under-treasurer and three members. Henceforth, the members of the Board of Directors shall be elected in General Assembly, in accordance with the procedures established by the Association in the bylaws.
(c) The bylaws of the Association shall provide on all matters that are necessary for faithful compliance with the purposes for which the Association is established, including among other things, matters related to the composition and the name of its governing bodies; the admission procedures; functions, duties and procedures of all its entities and officers; calls, dates, quorum and the manner and requirements of the general or special assemblies and sessions of the governing bodies; the election of directors and officers; the committees; terms of all the positions; the vacancies and the method for filling them; the budget; the investment of funds and the disposal of the assets of the Association. The bylaws shall also provide for the Association to hold at least one regular assembly each year. The terms of the Governing Board, including its President and Vice president, shall not exceed two (2) consecutive years.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2680 - Membership fees

(a) The annual membership fees of the Association shall be fixed in the Constitutional Convention provided in § 2684 of this title, by majority vote, which shall not be less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of professionals with [a] license, certification and [recertification] to practice rehabilitation counseling in Puerto Rico. Said membership fees may vary from time to time if so provided by a majority consisting of two-thirds (2 / 3) of the members attending a General Assembly called for such purposes. The minimum quorum in an assembly for the purpose of changing the membership fees shall be the one established in the bylaws, but shall not be less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of active members.
(b) Any member who ceases the active practice of rehabilitation counseling in Puerto Rico to pursue other activities, to leave Puerto Rico or [with] the intention of retiring definitely from the practice of the profession may continue to be a member of the Association, or cancel membership by submitting a sworn application for such purpose to the Board of Directors. Any member who avails him/herself of this last option shall not be bound to pay membership fees for the period of voluntary inactivity, but shall also not be entitled to the benefits the Association offers to its members, or practice rehabilitation counseling in Puerto Rico. The member shall also notify the Board through a copy of the application to cancel membership in order for the license to be deactivated, excepting when the license is required by the corresponding authorities for the practice of rehabilitation counseling in another jurisdiction, which shall be duly justified. The member shall not return to the active practice of the profession in Puerto Rico until he/she reactivates his/her membership and license. Applications to cancel membership that are not notified to the Board shall have no effect.
[(c) The requirement of payment of membership fees shall also apply to all persons who have been granted a license by the Board in accordance with the criteria of reciprocity provided for in § 2659 of this title.]
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2681 - Membership fee—Objections

Rehabilitation counseling professionals shall have the right to object [to] the use of the membership fees by the Association to hold activities in which ideological, sectarian, labor union, religious, sexist, racist or class interests exist. For such purposes, the Association shall establish a simple and easily implemented procedure in its bylaws for whoever wishes to object, in accordance with the applicable constitutional parameters.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2682 - Membership fee—Suspension

The failure to pay the annual membership fee by any member as of the deadline for such payment established in the bylaws shall entail the suspension of membership in the Association and the suspension of the license to practice rehabilitation counseling, which shall be decreed by the Board upon request by the Association. The procedure for these suspensions shall be established in the bylaws by the Board and its final decision may be reviewed judicially at the request of the person adversely affected thereby, pursuant to the provisions of § 2658 of this title, and in §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”. The person shall not practice rehabilitation counseling for the duration of the suspension, but the Board shall restore it completely once the person pays the total debt. Temporary suspensions or permanent revocations that are final and binding decreed by the Board against any rehabilitation counselor and for the causes established in the code of ethics shall also entail the automatic suspension of the member of the Association for the duration of the suspension or revocation decreed by the Board. For such purposes, the Board shall officially notify in writing all suspension or revocation to the Association within a term of not more than five (5) work days.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 85A - Professional Rehabilitation Counselors Association (§§ 2671 — 2684) › § 2683 - Penalties

The practice of rehabilitation counseling in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction, the person shall be sanctioned with a penalty that shall not exceed six (6) months or a fine which shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or both penalties.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 87 - Board of Examiners of Expert Electricians (§§ 2701 — 2722) › § 2701 - Creation

There is hereby created the Board of Examiners of Expert Electricians, hereinafter designated the Board, attached to the Division of Examining Boards of the State Department, with the duties and powers hereinafter prescribed.
History —June 2, 1976, No. 115, p. 334, § 1, eff. 60 days after June 2, 1976.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 87 - Board of Examiners of Expert Electricians (§§ 2701 — 2722) › § 2702 - Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, the terms and phrases set forth below shall be given the meaning and scope stated for each of them:
(a) Board. — The Examining Board of Expert Electricians.
(b) Expert electrician. — A person authorized by the Examining Board of Expert Electricians to practice the profession, work on electrical installations and with high and low-voltage electrical materials and equipment.
(c) Expert electrician’s assistant. — A skilled person authorized by the Examining Board of Expert Electricians to work under the supervision of a collegiated [sic] expert electrician, helping and assisting him/her in his/her profession.
(d) Expert apprentice electrician. — An unskilled person authorized by the Examining Board of Expert Electricians to work under the supervision of a collegiated [sic] expert electrician, helping and assisting him/her in his/her profession.
(e) Electrical installation. — The placing of electrical material, equipment or devices for the purpose of using electric power.
History —June 2, 1976, No. 115, p. 334, § 2; June 12, 1980, No. 123, p. 443, § 2; June 1, 1984, No. 46, p. 122, § 1; Nov. 6, 1992, No. 86, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 87 - Board of Examiners of Expert Electricians (§§ 2701 — 2722) › § 2703 - Organization

The Board shall be duly composed of nine (9) expert electricians duly authorized by law to practice the profession, who must be members of the College of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico. The Governor of Puerto Rico shall appoint said members with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of the Board members shall be of four (4) years or until his/her successor is appointed and takes office. The Board members must meet the following requirements:
(1) Be of legal age.
(2) Be a citizen of the United States of America.
(3) To have practiced the profession of expert electrician for at least five (5) years prior to his appointment and possess a license as such.
(4) No member of the Board of Directors of the College of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico, its employees, inspectors or members of its Standing or Special Committees shall be members of the Board. Neither can those persons who own private electrician’s schools or who are shareholders or belong to the Board of Directors or the Board of Trustees of a college or private school where studies leading to the obtaining of an expert electrician or expert electrician assistant’s license, be members of the Board. This provision shall be prospective in nature.
Expert electricians who are holding office as members of the present Board of Examiners of Expert Electricians on the date of approval of this act and who do not meet the requirement provided in the preceding subsection (4) shall have to resign their position on the Board of Examiners of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico.
History —June 2, 1976, No. 115, p. 334, § 3; June 12, 1980, No. 123, p. 443, § 3; June 1, 1984, No. 46, p. 122, § 2; Nov. 6, 1992, No. 86, § 2.