2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 20D - Sports and Recreation Department (2004) › § 444 - Definitions

The following terms, used within the context of this chapter, shall mean the following:
(a) High risk activities.— Means an activity of a recreational or sports character where the participants’ or spectators’ safety is compromised or exposed to injury, beyond a reasonable expectation.
(b) Agencies.— Means any government entity, including public corporations and municipalities.
(c) Puerto Rican Olympic Committee.— Means the nonprofit sports organization registered as such under the laws of Puerto Rico, Registration No. 4261 of the Puerto Rico Department of State, recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the only authority to integrate, register and represent the Puerto Rican sports delegations in international events under its sponsorship and in that of the international sports federations.
(d) Department.— Means the Sports and Recreation Department.
(e) Sports.— Means the manifestation of people’s cultural activities expressed in games, competition, physical activity, movement, exercise, athletic skills and aptitude, organized under regulated conditions.
(f) High performance or high level sports.— Means sports that imply a systematic practice of the highest order in its respective sports specialty, to reach optimal performance in an international competition representing the Country.
(g) Base sport.— Means the sport that may be practiced from an early age, with an educational-formative purpose, which also includes the initiation phases in sports development of boys, girls and youths.
(h) Federative sport.— Means sports activities organized by the corresponding national sports federation and according to the regulations of the corresponding federation’s regulations.
(i) Olympic sport.— Means activities organized by the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee, according to provisions of the Olympic charter subscribed to by the International Olympic Committee.
(j) Sports for all.— Means physical activities performed during free time, with requirements within the reach of any person, according to his/her physical state and age, practiced according to the rules of sports specialties, or modified by common agreement between participants and organizers.
(k) Professional sport.— Means a sport from which direct income is derived, through salaries that are provided by private sources, for participation in the sports event.
(l) Physical education.— Means an educational discipline including the study, research and teaching of disciplines related to athletic activity, human movement, health, sports and recreation.
(m) Affiliated federation.— It means a nonprofit sports organization that promotes, regulates and organizes a certain sport and its attendant teachings in Puerto Rico, and which is recognized as such by the corresponding international sports federation, affiliated to the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee.
(n) National sports federation.— Means a nonprofit sports organization, recognized by the Sports and Recreation Department, that promotes, regulates and organizes a certain sport, in agreement with and with the recognition of the international sports federation of said sports discipline, and may be affiliated with the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee or not.
(o) Recreational or sports installation.— Means the premises or physical area, with or without a structure, intended for recreation or the practice of a sport.
(p) Administrative order.— Means a formal mandate or notice, signed by the Secretary in his official position, addressed to people, officers or concerned entities, which it affects in relation to a determined fact.
(q) Private organization.— Means a profit or nonprofit group organized under the laws of Puerto Rico with purposes and objectives within the jurisdiction of the Sports and Recreation Department.
(r) Person.— Means any physical or juridical person, group of people or associations who perform activities or functions regulated in this chapter.
(s) National plan for sports and recreation.— Means the cluster of principles, objectives, strategies, indicators and goals that guide the design, organization, execution and implementation of the program of sports and recreational services within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(t) Special populations.— Means people with disabilities, advanced age or underprivileged, with a limited access to sports and recreation.
(u) Revenue.— Means royalties or income from payment of fees and charges related to the granting of licenses, permits, certifications or authorizations; the rendering of services; contributions from urbanizations; the leasing and sale of real estate or the imposition of fines or reimbursements, which shall go into the Special Fund for the Sports and Recreation Department.
(v) Recreation.— Means a socially accepted activity or experience that stimulates the senses, performed voluntarily during free time from which satisfaction is derived, produces restfulness or develops skills.
(w) Secretary.— Means the Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department.
(x) C haritable, community, and faith-based organizations.— Means any charitable, community, and faith-based organization that provides social assistance programs to prevent and fight social issues such as juvenile delinquency, use and abuse of controlled substances and alcohol, child and elder abuse, abuse, domestic violence, unemployment, teenage pregnancy, child care, and any other social purpose for which the beneficiary should have been eligible to request entitlement program assistance.
History —Jan. 8, 2004, No. 8, § 3, eff. 120 days after Jan. 8, 2004; May 18, 2011, No. 74, § 1.