2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 29 - Board of Examiners of Beauticians (§§ 551 — 567) › § 556 - License without examination; provisional license

(a) Any person over sixteen (16) years of age who establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that he has practiced the profession of cosmetology (beauty specialist) in Puerto Rico at least for one (1) year within a period of three (3) years immediately preceding June 30, 1951, shall be entitled to a license pursuant to this chapter without requirement of examination, on condition that he meets all the qualifications determined by § 555 of this title, with the exception of the requirement concerning the completion of the eighth grade in a grammar school and also with the exception of the requirement concerning the completion of a beauty course of study in a recognized academy.
(b) The Secretary of State shall issue a provisional license to any person over sixteen (16) years of age who, on June 30, 1951, shall have engaged, actually and uninterruptedly, in the practice of the profession of cosmetology (beauty specialist) for a period of not less than six (6) months, or who shall have actually and uninterruptedly engaged in the practice of said profession in any state, territory, protectorate or dependency of the United States or in a foreign country for a period of not less than three (3) consecutive years, which shall be accredited by affidavits and other elements of proof, jointly with the other requirements established by this chapter and upon payment of half the annual fee required, which payment shall be made to the Secretary of State.
(c) The provisional license issued in conformity with this chapter shall expire six (6) months after the issuance thereof, and the person in whose favor the same may have been issued shall not be entitled to renew same unless he takes the regular examination and meets all other requirements prescribed by this chapter.
(d) Any person filing the proper application for a license without examination may engage in the profession of cosmetology (beauty specialist) during the pendency of his application, but if the Board denies same, he shall be unable to practice said profession.
(e) The Secretary of State may issue a license without an examination to any person over sixteen (16) years of age who may have been duly authorized by a state, territory, protectorate or dependency of the United States to engage in the practice of the profession of cosmetology (beauty specialist), provided the minimum requirements demanded in said state, territory, protectorate or dependency of the United States are not inferior, in the judgment of the Board, to those of Puerto Rico, and on condition, however, that the said state, territory, protectorate or dependency extends a like reciprocity to persons in whose favor licenses have been issued in conformity with this chapter. The applications therefor shall be accompanied by the other requirements demanded by this chapter.
(f) If a person eligible for a license under this chapter enters the military service during the term fixed for the filing of the application and the payment of said fees the said term therefor shall be extended in favor of said person up to three (3) months after termination of such services.
In the cases of persons who render or may have rendered military service, or who are or may have been honorably discharged, the period of one (1) year specified in subsection (a) of this section and the period of six (6) months specified in subsection (b) hereof shall not have to be continuous. The period during which the person may have engaged in the practice of the profession of cosmetology (beauty specialist) prior to his induction into military service may be added to any period during which he may have or is engaged in the practice of this profession after termination of his military service.
History —May 15, 1950, No. 431, p. 1102, § 7; May 3, 1951, No. 201, p. 520, § 3.