2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 35 - Board of Examiners of Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects (§§ 681 — 711z) › § 711m - Certificates or licenses—Inactivity and reactivation

Any person qualified as a licensed, associate or in training engineer, surveyor, architect or landscape architect may request the inactivation of his/her license or certificate when retiring from the active practice of his/her profession pursuant to the authorization granted by §§ 711—711z of this title to pursue such a practice. The petition for inactivation of a certificate or license shall be made by filing a sworn statement with the Recording Secretary of the Board.
Said inactivation shall be notified to the corresponding professional college not later than thirty (30) days from the effective date of the inactivation of membership of the person concerned, except in the case of retired professionals.
After the inactive period has passed, the holder may request the reactivation of his/her certificate or license through a petition in writing to such effect filed with the Recording Secretary of the Board, together with evidence of his/her compliance with the other requirements imposed by §§ 711—711z of this title, or that may be imposed through regulations issued pursuant to the latter, such as continuing education requirements.
It shall be illegal and constitute sufficient cause to cancel the certification or license for the holder of an inactive license or certificate to practice his/her profession during its inactive period.
The Board shall notify the corresponding professional college of the reactivation of any certificate or license within a term not to exceed thirty (30) days from the effective date of reactivation of any certificate or license, as the case may be.
Those professionals who have been inactivated, suspended or expelled as members of their respective professional colleges by virtue of the causes, and through the procedures established by said colleges, shall have their certificates or licenses, as the case may be, suspended through the certification of such a fact presented to the Board by the authorized official of the corresponding college.
When the corresponding professional college officially certifies the reinstatement of the professional concerned, pursuant to the applicable collegiation laws, after his/her inactivation, suspension or expulsion has been decreed, the Board shall immediately reactivate his/her license or certificate through the procedure and payment of the fees provided in the regulations of the Board. If the expulsion or suspension is for failure to pay the annual dues, an official certification by the corresponding college shall suffice, which will constitute a sufficient determination of fact for the Board to take the corresponding action without having to follow the procedure of a hearing which is established below for the other cases.
The Board shall establish, through regulations, the necessary norms for the application of this section.
History —Aug. 12, 1988, No. 173, p. 797, § 15, renumbered as § 18 and amended on Dec. 26, 1997, No. 185, § 18; Dec. 7, 2007, No. 180, § 11, eff. Dec. 31, 2007.