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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 98 - College of Veterinarians (§§ 2971 — 2971k) › § 2971d - Powers

The College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico shall have the power to:
(a) Exist [in] perpetuity under this name.
(b) Sue and be sued as a legal entity.
(c) Hold and use a seal which it may alter at its volition.
(d) Acquire rights and assets, both movable and real, by donation, legacy, assessment among its members, purchase or any other means, and own, transfer, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of them.
(e) Appoint its directors, officials and officers.
(f) Adopt its bylaws which shall be binding on all the members and amend them in the way and according to the requirements enacted therein.
(g) To protect its members in the practice of their profession by the creation of pension funds, insurance systems and special funds, or succor in any other way those who are retired due to physical disability or advanced age, or who suffer from an accident or disease and the heirs and beneficiaries of those who pass away.
(h) Receive and investigate sworn complaints filed with regard to the conduct of the members in the practice of their profession and violations of this chapter remitting them to the Board of Directors for action, and after a preliminary hearing in which the interested party or his representative is given an opportunity to be heard, if just cause is found, institute the proper procedure to discipline the person involved. Nothing provided in this subsection shall be construed in the sense of changing or limiting the power of the Board of Examiners of Veterinary Medicine, which may on its own accord initiate investigations with regard to violations of this chapter, as well as of §§ 2951 et seq. of this title, as well as to receive and investigate complaints with regard to the conduct of the members in the practice of the profession.
(i) To exercise the incidental powers that are necessary or convenient for the purposes of its creation and operation that are not in contravention with the provisions of this chapter.
(j) Adopt or implement the rules of professional ethics which shall govern the conduct of veterinarians.
(k) Assume the representation of all veterinarians licensed by the Board of Examiners of Veterinary Medicine to practice the profession in Puerto Rico, and to talk in behalf of and in their representation, pursuant to the terms of this chapter and the bylaws approved thereunder.
(l) Establish continuous education courses for the members of the College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico.
History —July 10, 1986, No. 107, p. 340, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 98 - College of Veterinarians (§§ 2971 — 2971k) › § 2971e - Government

The destinies of the College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico shall be governed, in the first instance, by its General Assembly and in the second instance, by its Board of Directors.
History —July 10, 1986, No. 107, p. 340, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 98 - College of Veterinarians (§§ 2971 — 2971k) › § 2971f - Board of Directors

The Board of Directors shall be composed as determined by the General Constitutional Assembly, and shall be elected annually by the Regular Assembly of the College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico.
History —July 10, 1986, No. 107, p. 340, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 98 - College of Veterinarians (§§ 2971 — 2971k) › § 2971g - Bylaws

The bylaws shall provide everything needed to enforce this chapter including the functions, duties and procedures of all the bodies and officials; calls to meetings, dates, quorum, order of business and requirements of the regular and special general assemblies and sessions of the Board of Directors; election of officers and directors, standing and special committees, dues, budgets, investment of funds and disposition of assets of the College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico; terms of office; statement of vacancies and how to fill them.
History —July 10, 1986, No. 107, p. 340, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 98 - College of Veterinarians (§§ 2971 — 2971k) › § 2971h - Dues—Provision

The members of the College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico shall pay dues each year on the date or dates [set] by the bylaws. The first dues shall be [set] by mandate of the General Constituti[ve] Assembly of the College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico. The Regular Annual Assembly may provide for changes in the annual dues.
History —July 10, 1986, No. 107, p. 340, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 98 - College of Veterinarians (§§ 2971 — 2971k) › § 2971i - Dues—Suspension for nonpayment

Any member who fails to pay his dues and who is otherwise qualified as a member of the College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico shall be required to pay them and admonished that if he does not do so within a maximum of sixty (60) days from date of notice he shall be suspended as a member of College of Veterinarians. He may be reinstated upon the payment of the unpaid dues.
History —July 10, 1986, No. 107, p. 340, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 98 - College of Veterinarians (§§ 2971 — 2971k) › § 2971j - Special seal

All veterinary offices and facilities for veterinary services shall attach a seal, to be adopted by the College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico, to all vaccination certificates and health certificates for international and interstate transport issued by them. No department of the Government, no court of justice, or any other body of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall consider said certificates valid unless they have the seal of the College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico attached. The cost of this seal shall be two dollars ($2). The amounts collected for use of this seal shall be covered into the funds of the College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico for its use.
History —July 10, 1986, No. 107, p. 340, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 98 - College of Veterinarians (§§ 2971 — 2971k) › § 2971k - Penalties

Ninety (90) days after the first General Assembly is held and the first Board of Directors of the College of Veterinarians of Puerto Rico has been elected, any veterinarian who practices in Puerto Rico without having become a member of the College, or who advertises, or any person who passes himself off as a collegiated [sic] veterinarian without being duly accredited shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a term of not less than two (2) months or more than four (4) months, or both penalties, [at] the discretion of the court.
For subsequent infractions of the same nature he shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than four (4) months or more than six (6) months, or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both penalties, [at] the discretion of the court. Moreover, the sentence shall be deemed just cause for revoking the license issued to him by the Board of Examiners of Veterinarians.
History —July 10, 1986, No. 107, p. 340, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3026 - Board—Creation

The Puerto Rico Board of Real Estate Brokers, Salespersons and Companies is hereby created, which shall be attached to the Department of State.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 3, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3027 - Board—Members

The Board shall be composed of five (5) members appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico. The members of the Board shall be persons of proven moral probity, over twenty-one (21) years of age, and residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Three (3) of the members shall be duly-licensed real estate brokers of recognized professional qualifications, who shall have actively pursued the profession of real estate broker for a term of at least three (3) years. With regard to the remaining two (2) members, one, who shall represent consumers, may be engaged in any trade or profession and have some knowledge of real estate; however, he/she shall not be practicing as a real estate broker or salesperson at the time of his/her appointment and, if he/she obtains a real estate license after his/her appointment, he/she shall be required to resign from the Board. The other, who shall represent the public interest, shall be a lawyer. The Board shall elect a chair from among its members who are real estate brokers. No member of the Board shall hold or engage in teaching or academic positions, nor be an owner, shareholder, administrator, or member of the Board of Trustees or Directors of an institution, college, or school offering educational programs for real estate brokers or salespersons.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 4; Dec. 16, 2011, No. 261, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3028 - Board—Terms of office

The members of the Board shall each hold office for a term of four (4) years and until their successors are appointed and take office. No Board member shall be appointed for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 5, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3029 - Board—Vacancies and removal

Any vacancy occurring on the Board before the expiration of the term of office of the member who causes it shall be filled in the same way as the original member was appointed, for the unexpired portion thereof.
The Governor of Puerto Rico may remove any Board member from office after filing charges and due notice and hearing, for immoral conduct, inefficiency or negligence in the performance of his/her duties, for lack of professional ethics, for conviction of a felony or misdemeanor which implies moral turpitude, or because his/her license has been suspended, revoked or cancelled, or for any other just cause.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 6, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3030 - Board—Quorum, bylaws, meetings

Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Board’s decisions shall be approved by the majority vote of those present.
The Board shall adopt bylaws for its internal operation and shall hold at least one (1) meeting in each quarter of the calendar year to consider and resolve its business. It may also hold as many meetings as may be needed for the prompt handling of its affairs and duties.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 7, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3031 - Board—Per diems and expenses

The members of the Board shall be entitled to a minimum per diem as established for the members of the Legislature for each day or portion thereof they attend Board meetings or sessions up to a maximum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per year, except for the Chairperson of the Board who shall receive per diems equal to one hundred and thirty-three percent (133%) of the per diems received by the other members of the Board. They shall also be entitled to reimbursement of the travel expenses they necessarily must incur to perform their official duties, pursuant to the applicable regulations of the Department of the Treasury.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 8; July 30, 1999, No. 172, § 1; Jan. 4, 2000, No. 7, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3033 - License—Real estate broker

Any natural person who wishes to practice the profession of real estate broker in Puerto Rico shall meet the following requirements:
(a) File a duly-sworn application before the Board on the form furnished by the Board for such purposes.
(b) Present a certificate of good behavior issued by the Puerto Rico Police; by a state of the United States of America and by the foreign country, if pertinent, indicating that for five (5) years prior to the application, he/she has not been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that implies moral turpitude; Provided, That this requirement may be met at any time before the Board issues the license. If the applicant should meet this requirement after having approved [sic] the license, and there is an indication on the certificate of convictions that disqualifies him/her from obtaining the license, the board may reject the application for failure to comply with this requirement.
(c) Be over 18 years of age.
(d) Be a high school graduate or its equivalent.
(e) Provided, That after July 1, 1995, he/she shall have approved a minimum of sixty (60) university credits in institutions accredited or recognized by the Council on Higher Education. Real estate brokers who hold a license as of the date of approval of this act shall not have to meet this requirement.
(f) Have passed the real estate broker’s examination given by the Board.
(g) Meet the educational requirements for a real estate license established in § 3038 of this title.
(h) Pay a fee of two hundred dollars ($200), through an Internal Revenue voucher.
(i) Present a certification from the banking institution where the escrow or special deposit account that he/she shall use in his/her business as a broker, is deposited.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 10; July 30, 1999, No. 172, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3034 - License—Real estate salesperson

Any natural person who wishes to practice the profession of real estate salesperson in Puerto Rico, shall meet the same requirements established for real estate brokers, with the exception of what is established in subsections (e), (f) and (i) of § 3033 of this title, and shall also:
(a) Have passed the real estate salesperson’s examination given by the Board.
(b) Have met the educational requirements for a real estate salesperson as established in § 3038 of this title.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 11, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3035 - License—Real estate company

A real estate company license shall be issued to a corporation or partnership if it meets the following requirements:
(a) In the case of a partnership, all the partners except the silent partners or members shall be individual holders of a real estate broker or salesperson’s license issued by the Board.
(b) In the case of a corporation, all the shareholders shall hold a real estate broker’s license. The directors and officials who perform as brokers or salespersons in behalf of the corporation shall also be individual holders of a real estate broker or salesperson’s license issued by “The Board” (sic). In addition to the individual liability that each of these persons has for their professional actions or omissions, the licensee corporations shall be liable for the deals that every broker or salesperson contracted or employed by the company performs as a real estate broker or salesperson.
(c) To post the corresponding bond.
(d) Be registered in the Commercial Registry in the case of partnerships, and in the Department of State in the case of corporations.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 12, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3036 - License—Bond

The Board shall issue to a real estate broker, salesperson, or company a license after the applicant has passed the proper examination and has posted bond in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and deposited it with the Board, in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in cases of real estate broker or salesperson licenses and in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in cases of real estate companies. Said bond shall be issued by an insurance company duly authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, within a term of thirty (30) days after the Board has issued or renewed the corresponding license. The real estate broker, salesperson, or company shall be bound to inform in writing to the Department of Consumer Affairs the name, physical and mailing address, and telephone number of the insurance company that has issued the bond. The bond shall include the condition that the applicant or person who obtains the license shall comply with all the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder. The bond shall be surety for any loss or damage caused to any person for any failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued thereunder. Said bond shall also stipulate that the revocation of a license shall not affect the effectiveness of the bond with regard to original claims for acts incurred prior to the date of said revocation.
Any person who suffers losses or damages due to any act or omission by a real estate broker, salesperson, or company may file a suit pleading redress for the loss or damages suffered against the insuring company directly or the broker, salesperson, or company, or against both.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 13; Sept. 26, 2005, No. 118, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3037 - License—Examinations, subject matter

The Board shall include all subject matter proper to the level of the real estate profession in the examinations applied for, and included in the curriculum of subjects previously certified by the Board. The examinations shall be given in English or Spanish, by request of the candidate, and shall proportionally include all subjects listed in the approved curriculum.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 14, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3039 - License—Failure to pass examination

Any person who does not pass any of the examinations established in this chapter may take them anew the next time they are given by the Board. The Board may retain the documents submitted by the applicant. The Board shall retain the examinations of the applicants who have not passed them, so that they can be examined by them in order to review the examination, if they so request. (sic)
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 16, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3040 - License—Renewal of licenses

Real estate brokers, salespersons and company licenses shall expire four (4) years after their issue. Every applicant for renewal who has filed his application along with the accompanying or requested complementary documents prior to thirty (30) days from the expiration date of the license, shall have said license automatically extended for the term the Board may take to consider the application. The duly sworn application for the renewal of the license shall be filed with the Board, on the form that the Board has furnished for such purposes, and shall include the following:
(a) A certificate of good behavior issued by the Puerto Rico Police; by a state of the United States of America, by the country where he has resided since he obtained the license; Provided, That this requirement may be complied with at any time before the license is issued, but evidence shall be submitted to the Board that said certificate has been requested.
(b) An internal revenue stamp in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200) in the case of a broker or salesperson, or five hundred dollars ($500), in the case of a company.
(c) If the application for renewal is filed ninety (90) days after its expiration, the applicant shall submit a sworn statement stating that he/she has not participated in any transaction as a real estate broker, salesperson or company, as defined in this chapter, during said period.
If he/she has participated as such, his/her license shall not be granted until a year has elapsed from the date of said application, without impairing the accountability that may be imposed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or its regulations.
After a year has elapsed from its expiration without the license being renewed, the real estate broker, salesperson, or company shall be notified by certified mail [return] receipt requested, and after thirty (30) days have elapsed from the receipt of said notice without the broker, salesperson or company having made any effort to renew it, the same shall be cancelled, and the broker, salesperson or company shall have to comply anew with all the requirements established in this chapter.
(d) Evidence that the continuing education courses required by this chapter have been taken.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 17; July 30, 1999, No. 172, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3041 - License—Issuance and display of license

The Board shall immediately issue the real estate broker, salesperson or company’s license to those persons who have met the requirements established in this chapter. The license shall be displayed to the public in the real estate broker, salesperson or company’s workplace.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 18, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3042 - License—Denial, refusal, suspension, revocation

The Board may deny, refuse to renew, suspend or revoke a license motu proprio or by request of a party after filing charges and an administrative hearing, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, of any real estate broker, salesperson, or company that:
(a) Does not meet the requirements to obtain a license established by this chapter.
(b) Has illegally practiced the profession as real estate broker, salesperson, or company in Puerto Rico.
(c) Has obtained, or attempted to obtain a real estate broker, salesperson or company’s license through fraud or deceit.
(d) Has incurred crass incompetence in the practice of the profession, in detriment of a third party.
(e) Has practiced in any transaction as real estate broker, salesperson or company with an expired license.
(f) Has incurred conduct prohibited by this chapter.
(g) Has been found mentally unfit by a court of competent jurisdiction; Provided, That the license may be granted as soon as this person proves he/she is competent, if he/she meets the other requirements established in this chapter.
(h) Is addicted to drugs or is an habitual alcoholic; Provided, That the license may be granted as soon as the person proves he/she is competent if he/she meets all the other requirements established in this chapter.
(i) Has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor which implies moral turpitude, in Puerto Rico, the United States of America or in any country where he has resided, except in the case that it has been eliminated from his penal record pursuant to the applicable legislation.
(j) Has a record of complaints adjudicated against him by a court of justice, the Board and/or the Department of Consumer’s Affairs. “Record of complaints” shall be construed to be the adjudication of two (2) or more complaints against him.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 19; July 30, 1999, No. 172, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3043 - License—Reciprocity

The Board is hereby authorized to establish a reciprocity relationship to grant licenses without an examination directly with the several states or territories of the United States or with any foreign country in which requirements similar to those established in this chapter to obtain a real estate broker, salesperson or company license are required, and in which a similar concession is provided for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico licensees.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 20, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3044 - Escrow accounts—Special accounts

(a) The real estate broker or company shall maintain an account (designated as a “special account”) in a bank established in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which shall be kept separate from the business operating account or his/her personal account, and in which he/she shall deposit all down payments, deposits in good faith, and other fiduciary deposits received by him/her, his/her partners, salespersons, or employees, from any buyer or entity shall be kept, until the transaction for they were deposited is performed or completed, and shall account for them when the real estate transaction is carried out or completed.
(b) The real estate broker or company shall be bound to report to the Department of Consumer Affairs, within thirty (30) days after obtaining the license issued by the Board, a certification of the bank in which the escrow account has been opened, which shall include the following: the name, address and telephone number of the bank, and the special account number. In addition, he/she shall be bound to keep a record of all funds deposited therein. These records shall state the date, from whom the funds were received, the date of deposit, the date of withdrawal, and any other information related to the real estate transaction. He/she shall also clearly indicate the purpose for which the funds are deposited and to whom the money belongs.
(c) The real estate salesperson shall be bound to inform in writing to the Department of Consumer Affairs, within thirty (30) days after obtaining the license issued by the Board, a real estate broker authorization to use his/her escrow account consigning the name, address, telephone number of the banking institution, and account number. The deposit, option, advance or down payment received by a salesperson shall be deposited in the escrow account or special [account] of an authorized real estate broker. Said broker shall be responsible for that account, as pertinent.
These reports shall be subject to the inspection of the Board and the Department of Consumer Affairs. The real estate broker, salesperson or company shall be bound to present within a term of thirty (30) days after obtaining the license issued by the Board, a written authorization which shall empower the Department of Consumer Affairs to review the escrow account.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 21; Sept. 26, 2005, No. 118, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3045 - Inactivity

(a) Any real estate broker, salesperson or company that for any reason does not wish to actively pursue real estate business, may deposit his/her license with the Board in an inactive status if they so wish it, before its date of expiration.
(b) No real estate broker or salesperson whose license has been handed to the Board may practice his/her profession as real estate broker, salesperson or business until he/she meets the following requirements:
(1) Apply to the Board for the reactivation of the license, in writing, on the form furnished by it.
(2) Give evidence that he/she has met the continuing education requirements established in this chapter.
(3) Pay the license renewal fee established in this chapter.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 22, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3048 - Locations outside Puerto Rico—Initial registration of offers

Every real estate proprietor, broker or company, duly registered in the Department of Consumer Affairs pursuant to § 3047 of this title, shall file with said Department all information related to offerings for the sale of real property located outside of Puerto Rico, all promotional material related thereto, all documents that shall be used in the real property sales transaction, and any other information that is required by this chapter or by the Secretary of Consumer Affairs as pertinent to comply with the purposes of this chapter.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 25, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3049 - Locations outside Puerto Rico—Subsequent registration

In addition to the requirements stated in §§ 3047 and 3048 of this title, said real estate proprietor, broker or company shall be bound to report any change in the information or documentation required in § 3047 of this title, and to report any new information or promotional material related to the real property for which an initial registration has already been made.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 26, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3050 - Locations outside Puerto Rico—Proprietors bonded

The Department of Consumer Affairs shall not register or issue any registration certificate whatsoever, unless the proprietor of the real property located outside of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has posted in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and deposited in the Department of Consumer Affairs a bond in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or six percent (6%) of the sales price of each real property on the date any sale or option to purchase contract is executed, as determined by regulations. Said bond shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and issued by an insurance company duly authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a mortgage security approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. The insurance companies that issue such bonds shall present evidence attesting that they are authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The bond shall include the condition that the proprietor of the real property located outside the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall comply with all the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted by virtue thereof, relative to the sale of real property located outside of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Said bond shall also stipulate that the revocation of the registration certificate shall not affect the effectiveness of the bond with regard to claims originated for acts incurred prior to the date of revocation.
The cancellation of a bond shall have the result of rendering the registration ineffective until a new bond is posted. Said bond shall answer for any damages or losses caused to any person due to breach of contract and claims for defects or vices of the property, whether involving deception or defective construction thereof or noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations issued thereunder.
Likewise, the bond shall remain in effect for two (2) years as of the date of execution of the final bill of sale of the real property.
Said bond shall not be required for the sale of residences located outside the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico when, as a result of the real estate transaction, the buyer receive the warranty provided by the Home Owners Warranty Program endorsed by the National Association of Home Builders.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 27; Sept. 26, 2005, No. 118, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3051 - Locations outside Puerto Rico—Semiannual report

The real estate broker shall submit a report to the Department of Consumer Affairs during the first week of each semester, of all sales to residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the previous semester. Said report shall be a sworn statement signed before a notary public, which shall include the name and address of every buyer, exact location of each property, the sales price, the amount of advance payments, deposits, commissions, and all other conditions of the sale and its financing, and any other necessary information to keep the Department of Consumer Affairs fully informed about any transaction of this kind carried out in Puerto Rico.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 28; Sept. 26, 2005, No. 118, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3052 - Locations outside Puerto Rico—Additional information

If necessary, and when the Secretary of Justice justifies it, the Department of State shall render any assistance needed for the Department of Consumer Affairs to obtain any additional pertinent information from those corporations or businesses located in foreign countries, which are engaged in the sale in Puerto Rico of real estate located abroad.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 29, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3053 - Locations outside Puerto Rico—Obligations of financial institutions

Every financial institution engaged in collecting the accounts of companies that sell real estate located outside of Puerto Rico, shall:
(a) Hold a license issued by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions or that of a collection agency issued by the Secretary of Consumer Affairs.
(b) Indicate this fact in a prominent place in the payment books, and in print of at least twelve (12) points.
(c) Indicate to the buyer the extent of the financial institution’s participation in the transaction, and deliver a written listing of the fees, emoluments or commissions paid to the broker, salesperson or company for referring a buyer to their institution.
(d) Require the presentation of a copy of the current license from any broker, salesperson or company that does business through their institution.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 30, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3056 - Exceptions

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply:
(a) To lawyers in their professional attorney-client relationships with their clients.
(b) To trustees appointed according to the laws in force in Puerto Rico with regard to the assets of their principals.
(c) To executors, accountants, partitioners, and judicial administrators, with regard to the assets of the estate in his/her charge.
(d) To persons who act by designation of the courts or agencies of the federal or state Government.
(e) To the proprietors of real property located in or outside of Puerto Rico who sell or alienate their own real property, when they are not habitually engaged in the sale of real estate. The Board may establish the necessary standards, by regulation, to prevent this exception from being used for the exercise of the activities regulated by this chapter, without a license.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 33, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3057 - Penalties

(a) Any person who engages in the profession of real estate broker or salesperson in Puerto Rico without the corresponding license, or who employs another person to do so without a license, shall incur [in] a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished with a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a period of not more than six (6) months, or both penalties, [at] the discretion of the court. The Board shall suspend the person’s license for one (1) year, if he/she is convicted, and if it is a real estate company, and if it is a second offense, it shall permanently lose the right to engage in the profession in Puerto Rico.
(b) Sales of real property located outside of Puerto Rico. — Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated by virtue thereof related to the sale of real property located outside of Puerto Rico, or any person who files false or incomplete information pursuant to this chapter, shall incur [in] a felony, and upon conviction, shall be punished with a fine that shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or imprisonment for a term not greater than one (1) year, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
The commission of one single act by a person who is required to have a license, without holding it, shall be a violation of this chapter; Provided, also, That each act shall be considered as a separate violation.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 34, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3058 - Administrative penalties

Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable [by] the imposition of an administrative fine by the Department of Consumer Affairs, up to a maximum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each infraction, as provided by §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3. The monies collected for these fines shall be covered into the funds of the Department of Consumer Affairs.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 35, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3059 - Actions constituting profession

Any person or entity that, directly or indirectly, with the intention or the promise of receiving compensation, offers, attempts or agrees to perform a real estate transaction as defined in this chapter for another person, whether as a part of a real estate transaction or the complete transaction in itself, shall be deemed a broker, salesperson or company, under said definition.
The commission of one single action by a person who is required to hold a license, without having it, shall constitute a violation of this chapter; Provided, further, That each act shall be considered as a separate violation.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 36, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3060 - Transitory provisions

(a) The incumbent members of the Puerto Rico Real Estate Brokers Examining Board appointed pursuant to Act No. 139 of June 14, 1980, shall continue in office until the Governor of Puerto Rico appoints the members of the new Board and they take office. Likewise, every real estate broker’s license issued pursuant to said act shall remain in effect until it expires, or until it is suspended or revoked pursuant to this chapter.
All regulations adopted by virtue of Act No. 139 of June 14, 1980, shall remain in effect with full force and power until they are amended or revoked, provided they are not in conflict with this chapter. Those procedures, applications for examinations, licenses, actions and claims that are pending before the Board or any ourt as of the date of approval of this act which have been initiated according to the provisions of Act No. 139 of June 14, 1980, shall continue to be handled until a final decision is made, pursuant to the laws and regulations in force on the date that said procedures, applications, actions or claims were presented or initiated.
(b) Any person who, on the effective date of this act is already duly registered pursuant to Act No. 145 of June 18, 1980, and who is engaged in selling in Puerto Rico real property located outside of Puerto Rico, shall continue performing said activity, but the person shall comply with all the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted by the Department of Consumer Affairs with regard thereto, within sixty (60) days following the effective date of this act.
Those procedures, applications for registration, complaints, investigations, claims or actions pending before the Department of Consumer Affairs or any court as of the date of approval of this act, that have been initiated pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 145 of June 18, 1980, shall continue to be handled until a final decision is made, pursuant to the laws and regulations in force on the date said procedures were presented or initiated.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 37, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 99A - Real Estate Businesses and Profession of Real Estate Broker, Salesperson or Company (§§ 3025 — 3061) › § 3061 - Special Fund

A special fund is hereby created in the Department of the Treasury, not subject to a specific fiscal year, separate and distinct from any other moneys or funds of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to defray the expenses incurred by the Board to implement this chapter. This fund shall be nourished from the sums collected from examination fees and the fees for issuing and renewing real estate broker and salesperson license. Provided, further, That for Fiscal Year 2013-2014, three million dollars ($3,000,000) shall be transferred from this Special Fund to the “2013-2014 Budget Support Fund”.
History —Apr. 26, 1994, No. 10, § 38, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1994; June 30, 2016, No. 43, § 7, eff. July 1, 2013.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 101 - Board of Examiners of Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Speech-Language Therapy Profession (§§ 3101 — 3125) › § 3101 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as the “Act to Regulate the Practice of the Profession of Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Speech-Language Therapy in Puerto Rico”.
History —June 3, 1983, No. 77, p. 160, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 101 - Board of Examiners of Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Speech-Language Therapy Profession (§§ 3101 — 3125) › § 3102 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Audiology. — The discipline which comprises the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of auditory problems which impede verbal communication.
(b) Audiologist. — The person who makes the differential diagnosis of auditory problems, hearing aids tests and the dispensing (selection, adjustment and sale) of the same; provides training in the use of amplification, and participates in training or rehabilitation programs for persons with auditory impediments.
Furthermore, he participates in hearing conservation and environmental noise control programs and carries out supervisory functions.
(c) Revalidation examination. — The classifying examination which measures the level of cognitive competence, aptitude and skills to practice the professions of speech-language pathology, audiology and speech-language therapy in Puerto Rico. Said examination is one of the requirements to obtain a license as speech-language pathologist, audiologist and speech-language therapist in Puerto Rico.
(d) Board. — The Board of Examiners of Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists and Speech-Language Therapists of Puerto Rico.
(e) Speech-language pathology. — The discipline which comprises the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of articulation, voice, fluency, comprehension or production of the language, whether spoken or written.
(f) Speech-language pathologist. — The person who prevents, evaluates, diagnoses, guides and participates in training or rehabilitation programs for persons with problems in articulation, voice, fluency, formulation or understanding of the spoken as well as written language and also performs supervisory functions.
(g) Speech-language therapist. — The professional who under the direction and close supervision of a speech-language pathologist carries out activities delegated by the latter related to speech-language pathology.
(h) License. — Any document duly issued by the Board in which it is certified that the person in whose behalf it has been issued is a professional authorized to practice the corresponding discipline, according to the requirements set forth in this chapter.
(i) Recertification. — Shall mean the procedure provided for health professionals in §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24.
History —June 3, 1983, No. 77, p. 160, § 2; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 110, § 1.