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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3242 - Professional Counselors Examining Board—Creation

The Professional Counselors Examining Board is hereby created which shall be in charge of regulating the practice of professional counseling in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including, but not limited to the granting, denying, suspending and revoking the license for the professional counselors profession in Puerto Rico. The Board shall be attached and shall operate under the budget of the Health Professionals Regulation and Certification Office of the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3243 - Professional Counselors Examining Board—Composition

The Board shall be composed of five (5) members all of whom shall be of legal age, have been residents of Puerto Rico for a minimum of one (1) year prior to their appointment. They shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
One (1) of the five (5) members of the Board, shall represent the public interest and the remaining four must be fully licensed professional counselors. Of these four (4), two (2) shall be professional counselors who have practiced the profession for a period of no less than five (5) years in the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, one (1) shall be employed as counselor in the public sector, and one (1) shall be employed as counselor in the private sector.
Recognized associations of professional counselors may submit the names of candidates to be members of said Board. Counselors that are members of the first Board constituted under this chapter, shall receive a special license granted by the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico.
The member of the Board who will represent the public interest shall be:
(a) A citizen who has no relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity and second of affinity, who has participated or is participating on a business or professional field related to professional counseling, and that
(b) in the course of the last two (2) years, prior to his/her appointment, has not had any financial interest with a person who is under the regulations of the Board.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3244 - Professional Counselors Examining Board—Terms and conditions of service

The appointment as member of the Board shall be for three (3) years. However, the members of the Board initially appointed shall serve as such for the terms specified as follows: the representative of the public interest, and the counseling professors shall serve for three (3) years each; the professional counselor employed in the private sector, shall serve for two (2) years and the professional counselors employed in the public sector, for a term of one (1) year. At the end of their term each Board member shall continue in office until his/her successor is designated and confirmed. No person shall serve on the Board for two (2) consecutive terms. Every two (2) years, the members of the Board shall elect a chairman, a vice chairman and a secretary from among its members to perform said functions; Provided, That the representative of public interest shall not hold any of the three positions on the Board.
The Governor may remove any member for just cause upon proffering of charges, notice and hearing for incompetence, negligence in the performance of his/her duties, or when found guilty of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or when the professional counselor’s license is revoked or annulled by the Board pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3245 - Professional Counselors Examining Board—Per diems

The members of the Board, including public employees and officials, shall be entitled to per diems of fifty dollars ($50) for each day or fraction thereof for attending meetings or official sessions.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3247 - License—Requirements

The Board shall issue a license as professional counselor to the person who presents an application in the form and manner established by the Board through regulations, and that meets the requirements established in this chapter, that are:
(a) Be of legal age, under the provisions of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico.
(b) Be a legal resident of Puerto Rico.
(c) Have not committed a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, which shall be evidenced by a negative certificate of penal record issued by the Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police.
(d) Has paid to the Department of the Treasury the fees established by regulations, for the granting of such license.
(e) State under oath that he/she is committed to comply with the Code of Ethics established by the Board through regulations for the practice of professional counselors.
(f) Has obtained as minimum training a Master’s Degree in Guidance and Counseling or a Master’s Degree in Counseling. Any of these degrees should have been obtained from an institution accredited by the Council on Higher Education of Puerto Rico (CHE) or from an institution of another state or country whose degree is validated by the CHE, which includes courses whose content, combined with practice or internship, covers eight (8) out of ten (10) of the following ten (10) areas of theory:
(1) Basic counseling theory
(2) Assistance process
(3) Human development and dysfunctional behavior
(4) Occupational development
(5) Group counseling process
(6) Assistance and evaluation
(7) Social and cultural grounds
(8) Theory and practice of investigation
(9) Ethical and professional issues
(10) Consulting
It shall be the duty of the candidate to specify to the Board his/her area of specialization in counseling, if any. For the purposes of this subsection, it shall be the duty of the Board to establish through regulations, the necessary procedures and requirements that the candidate must meet for the recognition of said specialty.
(g) Has demonstrated his/her knowledge of the professional field by passing the written examination administered and required by the Examining Board. However, the Examining Board shall authorize administering the written examination to candidates to obtain the Master’s Degree required by this chapter, subject to the regulations established thereby.
(h) That upon the approval of the examination required in subsection (g) of this section he/she has completed a minimum of five hundred (500) hours of practice supervised by a certified mentor.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3248 - License—Provisional; issuance and terms

The Board shall issue a provisional license which shall be valid for a maximum unpostponable term of three (3) years to each applicant who meets the requirements specified in subsections (a)—(g) of § 3247 of this title, including having obtained as a minimum the Master’s Degree required by this chapter, pending compliance of what is established in subsection (h) of § 3247. Should the above term expire and the candidate fails to meet the requirements of subsection (h) of § 3247 of this title, without obtaining a professional counselor license duly issued by the Board, said provisional license shall expire and the applicant shall be bound to submit a new application pursuant to § 3247 of this title, and again comply with all the requirements thereof.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3249 - License—Certificate display

It shall be a strictly complied requirement for every professional counselor and professional counselor with a provisional license, to display the official certificate issued by the Examining Board accrediting their License, in a conspicuous place of their professional office.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3250 - License—Renewal

The professional counselors shall be required to renew their license every three (3) years, and to include in their application for renewal the payment of fees to the Department of Treasury, as established by the Board through regulations. Each professional shall include evidence with his/her application for renewal of having completed a minimum of forty-five (45) hours of continuing education related to the areas specified in subsection (f) of § 3247 of this title.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3251 - License—Denial, suspension or revocation

Through due process of law, the Board may deny, suspend or revoke any license granted under this chapter for any of the following reasons:
(a) The use of drugs, alcohol, or both, or any other substance, to such a degree that it will interfere with the ability of the persons to practice professional counseling.
(b) conviction for committing a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.
(c) For committing fraud, using deception, misrepresentation or bribery to obtain a license issued according to the provisions of this chapter.
(d) Obtaining or attempting to obtain fees or other type of compensation or benefit through fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.
(e) For incompetence, misconduct, fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty in the performance of his/her functions or duties as a professional counselor, as defined in this chapter, and the applicable regulations, and the Code of Ethics.
(f) Violate, or collaborate with another person in the violation of any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation established hereunder.
(g) Use or allow another person to use a license or other false document, to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(h) Collaborate or allow another person that does not hold a license according to the provisions of this chapter to purport or act as a professional counselor, or a professional counselor with a provisional license.
(i) Whose license or authorization to be entitled or to practice counseling in another jurisdiction has been denied, revoked suspended due to reasons for which such license would be denied, revoked or suspended, pursuant to this chapter.
(j) Has been determined to be mentally incapable to practice professional counseling by a competent court.
(k) Has been granted a license based on a factual error.
(l) Has provided false or confusing professional information with the intention of misleading the public or the person to whom it is addressed.
(m) Has been found guilty of violating any ethical or professional standard as defined by the Board in the Code of Ethics or other applicable regulations.
(n) Fails to display the official certificate of the license as a professional counselor, or a professional counselor with a provisional license, issued by the Board under this chapter, in a conspicuous place in his business office.
If the person is a professional counselor or a professional counselor with a provisional license, he/she shall not practice counseling until the suspension period ends, and may be subject to subsequent revisions by the Board, as it determines pursuant to the regulations adopted by it.
When the Board orders the license revoked, as a sanction, for any of the reasons specified in this section, such action may be permanent or for a period of time to be determined by the Board by regulations.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3252 - License—Reciprocity

The Board may establish reciprocity agreements with state commonwealths, and territorial jurisdictions of the United States, that regulate the practice of counseling by an agreement with them, if the Board enters into a reciprocity agreement with its homologous body in said jurisdiction. The agreement shall specify that the Board will grant the license to any person who holds a professional counselor license from another qualifying jurisdiction, if the person has completed an equal or greater number of requirements to obtain the same. The Board shall not grant a license by reciprocity to a petitioner who is under investigation in another geographic jurisdiction for being accused of an action that could constitute a violation of this chapter, until such investigation has been concluded and the Board determines that it can be granted.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3253 - Meetings

The Board shall meet within thirty (30) days following the date its members were appointed and took office. The Board shall hold at least three (3) regular meetings a year for the consideration and resolution of its official business, but it may meet as many times as it is necessary for the prompt transaction of its business and duties. In its first meeting, the members of the Board shall elect a chairman from among themselves, who shall hold office for the term and under the conditions established by this chapter, and the regulations the Board establishes to such effect. The chairman shall convoke the meetings to be had, which shall be notified by the Director of the Examining Boards of the Department of Health.
Three (3) members of the Board shall constitute quorum for said meetings. The agreements of the Board shall be taken by a majority vote of the members present, which in this case, shall be three (3).
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3254 - Illegal practice of professional counseling or professional counseling with a provisional license

(a) Administrative sanction. — It shall be unlawful for any person to perform any of the following actions:
(1) Introduce him/herself with the title of professional counselor or professional counselor with a provisional license, without being duly authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Engage in the practice of professional counseling, or with a provisional license without having met the provisions of this chapter, and without holding a valid license as required by this chapter.
(3) Use any title, initials or abbreviations that can reasonably be confused with a designation stating a standard of professional or occupational competence for which he/she is not duly authorized as provided by this chapter.
Any person who, after the filing of charges, notice and a hearing in an administrative procedure, is found to have performed any of the acts described in this section has incurred punishable conduct, for which the Secretary of Health is empowered to impose administrative fines, upon due process of law, up to a maximum of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
In the event of a second or subsequent violation, he/she shall be imposed a fine not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(b) Penalty. — Any person who practices professional counseling in Puerto Rico without being duly authorized therefor as required by this chapter, or performs said profession, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for a term of up to six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
By petition of the Board, the Secretary of Justice shall request an injunction to prevent the person charged with practicing professional counseling in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico illegally from continuing the practice of said profession until the charges are resolved.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3255 - Exemptions to compliance [with] this chapter

(a) No clause of this chapter shall apply to the activities and services rendered by persons qualified for other professions, such as for example, physicians, social workers, rehabilitation counselors or psychologists who practice counseling pursuant to the laws of Puerto Rico.
(b) No clause of this chapter shall apply to the activities or services rendered by students of counseling in accredited institutions in Puerto Rico, if said activities are performed under the supervision of a professor of counseling and they are part of the learning experiences included to complete the requirements to obtain their college degree.
(c) No clause of this chapter shall apply to the activities and services offered by rabbis, priests, ministers, pastors, or laymen of any denomination or religious sect, provided that these activities and services are offered as part of their regular or specialized ministerial duties and tasks in the pastoral counseling field.
(d) No clause of this chapter shall apply to the activities and services of persons who serve as volunteers in public or private nonprofit organizations or charitable institutions, provided these persons are authorized by the organizations or agencies that offer these services and receive no compensation for them.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 104 - Professional Counselors (§§ 3241 — 3256) › § 3256 - Transitional clause

The Board may grant a professional counseling license to any person who requests it, if he/she meets the provisions of subsections (a)—(f) of § 3247 of this title, and that in addition, provides evidence of having practiced the profession of counselor up to a date not beyond December 31, 2006. The Board shall establish by regulations the documents and attesting evidence that shall be presented by the applicants in order to verify their practice in the profession of counseling for the established term. The Board shall not require a written examination [of] these applicants, nor require five hundred (500) hours of practice supervised by a certified mentor.
History —Aug. 9, 2002, No. 147, § 17; Mar. 29, 2006, No. 71, § 1; July 30, 2007, No. 92, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3301 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Actors Act”.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 1; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3302 - Definitions

The following terms shall have the meaning expressed below:
(a) Accrediting board. — Means the Puerto Rico Actors Accrediting Board.
(b) Board of Directors. — Means the Board of Directors of the Puerto Rico Actors Association.
(c) Association. — Means the Puerto Rico Actors Association.
(d) Actor. — Means an artist who through techniques in the performing arts uses his/her body or oral language to interpret a learned or improvised text in any of the dramatic genres, regardless of the place of work, to wit, theaters, dinner theaters, the radio, television, the cinema, hotels, restaurants, parks, coliseums, open air theaters, or any other place or stage, and who receives financial compensation for services rendered that meet the requirements established in subsections (a) or (b) of § 3305 of this title and who is certified as such by the Accrediting Board and complies with the remaining provisions of this chapter.
(e) Recognized artistic production company. — Means any non-profit or profit-making group, individual, society, association or corporation that devotes itself to the production of any performing medium in those work places listed in subsection (d) of this section and which is or is not registered with the Department of State.
(f) Producer. — Means a person or persons who organize an artistic production and/or contribute capital for its realization.
(g) Nonresident actor. — Means an actor who does not reside in Puerto Rico authorized by the Actors Accrediting Board, the Puerto Rico Actors Association and other laws applicable in Puerto Rico to work during the period of time provided by subsection (a) of § 3306 of this title.
(h) Temporary permit. — Means the permit granted by the Puerto Rico Actors Association to a person who meets the requirements established in subsection (a) of § 3306 of this title.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 2; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3303 - Actors Accrediting Board—Creation; compensation

The Actors Accrediting Board is hereby created, attached to the Board of Examiners Division of the Department of State. Said Board shall be appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate as recommended by the Board of Directors of the Association. It shall be constituted by five (5) actors, members of the Association, who have at least ten (10) years experience in the profession and whose membership dues are currently up to date.
Two (2) of the members of said Board shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and two (2) shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years and the remaining members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years.
All members of the Board, including employees and public officers, shall receive a per diem equal to the minimum per diem established for the members of the Legislature for each day or portion thereof the Board meets 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 remaining members of the Board.
The payment on account of the per diems and mileage to which every member of the Board is entitled shall be for up to a maximum of twelve (12) meetings per year.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 3; Dec. 30, 1998, No. 330, § 1; Jan. 4, 2000, No. 7, § 17; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3304 - Actors Accrediting Board—Duties

It shall be the duty of the Accrediting Board to verify that anyone who applies for certification as an actor meets the requirements established in this chapter. The Board shall certify that the applicant has met all requirements and shall then issue the corresponding certification.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 4; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3305 - Certification—Requirements

Anyone who aspires to being certified to perform as professional actor in Puerto Rico, except those minors who must also comply with the provisions of §§ 431 et seq. of Title 29, known as the “Women and Children Employment Act”, must meet the following requirements:
(a) To have performed as an actor prior to the date of accreditation in at least one (1) production staged by a professional company recognized as such, working as a lead, supporting or character actor and to have training or academic studies in an accredited school or recognized university institution.
(b) To have worked in a minimum of three (3) productions for a period of two (2) years, and presented the following documents: the recommendation of a director with whom the actor has worked, a second letter from a director with whom the actor has worked and a third letter from the Board of Directors of the Puerto Rico Actors Association.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 5; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3306 - Certification—Temporary certificates

(a) Nonresident actors. — The Accrediting Board may issue, at its discretion, a temporary license to perform as an actor when the person substantially meets all other requirements of this chapter and pays the dues provided below for a person who is not a resident of Puerto Rico who has been invited or contracted for a specific work or project. The application for a temporary license shall contain the name of the invited person, the name of the contracting person or entity, the duration of the work contract and evidence that the requirements of this chapter were substantially met. The Accrediting Board, at its discretion, may grant the applicant a temporary license for a period that shall not exceed thirty (30) days in any calendar year. The Board, at its discretion, may extend said license for an additional thirty (30) days if the circumstances so merit.
(b) Temporary permits. — The Association may grant temporary permits for a period of two (2) years, but during that period the actor shall be bound to meet the requirements established in subsections (a) or (b) of § 3305 of this title. The fees to be charged for said permit shall be determined by the Association according to the provisions of its regulations.
(c) Special temporary permits. — The Association may issue an authorization to a person whose participation in a production is for a limited time, but that due to the nature of the same it cannot be covered by a member. The Association shall charge a special fee as provided through regulations. This permit shall be in effect during the length of the season of the production, for up to a maximum of three (3) months.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 6; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3307 - Certification—Fees

For each certification as authorized by this chapter issued by the Accrediting Board, fees shall be charged according to the rates established by the Department of State at the time of the application.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 7; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3308 - Certification—Accreditation process

It shall be the duty of the Accrediting Board to ascertain that those interested in performing as a professional actor meet the requirements established in this chapter. The accreditation process shall take place at least once a month on the day and at the place determined by the Accrediting Board. The summons shall be made at least seven (7) days prior to the established date. Should an extraordinary situation arise, the Accrediting Board may meet to attend to that situation regardless of whether it has had its monthly accreditation meeting.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 8; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3309 - Certification—Revocation or suspension

The Accrediting Board may revoke or suspend any certificate issued pursuant [to] the provisions of this chapter, or admonish the holder of any certificate after notifying the affected party and giving the latter the opportunity of being heard during at administrative hearing with the right to counsel for any of the following reasons:
(a) Fraud or deceit in obtaining the actor certificate.
(b) Violation of the Code of Ethics approved in assembly by the Actors Association.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 9; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3311 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Creation

The persons duly certified by the Accrediting Board to perform as professional actors are hereby constituted as a juridical entity or [non profit] quasi public corporation under the name of Puerto Rico Actors Association, with headquarters in the Municipality of San Juan, provided a majority of them so agrees in a referendum to be held as provided below.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 11; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3312 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Members

All those actors duly certified as such by the Accrediting Board shall be members of the Association. The members of the Association shall enjoy all the privileges, rights and duties provided by law and the regulations. They shall also have the right to vote in all regular and special assemblies convened by the Association.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 15; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3313 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Compulsory membership

Once the first General Assembly is held and the Board of Directors is elected, no person who is not a member of the Association may perform as professional actor in Puerto Rico. Those actors who hold duly certified temporary permits or special temporary permits, as well as those nonresident actors certified by the Board as established in § 3306 of this title, who must pay a special fee to the Association as provided through regulations, shall be exempted from this provision. The latter shall not be members of the Association.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 16; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3314 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Powers

The Puerto Rico Actors Association shall be empowered to:
(a) Exist in perpetuity under this name, and sue and be sued as a juridical person.
(b) Adopt, possess and use a seal which it may alter at will.
(c) Acquire rights and property, personal as well as real, by donations, contributions of its own members, purchase and sale or by other means; and to possess, transfer, mortgage, lease and dispose of the same in any manner allowed by law.
(d) Appoint its directors.
(e) Adopt its regulations which shall be mandatory for all of its members and to amend them in the manner and pursuant to the requirements established by this chapter.
(f) Adopt and enforce the rules of ethics which shall govern the conduct of its members.
(g) Receive and investigate sworn complaints filed with respect to the conduct of its members in the performance of the profession and violations of this chapter, with the power to remit them to the Association’s Board of Directors for action after a preliminary hearing in which the interested party or his attorney are allowed to present witnesses and be heard, and to file the corresponding complaint before the Accrediting Board, if it finds probable cause. Nothing provided herein shall be understood to be a limitation or alteration of the Accrediting Board’s power to initiate these proceedings on its own account.
(h) Exercise the incidental powers that are necessary or convenient for the purposes of its creation and functions and which are not in contravention with this chapter.
(i) Grant temporary permits as provided by this chapter and the regulations of the Association.
(j) Grant special temporary permits as provided by this chapter, subsection (d) of this section [sic] and the regulations of the Association.
(k) Create a minimum rate schedule for all types of productions in which an actor member of the Association performs; be it understood that this is not limited to stage plays, television, radio and the cinema.
(l) Determine the number of members of the Association who will take part in productions with nonresident actors; be it understood that this is not limited to stage plays, television, radio and the cinema.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 17; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3315 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Organization

The Association’s affairs shall be governed in first instance by its General Assembly and in second instance by its Board of Directors.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 18, eff. 60 days after July 15, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3316 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Association shall be constituted as provided in the regulations of the Association by not less than seven (7) members.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 19; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3317 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Regulations

The regulations shall provide for that which has not been covered by this chapter, including all which concerns the functions, duties and procedures of all its bodies and officials; calls to regular and special meetings; fees for nonresident actors or actor candidates; dates, quorums, formats and requirements for the general assemblies and sessions of the Board of Directors; election of officers, standing committees, budgets or investment of funds and disposition of the Association’s assets, and the term of all positions, declaration of vacancies and how they shall be filled.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 20, eff. 60 days after July 15, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3318 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Dues

The members of the Association shall pay annual dues in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) which shall be in effect for two (2) years as of the creation of the Association, at the end of which that amount may be modified by the Assembly with the affirmative vote of the majority of its members, but it is provided that for that Assembly a quorum of not less than five percent (5%) of the active members of the Assembly shall be required. For the purposes of the dues the year shall begin on the month of July and end in June.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 21; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3319 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Suspension for nonpayment

Any member who fails to pay his/her annual dues shall be required to pay them and, if he/she fails to do so within thirty (30) days as of the date of notice, he/she shall be suspended as a member and be prevented from performing as an actor in Puerto Rico until the debt is settled.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 22; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3320 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Identification card

When an actor duly authorized to practice the profession pays his/her first annual dues it shall be recorded that the person meets all legal and regulatory requirements to be a member of the Association. For the second and subsequent years, the regulations shall provide that membership in the Association shall be renewed upon payment of the annual dues and the identification card shall provide for its renewal each year.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 23; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3321 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Duties

The Puerto Rico Actors Association shall have the following duties and obligations:
(1) To contribute to the development and advancement of Puerto Rico’s culture.
(2) To promote fraternal relations among its members.
(3) To cooperate with everything which is of mutual interest and for the general benefit of theatrical performers.
(4) To establish relations with similar associations in other countries.
(5) To maintain healthy and strict morals among its members.
(6) To uphold and maintain the dignity of the profession and its members.
(7) To provide the information and advice required by the government process.
(8) To protect its members in the practice of their profession as actors and help those who retire because of physical and/or mental disability through the creation of a fund devoted to those ends.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 24; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 18.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3322 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Representation

The Association established herein will assume the representation of all its members, and shall be authorized to speak on their behalf and representation pursuant to the terms of this chapter and its regulations and the decisions adopted by the membership in the General Annual Assembly and Special Assemblies that are held.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 25, eff. 60 days after July 15, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 105 - Board of Examiners and College of Actors (§§ 3301 — 3323) › § 3323 - Actors Association of Puerto Rico—Penalties

Any person, producer, company, organization, institution, establishment or public or private place that has contracted unaccredited or nonmember actors to perform in a show or performance as provided in this chapter, and any person engaged as a professional actor without being a duly certified member of the Association or who has violated any of the provisions of this chapter, shall incur a misdemeanor and if convicted, be fined with an amount of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor or more than five hundred dollars ($500). The person convicted for performing as an actor illegally shall be prevented from applying for accreditation and from becoming a member of the Association for a term of twelve (12) months.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 26; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 19.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3352 - Practice of diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technology

Any person who is engaged in the practice of the radiologic diagnostic imaging and treatment technology, and who as such intervenes in the operation or functioning of equipment that emits radiation, or other forms of electromagnetic energy used for diagnosis, shall carry out his/her functions under the supervision of a radiology physician and shall have a diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist license. In the case of radiotherapy technologists, these shall hold a license that certifies them as such, which authorizes them to operate any equipment used in the treatment of patients, although the equipment used is able to provide a clinical diagnosis in another modality. These shall carry out their functions under the direction of a radio-oncologist and a physicist. Veterinarians, dentists, nuclear medicine technologists, forensic pathologists and radiation physicists while operating such equipment in the regular course of their professions are hereby exempted from the application of this chapter and all other professionals who use radiological imaging, provided, that they are authorized by the law that regulates the practice of said functions.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 3; Nov. 1, 2007, No. 153, § 1; May 30, 2008, No. 74, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3353 - Board—Creation

The Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists of Puerto Rico is hereby created, which shall be composed of seven (7) members, to wit: two (2) radiology [technologists], one (1) generalist, one (1) radiotherapy technologist; one (1) vascular technologist; one (1) magnetic resonance technologist; one (1) computerized tomography technologist; one (1) bone densitometry technologist; and one (1) mammography radiologic technologist, respectively, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term not to exceed four (4) years.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 4, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3354 - Board—Term of Appointments

The term of the appointment of the members of the Board and the duration of their office shall be of two (2) members for (1) year, two (2) members for two (2) years, and three (3) members for three (3) years or until their successors take office. Vacancies shall be filled by extended appointments for the remainder of the term of the member causing the vacancy. The Governor may discharge any member of the Board from his/her office for immoral conduct, negligence, incompetence, or inefficiency in the performance of his/her duties, noncompliance with his/her obligations, inappropriate behavior in the office held by him/her, for any conviction due to a felony or misdemeanor, or for having his/her license cancelled or suspended, or any other just cause, upon previous notice and hearing. None of the members of the Board shall be appointed for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 5, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3355 - Board—Requirements

The members of the Board shall be more than twenty-one (21) years of age, citizens of the United States of America and residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Likewise, said members shall hold a diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist license duly recertified pursuant to the laws of Puerto Rico and have actively practiced the diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist profession for not less than three (3) years. Furthermore, they shall be actively practicing the diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technologist profession at the time of their appointment. Provided, further, That the person who represents the technologists in the field of radiotherapy shall be actively practicing the profession in this discipline. However, no more than two (2) members shall have been professors, but in turn, must have resigned to said office three (3) years before holding any office in the Board. No member of the Board shall be a shareholder or belong to the Board of Trustees or Board of Directors of a diagnostic imaging and treatment radiologic technology university, college, or school.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 6; May 30, 2008, No. 74, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3356 - Board—Professional advice

The Board may request or constitute committees in order to provide advice on the standards, procedures, and amendments to the laws and regulations, preparation of tests, and any other necessary areas in the performance of their legal responsibilities. The committees shall be designated by the Examining Board. In the case of the field of radiotherapy, the Board shall consult with specialists such as radio-oncologists and/or physicists, and radiotherapy physicians when drafting any regulation, norm or procedure pertaining to the exercise of the profession [of] radiotherapy technologist in Puerto Rico.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 7; May 30, 2008, No. 74, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3357 - Board—Per diems

The members of the Board, including those who are public officials or employees, shall be entitled to a per diem for every day or fraction thereof for each meeting or any examination attended, equivalent to the minimum per diem established for the members of the Legislature, except for the Chairperson of the Board, who shall receive a per diem equivalent to one hundred thirty-three percent (133%) of the per diem received by all other members of the Board.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 8, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 106 - Examining Board for the Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Radiologic Technologists (§§ 3351 — 3371) › § 3358 - Board—Quorum, bylaws, officers, and meetings

Four (4) members of the Board shall constitute quorum, and the vacancy or absence of any three of its members shall not affect the faculty of the remaining four (4) members to exercise all the powers and functions delegated to the Board. The decisions of the Board shall be reached by the vote of the simple majority of the members present therein. The Board shall elect, every two (2) years, from among its members one chairperson and one alternate chairperson, who shall hold office as such during said time, and may be reelected. The alternate chairperson shall exercise the powers of the chairperson in case of his/her temporary absence. The Board shall adopt bylaws and shall meet at the seat of the Health Professional Requesting and Certification Office in a regular meeting at least once (1) every month to address all official matters. In addition, the Board shall hold any necessary special meetings deemed necessary, with previous notice to the effect to all its members, within at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting.
History —Apr. 12, 2006, No. 76, § 9, eff. 90 days after Apr. 12, 2006.