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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 51 - Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy (§§ 1031 — 1043) › § 1033 - Establishment of Board

A Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy is hereby established attached to the Department of Health, composed of five (5) members, to wit: four (4) occupational therapists and one (1) assistant in occupational therapy who shall meet the requirements provided in § 1035 of this title. The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
The members of the Board shall be of legal age, citizens of the United States and residents of Puerto Rico, and shall have practiced their profession for at least five (5) years at the time of their appointment. It is desirable that at least one of the members have teaching experience. No member of the Board may be a shareholder nor belong to the Board of Trustees or the Board of Directors of any university, college or school in which courses leading to the degree of occupational therapist or assistant in occupational therapy are offered.
The members of the Board shall initially be appointed: one (1) member for the term of one (1) year, two (2) for the term of two (2) years, one (1) for the term of three (3) years and one (1) for the term of four (4) years. Upon the expiration of these initial terms, appointments shall be made for a term of four (4) years.
No member of the Board may be appointed for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
The members of the Board shall hold office until their successors have been appointed and qualify.
Appointments for vacancies occurring for reasons other than the expiration of the term established by law shall be until the substitute’s appointment expires.
Three (3) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and the decisions shall be made by majority vote. The Chairman shall sign all official documents of the Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy. The Board shall meet at least six (6) times a year to carry out its functions after being summoned by the Chairman, but it may hold as many special meetings as are necessary for the best performance of its functions.
The Board shall have an official seal and shall elect a Chairman from its members during its first meeting or when a vacancy occurs. The members of the Board shall hold their offices ad honorem, but shall be entitled to a fifty-dollar ($50) payment on account of per diems, for each day or fraction thereof they devote to their official endeavours on the Board. Per diems shall be paid pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Department of the Treasury.
The Governor of Puerto Rico may dismiss a member of the Board upon previous notice and hearing for lack of professional ethics, for violations of this chapter, for misconduct or for negligence in the fulfillment of his office.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 137, p. 325, § 3; June 24, 1971, No. 89, p. 304, § 1; July 12, 1979, No. 98, p. 240; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 113, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 51 - Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy (§§ 1031 — 1043) › § 1035 - License application

Every occupational therapist or assistant in occupational therapy interested in obtaining a license as such to practice his profession in Puerto Rico shall fill in the form provided for such purposes by the Board.
Any applicant for an occupational therapist or assistant in occupational therapy license shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Be of legal age if applying for an occupational therapist license, or be eighteen (18) years of age or older in the case of an assistant in occupational therapy.
(2) Have resided in Puerto Rico for the six (6) months prior to the examination application, except for sporadic trips out of the country.
(3) All occupational therapists shall present before the Board a diploma or graduation certificate, as well as an official academic record transcription, attesting that the applicant has passed or satisfactorily completed a program of studies in an educational institution recognized by the Council on Higher Education of Puerto Rico, or in an educational institution of the United States or abroad that is recognized or accredited by the corresponding authority and that meets, to the satisfaction of the Council on Higher Education, the minimum requirements of an occupational therapy study program.
(4) All assistants in occupational therapy shall present before the Board a diploma or graduation certificate, as well as an official academic record transcription, attesting that the applicant has passed or satisfactorily completed an assistant in occupational therapy study program in an educational institution recognized by the Council on Higher Education of Puerto Rico, or in an educational institution of the United States or abroad recognized or accredited by the corresponding authority and that meets, to the satisfaction of the Council on Higher Education, the minimum requirements of an assistant in occupational therapy study program.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 137, p. 325, § 5; June 24, 1971, No. 89, p. 304, § 1; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 113, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 51 - Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy (§§ 1031 — 1043) › § 1037 - Granting of license

The Board shall issue a license in behalf of any occupational therapist or assistant in occupational therapy who passes the revalidation examination, in accordance with the standards fixed by said Board and who meets all other legal requirements.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 137, p. 325, § 7; June 24, 1971, No. 89, p. 304, § 1; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 113, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 51 - Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy (§§ 1031 — 1043) › § 1039 - Provisional licenses

The Board shall issue a provisional license to practice, under the supervision of a licensed occupational therapist, as occupational therapist or as assistant in occupational therapy, to every person requesting to be admitted to examination for the first time. The provisional license shall be cancelled one (1) year after its issue, but may be renewed a maximum of four (4) times.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 137, p. 325, § 9, renumbered as § 8 and amended on June 24, 1971, No. 89, p. 304, § 1; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 113, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 51 - Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy (§§ 1031 — 1043) › § 1040 - Refusal, suspension or revocation of licenses

The Board may refuse a license, after due notice and hearing, to any person who:
(1) Tries to obtain a license by means of fraud or deceit.
(2) Does not meet the requirements to obtain a license as established in this chapter.
(3) Has been declared mentally unfit by a competent court; or whose unfitness has been established by medical experts before the Board. The same may be granted as soon as the person has again been declared fit.
(4) Is a drug addict or habitual drunkard. The same may be granted as soon as said person proves to be fit.
The Board may suspend or revoke a license, after due notice and hearing, to any person who:
(1) Has been declared mentally unfit by a competent court; or whose unfitness has been established by medical experts before the Board. Same may be reinstated as soon as the person has again been declared fit.
(2) Is a drug addict or habitual drunkard. The same may be reinstated as soon as said person proves to be fit.
(3) Has been convicted of a felony or any other offense which implies moral turpitude.
(4) Has, in the judgment of the Board, incurred a violation of the Code of Ethics of the profession, or negligence in his/her practice as occupational therapist or as assistant in occupational therapy.
(5) Has obtained a license by means of fraud or deceit.
(6) Holds a license as assistant in occupational therapy and exercises the functions and duties corresponding to an occupational therapist.
(7) Holds a license as assistant in occupational therapy and practices as such without being under the supervision of a licensed occupational therapist, as established in this chapter.
(8) Gives a false testimony to benefit any person who has requested the revalidation examination or in any investigation of complaints presented before said Board for violations of the provisions of this chapter and its regulations.
(9) Alters or falsifies any document or material with the malicious intent of deceiving the members of the Board in the performance of their official duties.
(10) Does not comply with the continuing education and registration requirement provided in §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24.
All regulation, investigation and adjudication proceedings that arise before the Board, as well as the judicial review of the final decisions issued [by] it, shall be governed by the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Puerto Rico Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 137, p. 325, § 10, renumbered as § 9 and amended on June 24, 1971, No. 89, p. 304, § 1; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 113, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 51 - Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy (§§ 1031 — 1043) › § 1041 - Fees and expenses

The Board shall collect the following fees through a bank or postal money order, or a certified check drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Treasury:
Occupational Therapists :
For revalidation examination $ 25.00 For license $ 30.00 For reexamination $ 20.00 For reciprocity license $ 50.00 For duplicate of lost or misplaced license $ 25.00 For recertification and registration $ 30.00 For provisional license $ 50.00 Assistant in Occupational Therapy : For revalidation examination $ 15.00 For license $ 25.00 For reexamination $ 15.00 For reciprocity license $ 40.00 For duplicate of lost or misplaced license $ 25.00 For recertification and registration $ 25.00 For provisional license $ 20.00
The fees collected by the Board cannot be returned under any circumstances. The amounts thus collected shall be covered into the Health Fund, for the exclusive use of the Health Professionals’ Regulations and Certification Office of the Department of Health, as provided by § 3009 of Title 24.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 137, p. 325, § 11, renumbered as § 10 and amended on June 24, 1971, No. 89, p. 304, § 1; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 113, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 51 - Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy (§§ 1031 — 1043) › § 1042 - Improper use of certain terms, words and phrases

Any person to whom the Board has not granted a license to practice in Puerto Rico and who pretends, advertises or in any other way tries [to] be known as an occupational therapist or as an assistant in occupational therapy, or who uses words, letters, phrases, abbreviations or insignias indicating or implying that he/she is an occupational therapist or an assistant in occupational therapy, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished in accordance with § 1043 of this title.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 137, p. 325, § 12, renumbered as § 11 and amended on June 24, 1971, No. 89, p. 304, § 1; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 113, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 51 - Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy (§§ 1031 — 1043) › § 1043 - Penalties

(1) Any person who incurs in a violation of §§ 1032 or 1042 of this title shall incur in a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) month, or by both penalties [at] the discretion of the court for the first violation. For the second and subsequent violations, upon conviction, he shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than six (6) months.
(2) Any person who deliberately makes a false declaration in his license petition for purposes of this chapter shall incur in a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for a term of not less than three (3) months or by both penalties [at] the discretion of the court.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 137, p. 325, § 13, eff. 90 days after June 26, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 52 - College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico (§§ 1047 — 1056) › § 1047 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated hereinbelow:
(a) College. — Means the College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico.
(b) Occupational therapist. — Is the licensed professional, certified and recertified to practice the occupational therapy profession in Puerto Rico. He/she evaluates, analyzes, interprets and intervenes with the needs and expectations of the consumer of the services, in the community context as well as in the medical model, using appropriate evaluation methods that identify the needs that hinder the achievement of optimal functioning in the occupational performance of the person. His/her other functions are to educate and offer consulting services to promote health and prevent any type of situation that may affect the health and well-being of the individual.
(c) Occupational therapy assistant. — Means the person who, under the supervision of a licensed occupational therapist, performs selective tasks or activities specific to occupational therapy. He/she shall be licensed, certified and recertified to practice the occupational therapy profession in Puerto Rico.
(d) Occupational therapy. — Means the science that studies occupation by means of the therapeutic use of activities of daily living (occupations) with individuals or groups of individuals so that they may participate in their roles and situations at home, in school, at work, in the community and in other scenarios. Occupational therapy services are provided with the purpose of promoting health and well-being for those who have developed or are at risk of developing illnesses, injuries, disorders, conditions, disabilities, deficiencies, limitations in activities or social participation restrictions. Occupational therapy addresses physical, cognitive, and sensory aspects, as well as other aspects of performance in a variety of contexts to support participation in daily living activities that affect health, well-being and quality of life.
(e) Consumer of the services. — The person who, both in the individual and the group environment has a limitation that does not allow him/her to perform his/her roles and related tasks in an independent manner within the contexts.
(f) Board. — Means the “Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy”, by virtue of §§ 1031—1043 of this title.
(g) Occupational therapy professional. — The occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants.
History —Dec. 11, 2007, No. 183, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 52 - College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico (§§ 1047 — 1056) › § 1048 - Authorization of a consultation in order to constitute the College

Licensed occupational therapy professionals and occupational therapy assistants who are certified and recertified to practice as professionals in Puerto Rico, as may apply in accordance with the requirements set forth in §§ 1031—1043 of this title, and in the bylaws of the Board, are hereby authorized to hold a Special Assembly, as provided in the temporary provisions note under § 1047 of this title, in order of determine if they wish to be constituted as a juridical entity or a corporation under the name of “College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico” and, if so decided in accordance with the guidelines of this chapter, to provide that said College shall be juridically constituted with the purposes, functions and powers established herein.
History —Dec. 11, 2007, No. 183, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 52 - College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico (§§ 1047 — 1056) › § 1049 - Main office

The main office of the “College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico”, shall be located where the members so determine in a Regular or Special Assembly held in accordance with subsection (f) of the temporary provisions note under § 1047 of this title.
History —Dec. 11, 2007, No. 183, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 52 - College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico (§§ 1047 — 1056) › § 1051 - Power of special investigation

The College shall be empowered to investigate all requests made by means of the presentation of a written claim under oath, as specified in its bylaws, provided that any of its members commits a violation against the code of ethics and the laws that direct the practice of the occupational therapy profession. After the interested parties have been given an opportunity to be heard, if it finds well-founded grounds, it shall file the corresponding complaint before the Board. The herein provided shall not be construed as a modification or limitation of the power of the Board to initiate an investigation on its own initiative or a disciplinary proceeding, when it so deems appropriate pursuant to Section 8 of Act No. 137 of June 26, 1968, as amended [sic].
History —Dec. 11, 2007, No. 183, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 52 - College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico (§§ 1047 — 1056) › § 1052 - Membership requirements

(1) Every occupational therapy professional interested in becoming a member of the College shall have a license in effect issued by the Board authorizing him/her to practice the occupational therapy profession in Puerto Rico, in accordance with the provisions established in §§ 1031—1043 of this title, and shall fulfill the certification or recertification requirements of Act No. 11 that may apply.
(2)
(a) Twelve (12) months after the constitution of the College, as provided in the temporary provisions note under § 1047 of this title, a person who is not a member thereof or who is completing the process to become or to be admitted as a member may not practice as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant. Once the College is constituted, in intervals of fifteen (15) days and during three (3) months, the College shall publish edicts in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in Puerto Rico, to notify the occupational therapy professionals in the practice of the profession in the Island of said provision.
(b) No person or private entity, agency or dependency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall enter into a contract, agreement, or covenant, or shall solicit or receive occupational therapy services from natural or juridical persons that do not comply or show evidence of compliance with the requirements established in this chapter and in the bylaws approved thereunder. The College is hereby empowered by this provision to initiate the corresponding action in order to enforce this chapter. In the case of a juridical person, the action may be filed either against it or against any other person related, contracted or hired by it who is in the practice of the occupational therapy profession in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(c) All persons authorized to practice the occupational therapy profession in accordance with the criteria established in § 1035 of this title shall meet the requirement of compulsory membership provided in this section.
History —Dec. 11, 2007, No. 183, §§ 9 and 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 52 - College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico (§§ 1047 — 1056) › § 1053 - Organization and government; bylaws

(a) The decision making process and destiny of the College shall be governed, first by the resolutions and valid agreements of its General Assembly; and second, by the determinations and valid agreements of the governing bodies of the institution.
(b) The first Board of Directors of the College shall be elected in its Constitutional Assembly by secret vote of the attending persons. Said Board of Directors shall be constituted, by one president, one vice-president, one secretary, one under-secretary, one treasurer, one under-treasurer and three members as a minimum. For the subsequent terms, the members of the Board of Directors shall be elected in General Assembly, in accordance with the procedures established by the bylaws of the College.
(c) A Bylaws Assembly shall be subsequently held in which the first Board of Directors shall present the bylaws of the College, as provided in subsection (i) of the temporary provisions note under § 1047 of this title, and whatever is necessary for compliance with the purposes for which the College was created shall be established, including, among other things, the establishment of the membership fees, matters related to the composition and the name of its governing bodies; the admission procedures; the powers, duties and procedures of all its bodies and officers; calls, dates, quorum and the form of and requirements of the general or special assemblies and sessions of the governing bodies; the election of directors and officers; the commissions; terms of office; the vacancies and the method for filling them; the budget; the investment of funds and the disposition of the assets of the College. The bylaws shall also provide that the College shall hold at least one regular assembly each year. Each term of office of the Board of Directors, including its chairperson and vice-president, shall not exceed two (2) consecutive years.
History —Dec. 11, 2007, No. 183, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 52 - College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico (§§ 1047 — 1056) › § 1054 - Fees; objections to use

(1)
(a) The annual fees of the College shall be established in the Bylaws Assembly by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present; Provided, That quorum for the Assembly shall not be less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the licensed professionals, certified and recertified to practice occupational therapy in Puerto Rico. The fees may vary from time to time, provided that a General Assembly is called for such purposes in which the above is approved by the vote of two-thirds of the members present. The minimum quorum in an assembly to change the fee shall be the one established in the bylaws, but shall not be less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of active members who attend for such purposes.
(b) Any member who ceases the active practice of occupational therapy in Puerto Rico to pursue activities that are not relevant to the profession, to leave Puerto Rico or to definitely retire from the practice thereof shall be entitled to continue to be a member of the College or to submit a sworn application to the Board of Directors to cancel his/her membership. Any member of the College who chooses to cancel his/her membership shall not be bound to pay the fee for the period of voluntary inactivity, but shall also not be entitled to the benefits that the College offers its members and neither shall he/she practice the profession in Puerto Rico. The member shall also notify the Board by means of a copy of the application to cancel membership so that for his/her license shall become inactive, excepting when the license is required by the corresponding authorities for the practice of occupational therapy profession in another jurisdiction, which shall be duly justified. The occupational therapy professional shall not return to the active practice of the profession in Puerto Rico until he/she reactivates his/her membership and license. Applications to cancel membership that are not notified to the Board shall have no effect.
(2) Occupational therapy professionals shall have the right to object the use of the fees by the College to hold activities in which ideological, sectarian, labor union, religious, sexist, racist or classist issues are involved. For such purposes, the College shall establish a simple and easily implemented procedure in its bylaws for whoever wishes to object, in accordance with the applicable constitutional parameters.
History —Dec. 11, 2007, No. 183, §§ 12, 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 52 - College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico (§§ 1047 — 1056) › § 1055 - Suspension of the occupational therapy practice

The failure to pay the annual fees by any member of the College as of the deadline for such payment, as established in the bylaws, shall entail the suspension of membership to the College and the suspension of the license to practice the profession, which shall be decreed by the Board upon request by the College. The procedure for these suspensions shall be established in the bylaws by the Board and its final decision may be reviewed judicially at the request of the person adversely affected thereby, pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 of Act No. 137, as amended [sic], and in §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”. Said person shall not practice the profession for the duration of the suspension, but the Board shall restore him/her completely once the person pays the total debt. Temporary suspensions or permanent revocations that are final and binding as decreed by the Board against any occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant and for the causes established in the code of ethics shall also entail the automatic suspension of the member of the College for the duration of the suspension or revocation decreed by the Board. For such purposes, the Board shall officially notify the College in writing of every suspension or revocation decreed within a term of not more than five workdays.
History —Dec. 11, 2007, No. 183, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 52 - College of Occupational Therapy Professionals of Puerto Rico (§§ 1047 — 1056) › § 1056 - Penalties

The practice of occupational therapy in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor and the person shall be sanctioned with a penalty of imprisonment that shall not exceed six (6) months or a fine which shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both penalties.
History —Dec. 11, 2007, No. 183, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 53 - College of Chauffeurs (§§ 1061 — 1071-1074) › § 1061 - Authorization

The persons who exercise the occupation of chauffeur, as this term is defined in § 1062 of this title, are hereby authorized to constitute themselves into an [juridical] entity or quasi-public corporation under the name of “College of Chauffeurs of Puerto Rico”, provided, that the majority of the chauffeurs so resolve in a referendum which shall be held for the purpose as hereinafter provided.
History —June 27, 1969, No. 102, p. 282, § 1, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 53 - College of Chauffeurs (§§ 1061 — 1071-1074) › § 1062 - Definitions

The terms hereinafter listed, when used in this chapter, shall have the meaning as herein expressed:
(a) Chauffeur. — Any natural person authorized, according to law, to drive motor vehicles with a chauffeur’s license or a heavy motor vehicle driver’s license, engaged in the transportation of persons, animals or things for compensation, salary, wage, pay or any other form of compensation whether obtained on a percentage basis, combination of wage and percentage, or combination of wage and other consideration or services, or through the operation of a leased vehicle and who drives such vehicles on public highways, roads and private properties as part of his occupation or manner of earning his living. It also includes the person who is the owner of a motor vehicle engaged, by authorization of the Public Service Commission, [in] the service of the public transportation of persons, freight, animals or things and that said person is authorized by the Department of Transportation and Public Works to offer such public service as chauffeur.
(b) License. — Chauffeur’s license or heavy motor vehicle driver’s license.
(c) Motor vehicles. — Omnibus, autobus or guagua , public or private service automobile, all kinds of trucks, light truck, delivery bus, trailer tractor and any vehicle propelled by a motor engaged in the transportation of persons, animals or things on public highways, roads and private properties, but excluding:
(1) Vehicles traveling on rails, by sea or by air.
(2) Traction engines.
(3) Rollers.
(4) Tractors used exclusively for agricultural purposes.
(5) Power shovels.
(6) Deep-well drilling machines.
(7) Road construction equipment.
(8) Vehicles with small wheels used in factories, warehouses and railway stations.
(d) College. — The College of Chauffeurs of Puerto Rico.
(e) Board of Directors. — The Board of Directors of the College of Chauffeurs of Puerto Rico.
(f) President. — The President of the Board of Directors of the College of Chauffeurs of Puerto Rico.
(g) Member. — A member of the Board of Directors of the College of Chauffeurs of Puerto Rico.
(h) Bylaws. — The bylaws of the College of Chauffeurs of Puerto Rico.
History —June 27, 1969, No. 102, p. 282, § 2, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 53 - College of Chauffeurs (§§ 1061 — 1071-1074) › § 1064 - Members

All chauffeurs fulfilling the conditions established in § 1062(a) of this title shall be members of the College.
History —June 27, 1969, No. 102, p. 282, § 4, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 53 - College of Chauffeurs (§§ 1061 — 1071-1074) › § 1065 - Board of Directors

The College shall be governed by its Board of Directors and any other organization thereof as agreed by its members.
History —June 27, 1969, No. 102, p. 282, § 5, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 53 - College of Chauffeurs (§§ 1061 — 1071-1074) › § 1066 - Officers

The officers of the College, who in turn shall be the officers of the Board of Directors, shall consist of a President and twenty (20) members.
Six (6) of the members shall represent the respective groups of members herein listed so that at least there shall be one (1) representative for each one of these groups in the Board of Directors: taxi chauffeurs, public automobile chauffeurs, omnibus chauffeurs, heavy motor vehicle chauffeurs, private enterprise chauffeurs and chauffeurs engaged in sightseeing tours. There will be at least one (1) member in representation of each one of the senatorial districts who shall be a bona fide resident of the district he represents.
The President and the remaining six (6) members shall be elected in an election where an opportunity to participate is offered to the members throughout the Commonwealth. The other members shall be elected by each group representative of the diverse interest of the chauffeur class. Once such officers are elected and proclaimed they shall elect from among themselves one (1) of the members who shall act as President pro tempore in case of temporary absence, temporary or permanent disability, resignation or death of the President. In like manner a Secretary and a Treasurer shall be elected. The President and the twenty (20) members shall compose the Board of Directors, assuming their respective offices the members who have been designated as President pro tempore, Secretary and Treasurer.
History —June 27, 1969, No. 102, p. 282, § 6, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 53 - College of Chauffeurs (§§ 1061 — 1071-1074) › § 1067 - Delegations

There shall be established, by regulations, the senatorial district delegations and the municipal delegations that shall be elected or designated to operate and to comply with their duties, as indicated in the regulations.
History —June 27, 1969, No. 102, p. 282, § 7, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 53 - College of Chauffeurs (§§ 1061 — 1071-1074) › § 1068 - Internal operation

The bylaws of the College shall provide for the internal operation of same. It shall be approved, amended or repealed in accordance with the proceeding that the Board of Directors in consultation with its members may approve.
History —June 27, 1969, No. 102, p. 282, § 8, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 53 - College of Chauffeurs (§§ 1061 — 1071-1074) › § 1069 - Quotas

The College is hereby authorized to [set] a reasonable monthly or annual quota which its members should pay and which shall be approved by the Board of Directors in consultation with its members.
History —June 27, 1969, No. 102, p. 282, § 9, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 53 - College of Chauffeurs (§§ 1061 — 1071-1074) › § 1070 - Membership; suspension

Every chauffeur eligible pursuant to the provisions of § 1062(a) of this title may become a member of the College of Chauffeurs after paying his quota and complying with the norms and bylaws established.
Any member of the College who fails to pay his quota, but who in all other respects qualifies as a member, shall be suspended as such, provided [it] is proved that the nonpayment of quota is due to [imprudence] or that otherwise he does not wish to comply with the requirements of the bylaws established by the College.
History —June 27, 1969, No. 102, p. 282, § 10, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 57 - College of Expert Electricians (§§ 2011 — 2020) › § 2011 - Creation and composition

The College of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico is hereby established, which shall be composed of every expert electrician authorized by the Board of Examiners of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico to practice the profession in Puerto Rico, provided a majority of said expert electricians do so resolve in a referendum which shall be held for said purpose as hereinafter provided. This College shall be a juridical entity or quasi-public corporation which shall operate under the name of the “College of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico” and shall establish its headquarters in a municipality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to be determined by the Board of Directors of the College of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 131, p. 380, § 1; June 12, 1980, No. 122, p. 440, § 1; Aug. 29, 2002, No. 217, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 57 - College of Expert Electricians (§§ 2011 — 2020) › § 2012 - Powers and duties

The College of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To subsist in perpetuity under that name, and to sue and be sued as an [juridical] person.
(b) To possess and to use a seal, which it may alter at will.
(c) To acquire rights and property, both real and personal, by purchase, donation, legacy assessments on its own members or in any other legal manner and to possess them, mortgage them, lease them and dispose thereof in any legal form.
(d) To appoint its members to the Board of Directors and officers.
(e) It shall adopt bylaws by which all members shall abide, as provided by a General Assembly, pursuant to Section II for such purposes, and to amend such bylaws in the manner and under the requirements established therein.
(f) It shall protect its members in the exercise of their profession; and through the creation of gratuity funds, insurance systems and special funds or in any other way, to help those members who retire for physical disability or advanced age, and the heirs or the beneficiaries of those who die.
(g) It shall receive and investigate the complaints that may be made in regard to the conduct of its members in the practice of their profession, which complaints shall be sent to the Board of Directors for action, and after a preliminary hearing in which the interested party shall be given an opportunity for his defense, if well-founded grounds are found, to institute the proper proceedings for the suspension of his license before the Board of Examiners of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico.
(h) It shall defend the rights of its members and shall see to it that the latter enjoy the necessary prestige and respect for the proper performance of their profession.
(i) It shall promote fraternal relationships among its members and shall try to keep a sound and strict vocational morale among them.
(j) It shall exercise such incidental powers as may be necessary or advisable for the purposes of its creation and which are not in conflict with this chapter.
[(k)] The College shall offer a continuing education program for all its members, provided, that the continuing education program to be established shall require a minimum of eight (8) hours per year. The College may exempt any member of the United States of America Armed Forces from meeting the continuing education requirements.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 131, p. 380, § 2; June 12, 1980, No. 122, p. 440, § 2; Nov. 6, 1992, No. 90, § 1; July 30, 2010, No. 112, § 1; Dec. 10, 2010, No. 192, art. 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 57 - College of Expert Electricians (§§ 2011 — 2020) › § 2013 - Who shall be members

All the expert electricians admitted to the practice of the profession as expert electricians by the Board of Examiners of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico shall be members of the College.
After the first general meeting of the College is held, no person who is not a member thereof may practice the profession of expert electrician in the Commonwealth, except in the following cases:
The expert electricians of the United States Army and the United States Navy when the practice of said profession is performed in compliance with their official duties.
The College shall be governed, first, by its General Assembly and second by its Board of Directors.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 131, p. 380, § 3; June 12, 1980, No. 122, p. 440, § 3, eff. 90 days after June 12, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 57 - College of Expert Electricians (§§ 2011 — 2020) › § 2014 - Officers

(a) The College Officials who are also members of the Board of Directors, shall be the chair, the vice chair, the secretary, the treasurer, and the delegates, as provided in the bylaws.
(b) The members of the Board of Directors shall be elected for a two (2)- year term and may be reelected for one (1) additional term for a total of four (4) years in the Board of Directors.
(c) All candidates to an elective office in the Board of Directors must be a registered member of the College and have his/her dues up to date prior to the elections.
(d) Candidates to elective offices in the Board of Directors must have a good moral reputation.
(e) Before swearing in, any elected or reelected member of the Board of Directors must submit a criminal record certificate issued by the Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police attesting that the person has not been convicted and that no probable cause for his/her arrest has ever been found.
(f) The candidates to elective offices in the Board of Directors must have met the continuing education requirements provided in this chapter prior to the elections.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 131, p. 380, § 4; June 12, 1980, No. 122, p. 440, § 4; Nov. 6, 1992, No. 90, § 3; Dec. 10, 2010, No. 192, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 57 - College of Expert Electricians (§§ 2011 — 2020) › § 2015 - Bylaws

The bylaws shall provide for everything which has not been herein provided, including everything concerning the functions, duties and proceedings of all its bodies and officers; calls, dates, quorum, form and requirements of the general assemblies and meetings of the Board of Directors; elections of directors and officers; standing committees; budgets or expenditure of funds and disposal of the property of the College; and the term of all offices; the creation of vacancies and the method of filling them.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 131, p. 380, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 57 - College of Expert Electricians (§§ 2011 — 2020) › § 2016 - Annual quota

The members of the College shall pay each year a fee which shall be fixed by order of its bylaws. The College may amend the provisions as to the amount of the fee and the method in which said fee shall be paid in any Assembly convened by the College; Provided, That the suggested changes shall be notified in the call to convene at the Assembly in which it is intended to vote on the changes. For purposes of this section, the changes suggested shall be voted on after the regulatory quorum is constituted and shall have the affirmative vote of two-thirds (⅔) of the attending members.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 131, p. 380, § 6; Sept. 13, 2007, No. 118, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 57 - College of Expert Electricians (§§ 2011 — 2020) › § 2017 - Suspension

Any member who has not paid his/her dues or fails to meet the minimum continuing education requirements and who is in all other respects qualified as a member of the College shall be suspended as such, but may be reinstated upon the retroactive payment of his/her dues owed since he/she was issued his/her license, or since the last payment of his/her yearly dues, or by complying with the continuing education requirements that caused his suspension, in addition to taking the courses that correspond to the suspension period.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 131, p. 380, § 7; June 12, 1980, No. 122, p. 440, § 5; Dec. 10, 2010, No. 192, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 57 - College of Expert Electricians (§§ 2011 — 2020) › § 2018 - Stamp—Affixing

It shall be the duty of all expert electricians to cancel the stamps to be officially adopted by the College for any electric installation certification to be filed at any of the offices of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority in the following manner:
(a) Underground installations: the amount of ten dollars ($10) in stamps.
(b) Substations, switch units or industrial installations: the amount of twenty dollars ($20) in stamps.
(c) Lamppost, wiring or air power line installations: the amount of fifteen dollars ($15) in stamps.
(d) For each electric or ampere meter: the sum of ten dollars ($10) in stamps for the one hundred (100) ampere meter; the sum of twenty dollars ($20) in stamps for the two hundred (200) ampere meter.
(e) Reinspections of installations or mounting for vacant meters: the amount of ten dollars ($10) in stamps.
(f) Stationary or portable electric power generators: the amount of ten dollars ($10) in stamps if it is a commercial facility.
(g) Commercial certification: the amount of fifteen dollars ($15) in stamps.
An exemption is made from the application of the sum stated above, for any electric installation made at a residence or for a nonprofit organization. Provided, That all the electric installations described in subsections (a)—(g) of this section shall entail a cost of ten dollars ($10) in stamps when the same are made for a residence or a nonprofit organization.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 131, p. 380, § 8; June 12, 1980, No. 122, p. 440, § 6; Nov. 6, 1992, No. 90, § 2; Dec. 13, 2003, No. 301, § 1; Aug. 1, 2008, No. 137, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 57 - College of Expert Electricians (§§ 2011 — 2020) › § 2019 - Stamp—Sale

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to sell, through the Internal Revenue Collectors’ Offices of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the special stamps adopted and issued by the College of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico in accordance with this chapter.
The College of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico shall deliver to the Secretary of the Treasury, from time to time, a sufficient number of stamps for their sale. The Secretary of the Treasury shall carry out the liquidation of the total value of the stamps issued each month; he shall retain ten percent (10%) of the total collected from the sale of the stamps to cover part of the administrative costs incurred in the sale thereof, and the remaining sum shall be reimbursed to the College of Expert Electricians of Puerto Rico. Until the liquidation and reimbursement of the total value of the stamps that have been delivered to the Secretary of the Treasury has been verified, both the proceeds from the sale of stamps and the stamps still unsold shall be considered for all effects and purposes of the same nature and condition as securities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 131, p. 380, § 9; June 12, 1980, No. 122, p. 440, § 7, eff. 90 days after June 12, 1980.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 57 - College of Expert Electricians (§§ 2011 — 2020) › § 2020 - Penalties

Any person practicing the profession of expert electrician without duly being a member of the College, or any person who holds him/herself to be or advertises him/herself to be a member of the College and licensed, without being so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be penalized with a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both penalties at the discretion of the court. In cases of repeat offense, the fine shall not be less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
History —June 28, 1969, No. 131, p. 388, added as § 12 [second] on Nov. 6, 1992, No. 90, § 4; Sept. 13, 2007, No. 117, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 59 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians (§§ 2051 — 2081) › § 2051 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Creation

A Board of Directors of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians is hereby created which shall be attached to the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.