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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 67 - Education of Handicapped (§§ 1021 — 1070) › § 1062 - Cooperation with other institutions

The Manager of the State Insurance Fund is hereby authorized to expend annually a sum not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000), to be charged to the year’s operations, for the purposes of vocational rehabilitation, which sum the Manager shall place at the disposal of the Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the Department of the Family to be expended, jointly with the federal contribution, for the benefit of the injured workers of the State Insurance Fund, in accordance with the terms of the contract which for the purposes of this section may be executed by both agencies, and in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the Vocational Rehabilitation Division. It being provided that the manager may make arrangements with other similar institutions, public or private, or provide these services in the facilities of the State Insurance Fund, when in his judgment it be thus necessary to adequately comply with the purposes of this section.
History —May 1, 1951, No. 182, p. 432, § 2; Mar. 29, 1968, No. 11, p. 17; July 23, 1974, No. 243, Part 2, p. 233.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 67 - Education of Handicapped (§§ 1021 — 1070) › § 1063 - Sale of orthopedic and prosthetic appliances; fund

(a) The Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the Department of the Family is hereby authorized to sell orthopedic and prosthetic equipment manufactured in the Prosthetic and Orthotic Laboratories of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program. The sale of said equipment shall not be limited to vocational rehabilitation cases.
(b) The Vocational Rehabilitation Program of the Department of the Family is hereby empowered to provide orthopedic and prosthetic equipment manufactured in the Prosthetic and Orthotic Laboratories of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program free of charge or at the lowest possible cost to low-income disabled persons. Children, youths, adults and the aged shall be included in the benefits of this section.
(c) The Vocational Rehabilitation Program of the Department of the Family is hereby authorized to purchase orthopedic and prosthetic equipment that cannot be manufactured in the Prosthetic and Orthotic Laboratories of the Rehabilitation Program in those cases in which the acquisition of said equipment for the disabled is truly necessary.
(d) The sums received on account of the sale of orthopedic and prosthetic apparatus authorized in subsection (a) of this section shall be covered into a special fund that shall be known as the “Orthopedic Laboratory Fund” which shall be placed at the service of the Department of the Family for the purchase of materials, tools and equipment needed for the manufacture of said orthopedic and prosthetic devices, and for the purchase of orthopedic and prosthetic equipment which cannot be manufactured in the Prosthetic and Orthotic Laboratories of the Rehabilitation Program.
History —June 25, 1958, No. 106, p. 257, §§ 1-3, §§ 2-3 renumbered as §§ 4-5 and amended on July 6, 1985, No. 79, p. 259, §§ 2-6, eff. 120 days after July 6, 1985.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 67 - Education of Handicapped (§§ 1021 — 1070) › § 1064 - Vocational rehabilitation—Definitions

For the purposes of §§ 1064—1070 of this title, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below:
(a) Administration. — Means the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, Commonwealth unit designated to operate the Vocational Rehabilitation Program in Puerto Rico, with pragmatic and fiscal autonomy.
(b) Administrator. — Means the Administrator of the Administration.
(c) Department. — Means the Department of Labor and Human Resources, the agency in charge of implementing, developing, and coordinating the public policy and the programs directed to the formation and training of the human resources that are indispensable for covering the needs of the working sector.
(d) Federal laws. — Means Public Law 93-112, as amended, known as the “Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973”, as amended (29 U.S.C. 720 et seq.), as well as the regulations applicable to it.
(e) Person with a disability. — Means any person with a physical or mental disability who meets the eligibility requirements in accordance with the federal laws.
(f) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources.
History —June 10, 2000, No. 97, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 67 - Education of Handicapped (§§ 1021 — 1070) › § 1065 - Vocational rehabilitation—Objectives and functions of the Administration

With the purpose of implementing the stated public policy and achieving the objectives of the Administration, the latter shall have the following among its objectives and functions:
(a) Develop those programs, facilities, and services that are necessary to achieve the purposes established by law.
(b) Enter into covenants agreements, or contracts with government agencies or private entities related to vocational rehabilitation services and the administration of §§ 1064—1070 of this title.
(c) Take the administrative measures that are necessary for the functioning of the Commonwealth vocational rehabilitation laws or plans, and to comply with the conditions that are necessary to obtain the greatest benefits of the federal laws.
(d) Establish the internal norms and regulations needed for its operation and functioning, and to ensure that the vocational rehabilitation services are provided in an agile and rapid manner, pursuant to the requirements of applicable federal laws.
(e) Designate and employ personnel and hire workers, officials, agents, employees, and professional and technical services. The Administration shall adopt internal personnel regulations which shall be based on the basic principles of the merit system.
(f) Acquire in any legal way and possess, manage, sell, rent, or otherwise dispose of goods or any interest thereon, that is necessary achieve its objectives.
(g) Develop, by contract or directly, the promotion and publicity of the activities and programs of the Administration.
(h) Carry out or sponsor activities for the development of the personnel.
(i) Adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations to govern the norms of its activities in general, and to exercise and perform the powers and duties awarded to it by law.
(j) Receive donations, payment for rehabilitation services and/or reimbursement for services rendered in accordance with applicable legal provisions.
(k) Ensure the availability of the multidisciplinary equipment needed to provide rehabilitation services.
(l) Ensure that the federal and Commonwealth resources assigned for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities are used in the most effective manner and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
History —June 10, 2000, No. 97, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 67 - Education of Handicapped (§§ 1021 — 1070) › § 1066 - Vocational rehabilitation—Administrative and fiscal autonomy

The Administration shall have administrative and fiscal autonomy in order to operate effectively, pursuant to the federal laws which provide that the agency that is the designated Commonwealth unit, shall have the obligation of determining the use and disbursement of the funds destined for the program.
(a) Administrative autonomy. — The Administration shall have autonomy to plan and implement the administrative processes needed to achieve effective rehabilitation services. Likewise, it shall have the faculty to make decisions and carry out actions addressed to expediting its functioning and operation.
The Administration shall function under the direction, supervision, coordination, and evaluation of the Secretary.
(b) Fiscal autonomy. — The Administration shall have its own budget and fiscal autonomy, which will allow it to prepare, administer, and supervise its budget; reprogram the assigned funds or savings according to the priorities of the services; perform the purchasing of services without the intervention of the Department. Likewise, it shall prepare and approve a regulation for purchases and payments of services, equipment and supplies for the expediting of services and the contracting of the professional and related services, that are adequate for the special needs of the persons with disabilities.
History —June 10, 2000, No. 97, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 67 - Education of Handicapped (§§ 1021 — 1070) › § 1067 - Vocational rehabilitation—Acquisition of goods and services

The Administration shall acquire nonprofessional, professional and consulting services, specialized and technological equipment, personal property, equipment, materials, and articles that are essential and necessary for the operations thereof and to render services to consumers promptly, without being subject to the provisions of §§ 931 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “General Services Administration Act”, and Act No. 85 of June 18, 2002, which creates the Exclusive Register for Bidders. The Administrator, in compliance with the applicable federal laws, shall establish, through regulations, the standards, criteria, and procedures that shall govern the purchase and acquisition of personal property, equipment, materials, articles, specialized and technological equipment and professional, nonprofessional, and consulting services that are necessary and essential to provide services to the consumers.
History —June 10, 2000, No. 97, § 7; Aug. 15, 2008, No. 277, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 67 - Education of Handicapped (§§ 1021 — 1070) › § 1068 - Vocational rehabilitation—Files

The Administration shall ensure that the confidentiality of the files of the consumers is maintained pursuant to what is provided in the federal laws.
History —June 10, 2000, No. 97, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 67 - Education of Handicapped (§§ 1021 — 1070) › § 1069 - Vocational rehabilitation—Management of the administration

The Governor shall appoint the Administrator, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall fix his/her salary or remuneration pursuant to the customary norms of the Government of Puerto Rico for positions of a like or similar nature. The Administrator shall answer directly to the Secretary.
History —June 10, 2000, No. 97, § 9; June 3, 2002, No. 74, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 67 - Education of Handicapped (§§ 1021 — 1070) › § 1070 - Vocational rehabilitation—Depositary of federal funds

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby designated and appointed depositary of all the sums assigned to the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico originating from appropriations made in accordance with the abovementioned federal laws, and is hereby authorized and directed to receive and provided whatever is necessary for the custody of such funds, and to make the disbursements that the Administrator orders therefrom, in the manner provided in such federal law or laws, and for the purposes specified therein.
History —June 10, 2000, No. 97, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 68 - Inclusive Assistive Technology Library Service System (§§ 1081 — 1084) › § 1081 - Definitions

The following terms and phrases in this chapter shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Technical assistance.— Specialized service that provides advisory and technical support to libraries, as well as public and private entities, as part of a structured plan to change systems in areas such as policies, practices, and procedures to achieve inclusive assistive technology library services for persons with disabilities.
(b) Assistive technology.— Any type of equipment or service that can be used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities.
(c) Assistive technology device.— Any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially, modified, or customized that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capability of a person with disabilities.
(d) Higher education institutions.— Public or private entity that offers academic programs leading to at least an associate degree, or that otherwise attests or promises its intention to grant higher education degrees as established by the regulation to grant licenses to institutions of higher education in Puerto Rico.
(e) Person with disabilities.— Any person who has a physical, mental, or sensory disability that substantially limits one or more of his/her life’s basic activities; has a medical history or record of a physical, mental, or sensory disability.
(f) Puerto Rico Assistive Technology Program, attached to the University of Puerto Rico.— Entity created by virtue of §§ 831–837 of Title 8, whose principal mission is to promote systemic changes in order to achieve the inclusion and development of persons with disabilities by means of assistive technology.
(g) Inclusive assistive technology library services.— Services regularly offered by a library to any user on equal terms, which are adapted to the nature and needs of persons with disabilities under reasonable accommodation and assistive technology criteria, so they can be offered to such persons. The foregoing includes, but is not limited to bibliographic resources.
(h) Universities.— Higher education institutions, with an arts and sciences curriculum that, at least at the Bachelors and Masters Degree level, shows that:
(1) It has an institutionalized research and technology transfer component, both in arts and sciences;
(2) it has an institutionalized development, cultural advancement, and social responsibility component. These are both established by the regulation to grant licenses to institutions of higher education in Puerto Rico.
History —Apr. 15, 2011, No. 63, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 68 - Inclusive Assistive Technology Library Service System (§§ 1081 — 1084) › § 1082 - Inclusive assistive technology library services

All the libraries of the University of Puerto Rico, private universities, higher education institutions, and the municipalities shall offer inclusive assistive technology library services.
Every library in the University of Puerto Rico, private universities, higher education institutions, and municipalities shall have:
(a) An assistive technology room to offer inclusive assistive technology library services or assistive technology equipment placed throughout the whole library, so that such services may be available to persons with disabilities.
(b) At least one resource trained in Assistive Technology through an AT Certification offered by the Puerto Rico Assistive Technology Program (PRATP) or an institution recognized by the same, aimed at providing and strengthening knowledge of assistive technology programs and equipment, among others. These services shall not substitute the assistive technology services for which other public or private entities are legally responsible.
History —Apr. 15, 2011, No. 63, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 68 - Inclusive Assistive Technology Library Service System (§§ 1081 — 1084) › § 1083 - Duties and responsibilities

(a) The University of Puerto Rico, private universities, higher education institutions, and municipalities shall comply with the following:
(1) Develop a process to identify the availability of physical space and particular needs such as special equipment, personnel training, and stakeholders.
(2) Acquire assisted technology equipment and furniture, make the necessary infrastructure modifications, and take the necessary steps to train human resources in assistive technology in order to facilitate access to the inclusive library services offered by the institution to persons with disabilities.
(3) Implement the inclusive assistive technology library services.
(4) Collect annual statistical data regarding inclusive assistive technology library services.
(b) The Assistive Technology Program shall have the following duties and responsibilities, among others:
(1) Offer technical assistance services to all libraries in the campuses of higher education institutions and municipalities that offer library services to persons with disabilities.
(2) Adopt financial support agreements with universities and municipalities in order for them to defray technical assistance costs.
History —Apr. 15, 2011, No. 63, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 68 - Inclusive Assistive Technology Library Service System (§§ 1081 — 1084) › § 1084 - Reports

The University of Puerto Rico, private universities, higher education institutions, and municipalities shall submit annual reports on the number of services, equipment in use, and any other relevant information to the Puerto Rico National Library and send a copy thereof to the Puerto Rico Assistive Technology Program, the Council on Higher Education, and the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico.
History —Apr. 15, 2011, No. 63, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 70 - University Involvement in Government Advertising Initiative Act (§§ 1092 — 1095) › § 1092 - Public policy

The public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be to promote the integrated development of the Puerto Rican youth in the communications field through the creation of this chapter, whose main purpose is to create spaces and opportunities so that our youth may be instrumental in devising advertising campaigns by working in close collaboration and cooperation with the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches of the Government of Puerto Rico, including its public corporations and municipalities, so as to maximize and incentivize the professional skills of our university students.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 255, § 2, eff. 60 days after Aug. 13, 2008.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 70 - University Involvement in Government Advertising Initiative Act (§§ 1092 — 1095) › § 1093 - Creation

The Presiding Officers of both the House of Representatives and the Senate of Puerto Rico, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court together with the Courts Administration, and the Governor and mayors and their respective municipalities shall make all provisions and draft the necessary guidelines so that government agencies or bodies, including public corporations and dependencies or units under their charge, with the intention of initiating mass advertising campaigns, learn that they have a specific legal framework that enables them to establish Cooperation Protocols with the different universities established and accredited in our Island that have Advertising courses in their academic offerings.
Said Cooperation Protocols shall allow for the formation of a close collaboration with the main purpose of providing students in the field of advertising with the opportunity of developing mass advertising campaigns in the media, that is, the written press, television, radio, and the Internet, among others. The conceptual basis for the design, implementation and operation thereof shall be in accordance and tempered with the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the public purpose in which this kind of campaign is vested.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 255, § 3, eff. 60 days after Aug. 13, 2008.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 70 - University Involvement in Government Advertising Initiative Act (§§ 1092 — 1095) › § 1094 - Duties and responsibilities

The Presiding Officers of both the House of Representatives and the Senate of Puerto Rico, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court together with the Courts Administration, and the Governor and mayors in their respective municipalities shall make all provisions and draft the necessary guidelines in order for all secretaries, presidents, executive directors, and coordinators of government agencies and bodies or dependencies or units thereunder, including public corporations, to be apprised of the specific power authorized in this chapter. Once the necessary guidelines are informed and implemented to such ends, the officials in charge of such departments, agencies, bodies and dependencies of the different branches of the government and the municipalities, including public corporations, shall have the following duties and responsibilities individually as expressed below:
(a) The responsibility of identifying, grouping, developing, and implementing every work plan regarding the creation, development, and implementation of this chapter.
(b) To file an annual report on the creation and progress of the provisions of this chapter before the Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico.
(c) To establish and implement specific Cooperation Protocols to develop the Advertising Campaign in question, pursuant to the public policy set forth in this chapter, provided that such campaign has a legitimate public purpose, as such term is defined in the code of laws in effect, and that every advertising campaign to be developed:
(1) Is in benefit of the health, safety, morals, and general wellbeing of all citizens;
(2) is geared toward a public or quasi-public activity;
(3) features the interests and objectives of the government entity, in harmony with its duties and functions or established public policy;
(4) features the programs, services, rights and opportunities, or furthers social, civic, cultural (nonreligious), economic or sports causes, and
(5) features the establishment, modification or change in the government public policy.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 255, § 4, eff. 60 days after Aug. 13, 2008.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 70 - University Involvement in Government Advertising Initiative Act (§§ 1092 — 1095) › § 1095 - Additional considerations

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed so as to:
(a) Undermine the discretion of the professionals in the communications field who work in the different government dependencies, on the resources to be selected, according to the particular needs of the agency or organization where they work, or
(b) authorize the delegation onto university institution of the power to schedule and purchase time and space in the media, except in those cases in which said institutions have specialized personnel, so as to capitalize investments by means of discounts per volume agreed upon between the government dependency in question and the media.
It is hereby authorized, further, the review of any agreement or contract in effect between any entity of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches of the Government of Puerto Rico, including its public corporations and municipalities, for the purpose of including clauses to establish the discretion of the contracting party to solicit services from third parties.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 255, § 5, eff. 60 days after Aug. 13, 2008.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 72 - Protection of Children in the Use and Management of the Internet (§§ 1118 — 1118f) › § 1118 - Definitions

The following terms and phrases shall have the meanings indicated below:
(1) Library. — The place where book collections or analogous treaties on diverse subjects, disciplines of knowledge and authors are available, and which render services to a school or a community. It also includes those electronic libraries that provide services to students and the general community.
(2) General Education Council. — The government body with the power to issue licenses to establish and operate private schools at the levels of preschool, elementary, high school, vocational, technical and high-skill, and noncollege post secondary in Puerto Rico; as well as to credit the schools of the Public Education System, by virtue of §§ 148—148m of Title 3.
(3) Department. — The Department of Education of Puerto Rico.
(4) Public and private schools. — All learning institutions at the preschool, elementary, middle and high school levels of the public and private education system of Puerto Rico.
(5) Commonwealth. — The Government of Puerto Rico.
(6) Internet. — The worldwide communications network that connects computers around the world. This communications network allows the user to connect to thousands of computers and access their information, which may be located at universities, schools, libraries, laboratories, government agencies, businesses and other entities.
(7) Secretary of Education. — The Secretary of the Department of Education of Puerto Rico.
(8) Secretary of Justice. — The Secretary of the Department of Justice of Puerto Rico or any official duly designated or authorized by him/her.
(9) Pornographic or obscene material. — Material defined by Section 112 of Act No. 115 of July 22, 1974, known as the “Penal Code of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 267, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 72 - Protection of Children in the Use and Management of the Internet (§§ 1118 — 1118f) › § 1118a - Technological devises or filters—Obligation to install

All public and private schools, libraries and any other public or private institution that offers services through computers with access to the Internet, the obligation to implement technological devises or filters as necessary in computers available to children and youths under the age of eighteen (18), in order to restrict and identify the access and use of pornographic material that is harmful and detrimental to the physical and emotional safety and to the integrated development of boys, girls and underage youths.
The Secretary of Education, as part of the implementation and development of the plan to integrate technology into educational services, shall instrument the institutional policy pursuant to the criteria and standards contained in this chapter. Furthermore, he/she shall ascertain that technological infrastructure of the computers available for the use of the students of the Department has the technological devises necessary to restrict the access and use of pornographic information.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 267, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 72 - Protection of Children in the Use and Management of the Internet (§§ 1118 — 1118f) › § 1118b - Licenses—Conditions and requirements

The General Education Council shall consider, as part of its powers and duties for the establishment and execution of the norms for licensing public and private schools, the implementtation of the technology necessary on computers used by children and youths under the age of eighteen (18) to restrict and identify the access and use of pornographic material available through the Internet and which is harmful and detrimental to the physical and emotional safety and to the integrated development of children and youths.
The General Education Council may suspend provisionally or permanently, as well as deny or revoke, the license that authorizes the operation of an educational institution when it considers that the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated thereunder or any other regulations that are applicable pursuant to the requirements and guidelines to limit or restrict the access of children to the Internet pursuant to the criteria adopted through this legislation, and when it has been found that the violation constitutes a prejudice to the children and youths of the education system of Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 267, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 72 - Protection of Children in the Use and Management of the Internet (§§ 1118 — 1118f) › § 1118c - Power to regulate

The General Education Council shall promulgate and adopt within ninety (90) days from the date of approval of this act, all those standards, rules and regulations necessary to enforce the public policy enunciated herein and the provisions contained in this legislation. Likewise, all other public and private institutions not under the jurisdiction of the General Education Council, shall promulgate and adopt within ninety (90) days after the approval of this act, the standards, rules and regulations necessary to instrument the installation and use of technological devices that are required under this chapter.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 267, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 72 - Protection of Children in the Use and Management of the Internet (§§ 1118 — 1118f) › § 1118d - Exemption from the license requirement

All private schools exempted from the provisions of Act No. 68 of August 28, 1990, that offer services to children and youths through computers with access to the Internet, shall be under the obligation to install technological devices in computers used by children and youths under the age of eighteen (18), geared toward identifying and restricting the use of pornographic or obscene material, which is harmful and detrimental to the physical and emotional health and to the integrated development of boys, girls, and youths.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 267, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 72 - Protection of Children in the Use and Management of the Internet (§§ 1118 — 1118f) › § 1118e - Penalties

Any natural or juridical person that infringes the provisions of this chapter shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished with a fine that shall not exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each violation, or with imprisonment for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 267, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 72 - Protection of Children in the Use and Management of the Internet (§§ 1118 — 1118f) › § 1118f - Civil remedies

The Secretary of Justice may file an injunction or other proceeding of a civil nature against any natural or juridical person to cancel or revoke any license, permit or authorization granted to establish and operate public and private educational institutions and libraries or to cancel the corporate charter of any corporation organized in accordance with the laws of Puerto Rico that offer these services when the provisions contained in this chapter are infringed.
In any action filed by the Secretary of Justice under this chapter, the Court of First Instance shall proceed by holding a hearing within a term not to exceed ten (10) days. Being the final finding on the matter pending, the court may at any time issue those orders it deems convenient, or take any other judicial action pertinent under the law. The court shall impose costs and fees to the defendant.
History —Aug. 31, 2000, No. 267, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 73 - Scouting (§§ 1121 — 1122) › § 1121 - Boy Scouts; appropriation

In order to promote and diffuse the principles of exemplary citizenship, sound and solid character, and probity, as well as to give civic instruction to boys of school age, a work which is being forwarded by the national institution of Boy Scouts, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place annually at the disposal of the Secretary of Education, the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) which shall be used for the maintenance of the organization of Boy Scouts for the expenses of training and hikes, to carry out activities such as camps and lectures, and everything tending to create and maintain habits of morality and character and a spirit of association and comradeship among the boys of Puerto Rico; Provided, That all disbursements chargeable to this appropriation shall have the approval of the Secretary of Education, and that he shall be a member of the Executive Committee of the organization.
History —May 6, 1937, No. 48, p. 164, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 73 - Scouting (§§ 1121 — 1122) › § 1122 - Girl Scouts; appropriation

For the promotion and diffusion of the principles of exemplary citizenship, sound and firm character, and preparation for home life, as well as for the civic education of girls of school age, a work which is being promoted by the national institution of the Girl Scouts, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to place annually at the disposal of the Girl Scouts organization in Puerto Rico the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) out of any available funds in the Commonwealth Treasury, to be used for the maintenance of such organization, for expenses in connection with training and hikes, for carrying out activities such as camps and lectures, and everything tending to create and maintain habits of morality and character and the spirit of association and companionship among the girls of Puerto Rico.
History —Apr. 13, 1938, No. 23, p. 133, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter II - Musical Arts and Stagecraft Corporation (§§ 1160 — 1160g) › § 1160 - Creation

A legal government entity which shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Musical Arts and Stagecraft Corporation” is hereby created as a subsidiary of the Musical Arts Corporation for the purpose of adequately developing, fostering and coordinating musical arts and stagecraft in Puerto Rico, relocating existing government programs related to the arts, providing for the appropriation of funds therefor and transferring programs, funds, facilities and personnel from other existing government programs.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 42, p. 104, § 1; July 31, 1985, No. 6, p. 802, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter II - Musical Arts and Stagecraft Corporation (§§ 1160 — 1160g) › § 1160c - Powers of the Corporation

The powers of the Puerto Rico Musical Arts and Stagecraft Corporation shall be vested in and exercised by the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation.
The Board shall adopt the standards, rules, regulations and procedures deemed necessary to exercise the powers and comply with the purposes of the Puerto Rico Musical Arts and Stagecraft Corporation.
The Corporation shall have a General Manager appointed by the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation who shall hold office at the latter’s will and until his successor is appointed. The General Manager shall be the Corporation’s chief executive, and shall represent it in all the acts and contracts needed to execute its functions, and shall discharge the duties and have the responsibilities, powers and authority delegated to him by said Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors shall determine the salary of the General Manager.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 42, p. 104, § 4; July 31, 1985, No. 6, p. 802, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter II - Musical Arts and Stagecraft Corporation (§§ 1160 — 1160g) › § 1160d - Consulting Board

The Consulting Board of the Puerto Rico Musical Arts and Stagecraft Corporation is hereby created and shall be composed of five (5) members appointed by the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation. Two (2) members shall be appointed for a two (2) -year term each. The remaining three (3) members shall be appointed for a three (3) -year term. Upon the expiration of their terms, the members of the Board shall hold their office until their successors are appointed and take office. In case of vacancies, the Board of Directors shall appoint substitutes who shall exercise their duties for the unexpired term of the original appointment. The members of the Consulting Board shall receive no compensation whatsoever in the performance of their duties as such, but those who are not public officials or employees shall receive a per diem of fifty dollars ($50) for each meeting they attend. Three (3) members of the Consulting Board shall constitute a quorum and the decisions shall be made by absolute majority of the members that compose it. The Board shall meet at least once every two (2) months in a regular meeting, and may meet as often as it is deemed convenient upon being called by the Chairman. The Chairman of the Board shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation. The Consulting Board shall constitute a body which shall serve to advise the General Manager of the Corporation in directing and establishing the programs and activities needed to comply with the purposes of this §§ 1160—1160g of this title.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 42, p. 104, § 5; July 31, 1985, No. 6, p. 802, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter II - Musical Arts and Stagecraft Corporation (§§ 1160 — 1160g) › § 1160e - Annual report

The Corporation shall render an annual report of its activities to the Musical Arts Corporation, the Governor of Puerto Rico and the Legislature of Puerto Rico, on or before November 30 of each year.
The annual report shall include:
(a) A financial statement audited by a firm of certified public accountants;
(b) a report of the transactions conducted by the Corporation during the preceding fiscal year, and
(c) a report of the status and progress of all its activities since the creation of the Corporation, or from the date of the last annual report.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 42, p. 104, § 6; July 31, 1985, No. 6, p. 802, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter II - Musical Arts and Stagecraft Corporation (§§ 1160 — 1160g) › § 1160f - Budget

The Corporation shall annually submit a consolidated budget to the Musical Arts Corporation. The corresponding appropriations shall be set aside in the Annual General Expenses Budget of the Government of Puerto Rico.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 42, p. 104, § 7; July 31, 1985, No. 6, p. 802, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter II - Musical Arts and Stagecraft Corporation (§§ 1160 — 1160g) › § 1160g - Transfer of programs

It is hereby directed that the personnel, programs, equipment and obligations which are at present in the government agencies listed below be transferred, subject to the laws or corporate statutes which create them:
(a) Casals Festival, Inc., created by Resolution No. 740 of the Industrial Development Company.
(b) The Corporation which shall create the Inter-American Festival and to which the present programs of the Inter-American Musical Arts Festival and the Youth Symphony Orchestras of America Festival shall be attached.
In coordination with the Musical-Stagecraft Arts Corporation, the Musical Arts Corporation shall take such steps leading to achieve the most effective operation of the abovementioned programs and festivals, as well as the broad participation of soloists, instrumentalists, singers, orchestra conductors and Puerto Rican choirs in said activities, including the creation and proliferation of similar programs and activities that will propitiate the attainment of the purposes of §§ 1160 et seq. of this title.
Any transfer of property, budgets, programs, personnel and obligations shall be carried out pursuant to applicable regulations, and the vested rights of any public employee under the personnel laws and regulations or under any collective bargaining agreement in effect shall not be impaired, nor shall the rights, privileges, obligations and status with regard to any existing pension or retirement system or systems or savings and loan fund, to which they are affiliated upon the approval of this act.
The agencies, public corporations or subsidiaries of government agencies are hereby directed and instructed to make transfers of personnel, equipment, funds, assets and obligations indicated herein to the Corporation, following the applicable procedures, laws and regulations.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 42, p. 104, § 8; July 31, 1985, No. 6, p. 802, § 9; July 20, 1988, No. 116, p. 491, § 1, eff. 90 days after July 20, 1988.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter III - Fine Arts Center Corporation (§§ 1161 — 1161f) › § 1161 - Creation

A public corporation which shall be known as the Puerto Rico Fine Arts Center Corporation, hereinafter denominated as “the Corporation”, is hereby created for the purpose of administrating the complex of performing arts facilities known as the Fine Arts Center which is hereby transferred and shall be attached to the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 43, p. 112, § 1; July 31, 1985, No. 1, p. 773, § 2, retroactive to July 1, 1985.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter III - Fine Arts Center Corporation (§§ 1161 — 1161f) › § 1161b - Powers of the Corporation; General Manager

The Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall execute all the Corporation’s powers.
The Board shall adopt the standards, rules, regulations and procedures necessary or convenient to execute its powers and comply with the purposes of the Corporation.
The Corporation shall have a General Manager appointed by the Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture who shall hold office at the latter’s will until his successor is designated. The General Manager shall be a person of recognized capability and knowledgeable of Puerto Rico’s cultural affairs and shall be experienced in the administrative and managerial field. The General Manager shall be the Corporation’s chief executive and shall represent it in all necessary acts and contracts granted and entered into, and shall perform the duties and shall have the responsibilities, powers and authority delegated to him by the Board of Directors of the Institute. The Board of Directors shall delegate to the General Manager or other employees of the Corporation whichever powers and duties it may deem proper, except the power to regulate which is not delegable. The Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall [set] the salary of the Executive Director of the Corporation according to the standards that apply to positions of the same category.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 43, p. 112, § 3; July 31, 1985, No. 1, p. 773, § 4, retroactive to July 1, 1985.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter III - Fine Arts Center Corporation (§§ 1161 — 1161f) › § 1161c - Consulting Board

The Consulting Board of the Corporation is hereby created and shall be composed of five (5) members who shall be appointed in the following manner: the Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall appoint three (3) members for a term of four (4) years each, and the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation shall appoint two (2) members for a term of three (3) years each. When said terms expire, subsequent appointments shall be made for a term of four (4) years.
In the event a vacancy occurs, substitute members shall be appointed who shall exercise their duties for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member who caused the vacancy. The members of the Board shall receive no compensation whatsoever in the performance of their duties as such, but those who are not public officials or employees shall be entitled to per diems of fifty dollars ($50) for each meeting they attend.
The attendance of three (3) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and the decisions shall be made by an absolute majority of its members. The Board shall meet at least once every three (3) months in regular meetings and may meet in special meetings whenever it is necessary after being called by the Chairman.
The Chairman of the Board shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. The Board shall be a consulting body that will serve to counsel the General Manager of the Corporation in the management and implementation of the programs and activities of the Corporation.
The General Manager of the Corporation shall establish the qualifications of the members of the Consulting Board, as well as the reasons and procedures for their dismissal from office.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 43, p. 112, § 4; July 31, 1985, No. 1, p. 773, § 5, retroactive to July 1, 1985.