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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) › § 2052 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Composition

The Board shall be composed of five (5) members, who shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate. Of the first five (5) members, two (2) shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years, two (2) shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years, and one (1) for a term of two (2) years, and they shall exercise their duties as such until their successors are appointed and take office. Upon expiration of the initial terms, the subsequent appointments shall be made for a term of four (4) years and the members so appointed shall exercise their duties as such until their successors are appointed and take office. Vacancies arising before the expiration of a term shall be filled for the remainder of such term.
One (1) of the members shall be a teacher or official of the Department of Education in active service as of the time of his/her nomination or renomination, to be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Secretary of Education. Such member shall be knowledgeable in the refrigeration and air conditioning technical field and the teaching thereof, duly licensed, and a member of the Association, as provided in this chapter. One (1) of the members shall be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association. Provided, That once these members hold such offices, their permanence shall not be subject to the trust of the person or entity recommending them.”
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 2; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 234, § 1.
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) › § 2053 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Members

The members of the Board shall meet the following requirements:
(a) Be of legal age;
(b) be citizens of the United States;
(c) be residents of Puerto Rico at the time of their appointment;
(d) have good moral repute;
(e) must have practiced the trade of refrigeration and air conditioning technician in Puerto Rico for a minimum of three (3) years;
(f) must hold a license to engage in the practice of refrigeration and air conditioning techniques in Puerto Rico, and
(g) be a member of the College of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 3; July 12, 1979, No. 97, p. 239; Aug. 12, 1988, No. 174, p. 821, § 1, eff. 90 days after Aug. 12, 1988.
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) › § 2054 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Removal

The Governor may remove any member of the Board upon previous preferment of charges, notice and hearing, for negligence, inefficiency or incompetence in the discharge of his functions, or for immoral conduct, or for conviction of felony or conviction of any offense entailing moral turpitude, or for any other valid and just cause.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 4, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2055 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Per diems and travel pay

The members of the Board, including public employees and officers, shall receive fifty dollars ($50) per day or fraction thereof that they attend a meeting or session of the Board, held at the official site as well as to reimbursement for traveling expenses pursuant to the regulations of the Department of the Treasury applicable to them. As of July 1, 1999, the members of the Board shall receive per diems equal to the minimum per diem established for members of the Legislature, up to a maximum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per year, except for the Chairperson of the Board who shall receive per diems equal to one hundred and thirty-three percent (133%) of the per diems received by the remaining members of the Board.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 5; Mar. 7, 1983, No. 11, p. 16; June 29, 1995, No. 62, § 1; Jan. 4, 2000, No. 7, § 4.
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) › § 2056 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Quorum

Three (3) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and vacancy or absence of two (2) of its members shall not affect the right of the remaining members of the Board to exercise all the powers of the Board. The resolutions of the Board shall be taken by a majority vote of the members present.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 6, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2057 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Duties and powers

The Board shall have the following duties and powers:
(a) To authorize the practice of the trade of refrigeration and air conditioning technician in Puerto Rico by granting a license to those persons who meet the requirements and conditions prescribed in this chapter.
(b) To keep an official register of the license issued, and a minute book of the sittings or meetings held.
(c) To select a chairman from among its members.
(d) To adopt a regulation for its internal operation, which shall be approved within the term of one (1) year after the Board has been duly constituted.
(e) To examine those persons who apply for a license and who qualify therefor, under the provisions of § 2059 of this title.
(f) To investigate violations to this chapter on its own accord or through complaint formulated before said organization by the person affected or by a refrigeration and air conditioning technician duly licensed.
(g) To cancel, permanently or provisionally, the license for reasons set forth in this chapter.
(h) To hold meetings and sittings as may be necessary to carry out its functions upon previous call of the chairman.
(i) To perform any action and to have any other power, in addition to those set forth as may be necessary, to fulfill the provisions of this chapter.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 7, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2058 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Examinations

The Board shall offer at least two (2) examinations each year. The content of such examinations shall be consistent with the curricular requirements of the refrigeration and air conditioning technical vocational field established by the Department of Education, the Apprenticeship Council, and the Apprenticeship Division of the Right to Work Administration for accrediting education and training programs in such field, as well as with the technological development trends within the industry.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 8; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 233, § 1.
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) › § 2059 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Applicants

Any person who aspires to practice as a refrigeration and air conditioning technician in Puerto Rico must meet the following requirements:
(a) File an application before the Board.
(b) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(c) Be a citizen of the United States and have resided in Puerto Rico for one (1) year.
(d) To have [passed] his fourth year of high school.
(e) To have [passed] a course in refrigeration and air conditioning techniques at a vocational school or technological institute of the public education system, or any other institution accredited by the Department of Education of Puerto Rico, of a duration of one (1) year, or more than eight hundred (800) hours; or in lieu thereof, to have completed the prescribed training course or whatever course which may be prescribed in the future by the Apprenticeship Council of Puerto Rico, created by virtue of the provisions of §§ 11 et seq. of Title 29; Provided, That those persons who submit evidence of having two hundred (200) hours of vocational training offered by the Apprenticeship Division of the Right to Work Administration through educational institutions accredited by the Department of Education of Puerto Rico to whom one or more apprentice licenses of one year’s duration have been issued and holds one or more certificates of training or seminars offered by the College of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians, may substitute them for the educational requirements established in this subsection.
(f) To have passed the examination offered by the Board.
(g) Have paid a ten-dollar ($10) examination fee and ten additional dollars ($10) for a license. Both payments shall be made through a payment voucher purchased at the Internal Revenue Collector’s offices of the Department of the Treasury, and
(h) have good moral repute.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 9; Aug. 12, 1988, No. 174, p. 821, § 2, eff. 90 days after Aug. 12, 1988.
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) › § 2060 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Issuance of licenses

The Board shall issue a license to engage in practice as refrigeration and air conditioning technician in Puerto Rico to all those persons who meet the requirements established in this chapter. Said license must be renewed every four (4) years. Those persons who apply for a license renewal must establish the following:
(a) Be duly collegiated [sic].
(b) That his membership fees are up to date.
(c) That his license to engage in the practice as refrigeration and air conditioning technician in Puerto Rico has not been suspended, cancelled or revoked by the Board.
(d) Include an internal revenue payment voucher in the amount of ten dollars ($10).
The Board shall establish, through regulations, a staggered procedure for the renewal of licenses.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 10; Aug. 12, 1988, No. 174, p. 821, § 3, eff. 90 days after Aug. 12, 1988.
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) › § 2060a - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Apprenticeship license

The Board shall issue refrigeration and air conditioning apprentice licenses to those persons who meet the following requirements:
(a) Submit an application to such effects before the Examining Board, which shall provide the appropriate forms.
(b) Be sixteen (16) years old at the time of filing his application.
(c) To have [passed] at least the ninth grade of junior high school from an educational institution approved by the Department of Education of Puerto Rico, or in lieu thereof, to have [passed] the apprentice course offered by the Education and Work Centers Program of the Department of Education.
(d) Include with his application for a license or renewal, an internal revenue payment voucher in the amount of ten dollars ($10).
(e) File a medical certificate with his application, attesting that he is in good physical and mental health to work in the repair of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
(f) Three (3) two-by-two [inch] (2′′ x 2′′) photographs.
The effectiveness of the apprentice license shall be for the term of one (1) year, and shall be renewable for an equal term, each year, through an official certification from the College of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians and the apprentice’s technical supervisor, and the payment of an internal revenue voucher in the amount of ten dollars ($10).
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, added as § 10A on Aug. 12, 1988, No. 174, p. 821, § 4, eff. 90 days after Aug. 12, 1988.
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) › § 2061 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Denial

The Board may deny the granting of a license upon previous notice and hearing to any person who:
(1) Tries to obtain a license through fraud or deceit.
(2) Does not meet the requirements for obtaining the license established by this chapter.
(3) Has been declared mentally unfit by a competent court; or his unfitness has been established before the Board by a medical expert; Provided, That the license may be granted as soon as the person is declared again fit and meets the other requirements provided in this chapter.
(4) Is a narcomaniac or alcoholic; Provided, That the license may be granted as soon as this person proves to be fit and meets the other requirements provided by this chapter.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 11, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2062 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Revocation

Upon previous notice and hearing the Board may temporarily or permanently revoke a license issued in accordance with this chapter to any person who:
(a) Has been declared mentally unfit by a competent court; or his unfitness has been established before the Board by medical experts; Provided, That same may be restored as soon as the person is declared again fit and meets the other requirements provided in this chapter.
(b) Is a narcomaniac or alcoholic; Provided, That the license may be restored as soon as he becomes fit and meets the requirements provided in this chapter.
(c) Has been suspended as a member of the association for not having paid his dues; Provided, That the Board may restore the license upon the expiration of the decreed term of suspension and after having paid to the association the totality of the indebted dues at the time the Board decrees the suspension of the license.
(d) Has been convicted of a felony or an offense entailing moral turpitude.
(e) Has incurred, in the judgment of the Board, in gross negligence in the practice of refrigeration and air conditioning technician.
(f) Has obtained a license through fraud or deceit.
(g) Immoral conduct in the exercise of his trade.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 12, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2063 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Summonses

The Board or any member thereof may issue subpoenas and may administer oaths and take declarations, hear evidence and receive exhibits in evidence in connection with or upon hearing. In case of disobedience to a subpoena, the Board may involve the assistance of any court of Puerto Rico requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 13, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2064 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Reconsideration

Any person to whom a license is suspended or revoked may request, within the term of thirty (30) days after having been notified by the Board of its adverse resolution, the reconsideration of said resolution by certified mail with acknowledgment of receipt. Once the reconsideration has been resolved, if adverse, he may resort to the Court of First Instance within a term of thirty (30) days after having been notified of the resolution on the reconsideration so that in the discretion of said court the resolution of the Board be revised.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 14, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2065 - Board of Examiners of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians—Reciprocity

The Board shall be authorized to establish through the conditions and requirements that it may deem necessary reciprocity relations as to the granting of license without examination directly with the states of the United States or with any other country which requires similar requirements as those established in this chapter for obtaining a license as refrigeration and air conditioning technician, and that a similar concession be provided for persons licensed by this Board.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 15, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2066 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Composition

Persons entitled to practice refrigeration and air conditioning techniques in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are hereby constituted into an artificial or quasi-public corporation under the name of “Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association of Puerto Rico”, provided the majority of them so decide in a referendum to be held for the purpose as hereinafter provided, with official domicile in San Juan, Capital of Puerto Rico.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 16; July 1, 1975, No. 136, p. 418, § 1.
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) › § 2070 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Members

All refrigeration and air conditioning technicians duly licensed by the Board and who comply with the duties imposed hereunder shall be members of the Association.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 20, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2071 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Effect of membership

After the first General Assembly is held and the first Board of Directors elected, no person who is not a member of the Association shall practice the trade of refrigeration and air conditioning technician in Puerto Rico.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 21, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2072 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Duties

The Association shall have the following duties:
(a) To strive for and contribute toward the improvement of relationships and bonds of comradeship between persons engaged in the exercise of the trade of refrigeration and air conditioning technicians.
(b) To determine and sponsor protective measures for its members and that at the same time protect the community.
(c) To maintain sound and strict ethics in the exercise of the trade by members of the Association.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 22, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2073 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Powers

The Association shall have power:
(a) To subsist in perpetuity under that name and to sue and be sued as [a juridical] person.
(b) To possess and use a seal, which it can alter at will.
(c) To acquire rights and properties, both personal and real, by donation, legacy, taxes on its own members, purchase or otherwise; and to possess them, mortgage them, lease them, and dispose of them in any manner.
(d) To appoint its directors and officers.
(e) To adopt its bylaws which shall be binding on all its members, and to amend them in the form and under the requirements established therein.
(f) To adopt and implant the rules of ethics which shall govern the conduct of its members.
(g) To receive and investigate the complaints formulated in regard to the conduct of members in the practice of the trade, which complaints can be sent to the Board of Directors for decision, and if, after a preliminary hearing in which the interested person shall be given an opportunity to be heard cause is found, to institute the proper proceedings before the Board. Nothing provided herein shall be understood in the sense of limiting or altering the power of the Board to institute these proceedings on its own account.
(h) In order to protect its members in the practice of the trade, and through the creation of gratuity funds, insurance systems and special funds, or in any other manner, to help those who retire for physical disability or advanced age, and the heirs or beneficiaries of those who die.
(i) To exercise such incidental powers that may be necessary or convenient for the purposes of its creation as are not in conflict with this chapter.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 23, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2074 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—General Assembly

The Association shall be governed, in the first place, by its General Assembly and in the second place by its Board of Directors.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 24, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2075 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Association shall be composed of a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, treasurer, auditor and six (6) members.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 25, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2076 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Delegations

The bylaws shall establish delegations of senatorial districts or local organizations which will be elected or designated, and shall operate and fulfill their duties in such form and under such conditions as the said bylaws shall fix, but the election or designation of those who are to constitute them shall, except in the case of delegation of such power, be made by the members of the Association who reside or have their offices in the respective demarcations of the delegations or organizations.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 26, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2077 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Unforeseen questions

The bylaws shall prescribe whatever has not been provided for in this chapter including everything concerning the functions, duties and procedure of all its bodies and officers; calls, dates, quorum, form and requirements of general assemblies, regular and special, and the meetings of the Board of Directors; election of officers; standing committees; budgets; investment of funds and disposal of property of the Association; terms for all offices, creation of vacancies and manner of filling them.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 27, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2078 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Quota

Each year the members of the Association shall pay a quota on the date or in the manner as prescribed in the bylaws, which shall be fixed by provision of the regular annual assembly of the Association. Quorum as established by the bylaws for fixing of the quota shall be fifty (50) members.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 28, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2079 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Failure to pay

In the case of members of the Association who have failed to pay their quota, the Association is empowered to suspend them as members of the Association after a lapse of a reasonable period of time without the member having paid the indebted quota, and shall notify this fact to the Board of Examiners for the purpose of filing and transacting the corresponding complaint for the revocation of the refrigeration and air conditioning technician license.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 29, eff. 90 days after May 20, 1970.
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) › § 2079a - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Certification and affixing of stamp

Every licensed refrigeration and air conditioning technician shall prepare a certificate of the work performed on the form provided by the Association for such a purpose, shall affix the corresponding stamp to be adopted by the Association and shall hand the same to the natural or juridical person who contracted his/her services as a guarantee of his/her capacity and knowledge to practice as a technician.
The stamps to be adopted by the Association shall be classified in the following categories:
(1) Domestic refrigeration or air conditioning systems $ 1.00 (2) Motor vehicle refrigeration or air conditioning systems $ 1.00 (3) Commercial refrigeration or air conditioning systems $ 2.00 (4) Industrial refrigeration or air conditioning systems $ 3.00
The Association shall establish through regulations, the form to be used for the certification and the definitions of what may be deemed as a domestic, commercial or industrial system.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, added as § 30 on Aug. 20, 1998, No. 251, § 1, eff. 120 days after Aug. 20, 1998.
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) › § 2079b - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association—Sale of stamps

The Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association is hereby authorized to sell, through its offices, its officialstamps and any other special stamps adopted by the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association according to the law.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the moneys collected from the sale of the stamps shall be used for continuing education programs. The registration fee for said courses shall never exceed the costs that were actually incurred for such purposes by the Association.
The Continuing Education Program shall be sponsored and regulated by the Board jointly with the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association, which shall certify at least two (2) institutions, in addition to the Association, where the continuing education courses may be taken.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, added as § 31 on Aug. 20, 1998, No. 251, § 1, eff. 120 days after Aug. 20, 1998.
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) › § 2080 - Illegal practice of trade

Any person who practices the trade of refrigeration and air conditioning technician in Puerto Rico without holding a license duly issued by the Examining Board and without being a member of the College of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians in Puerto Rico, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and all persons who purport to be or advertise their services as such without having been duly associated and licensed by the Board, shall incur in a misdemeanor and shall be sanctioned by a fine which shall not be less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). In case of subsequent violations, the culprit shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
Any employer who uses the services of a student, according to § 2059(e) of this title, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section, as long as the latter is supervised by a duly licensed and associated refrigeration and air conditioning technician.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 30; July 1, 1975, No. 136, p. 418, § 2; July 20, 1979, No. 159, p. 406, § 1; Aug. 12, 1988, No. 174, p. 821, § 5; renumbered as § 32 on Aug. 20, 1998, No. 251, § 2; May 22, 2002, No. 67, § 1.
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) › § 2081 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinbelow stated:
(a) Board. — The Board of Examiners of the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Refrigeration and air conditioning technician. — Person engaged in the installation, repair or maintenance of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment or related devices or equipment in homes, commercial establishments, industries, hotels, offices, motor vehicles, recreation and theater areas, and similar places or establishments.
(c) Association. — The Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technicians Association of Puerto Rico.
(d) Employer. — Any natural or juridical person who on his own or through an agent engages himself in the practice of the commercial installation, maintenance or repair of refrigeration or air conditioning equipment.
(e) Refrigeration and air conditioning technician apprentice. — Person authorized to work under the supervision of a collegiated [sic] refrigeration and air conditioning technician, by helping and assisting him in his practice.
History —May 20, 1970, No. 36, p. 76, § 31, renumbered as § 33 on Aug. 20, 1998, No. 251, § 2; July 1, 1975, No. 136, p. 418, § 3; July 20, 1979, No. 159, p. 406, § 2; Aug. 12, 1988, No. 174, p. 821, § 6; Mar. 26, 1999, No. 100, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 61 - Board of Examiners of Dental Technicians (§§ 2091 — 2102) › § 2091 - Definitions

(1) Dental technologist. — Any person who prepares dental prosthesis work on inert matter by written prescription of an authorized dentist, to be delivered to the dentist requesting it.
(2) Dental laboratory. — Place where the dental technologist works.
(3) Board. — Puerto Rico Dental Technologists Examining Board.
(4) License. — Every document duly issued by the Board in which it is certified that the person in whose behalf it is issued is a dental technologist duly certified to practice the profession, according to the provisions of this chapter.
(5) Secretary. — Secretary of the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(6) Recertification. — Procedure provided in §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24 for health professionals.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 1; Dec. 3, 1990, No. 19, p. 1483, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 61 - Board of Examiners of Dental Technicians (§§ 2091 — 2102) › § 2092 - Creation

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Dental Technologists Examining Board is hereby created, which shall be attached to the Health Professionals Regulations and Certifications Office of the Department of Health. The Board shall be composed of five (5) duly licensed dental technologists. They must be of recognized professional repute, citizens of the United States and residents of Puerto Rico, and who, at the time of their appointment, have practiced their profession in Puerto Rico for at least five (5) years. At least one of the members of the Board must have experience as a professor at a school of dental technologists. No member of the Board may be a shareholder or belong to the board of trustees or directors of a university, college or school where studies leading toward a dental technologist degree are conducted.
The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Two (2) members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, two (2) for a term of three (3) years, and another for a term of four (4) years, and until their successors are appointed and take office. No person may be appointed for more than two (2) consecutive terms.
Vacancies occurring on the Board and which do not occur as a result of the expiration of the term established by law, shall be filled in the same way as the original appointments. The term of the member who fills a vacancy, shall be for the remainder of his predecessor’s term.
The members of the Board shall perform their office ad honorem, but they shall be entitled to the payment of fifty dollars ($50) for per diem for each day or fraction thereof they devote to official duties of the Board and pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Department of the Treasury.
The Board shall elect a chairperson from among its members, whose decisions must be made by the affirmative agreement of at least three (3) of its members.
The Board shall hold at least six (6) regular meetings a year, but may hold all the special meetings that are necessary to best perform its duties.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 2; Dec. 3, 1990, No. 19, p. 1483, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 61 - Board of Examiners of Dental Technicians (§§ 2091 — 2102) › § 2093 - Duties and powers

The duties and faculties of the Board shall be:
(1) To adopt those rules and regulations that are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(2) To evaluate every request for licenses and recertifications submitted before the Board.
(3) To authorize the practice of the profession of dental technologists in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through the granting of licenses, and establish the mechanisms needed for the recertification of professionals, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24.
(4) To issue, deny, suspend, duplicate or revoke licenses for the reasons consigned in this chapter.
(5) To keep an updated record of the licenses issued, consigning the name and address of the professional, personal data, license number, date of issue and effectiveness thereof, and everything regarding the recertification.
(6) To prepare and administer revalidation examinations.
(7) To develop an information and recording system that allows the establishment of a statistical ratio between the results of the revalidation and the characteristics of the candidates, such as: age, sex, school they come from academic index, among others.
(8) To attend to and solve all claims filed for violations of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted by virtue thereof, after due notice and hearing.
(9) To issue summons by certified mail with acknowledgment of receipt for the appearance of witnesses or interested parties, and require the presentation of pertinent documents to be used as documentary evidence in any hearing held to comply with the purposes of this chapter. Should the duly notified parties or witnesses fail to appear, or if the required documents are not delivered, the Board may seek the assistance of the Court of First Instance to request the appearance, or the delivery of the documentary evidence. Failure to obey such order shall constitute contempt of court.
(10) To take statements and oaths and receive the evidence submitted to it with respect to matters of its competence.
(11) To comply with that which is provided in §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”, in exercising the faculties granted through this chapter to regulate, investigate and adjudicate the matters under its jurisdiction.
(12) To adopt an official seal for the handling of their affairs.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 3; Dec. 3, 1990, No. 19, p. 1483, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 61 - Board of Examiners of Dental Technicians (§§ 2091 — 2102) › § 2094 - Requirements for the granting of licenses

The Board shall grant a dental technologist’s license to all candidates who meet the following requirements:
(1) Must be eighteen (18) years of age or more.
(2) Must have resided uninterruptedly in Puerto Rico for the six (6) months prior to his application for examination, except for sporadic departures from the country.
(3) Must present to the Examining Board a graduation diploma or certificate, as well as an official transcript of credit of the academic record certifying that the candidate has [passed] or completed a course, associate degree or diploma in dental technology from a technical school, college, university or educational institution accredited or recognized by the Department of Education or the Council or Higher Education of Puerto Rico.
(4) He must pass the examination offered by the Board.
The Board, after consultation and advice from the Council on Higher Education and the Department of Education, shall establish by regulations the specific course, studies or academic credit requirements that the candidates must have approved to practice as dental technologists. Any change adopted by the Board with regard to the abovementioned requirements shall apply to those students who begin their studies after the extension or modification thereof.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 4; Dec. 3, 1990, No. 19, p. 1483, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 61 - Board of Examiners of Dental Technicians (§§ 2091 — 2102) › § 2096 - Examination and license fees

The Board shall charge the following fees payable through a bank or postal money order or certified check, to the account of the Secretary of the Treasury:
Examination $ 25.00 License $ 75.00 Reexamination $ 25.00 Duplicate for misplaced or lost license $ 15.00 Recertification and registration $ 75.00 License by reciprocity $ 100.00
The fees charged by the Board shall not be refunded under any circumstance. The amounts so collected shall be covered into the Health Fund, to be used by the Health Professionals Regulation and Certification Office of the Department of Health, as provided in § 3009 of Title 24.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 6; Dec. 3, 1990, No. 19, p. 1483, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 61 - Board of Examiners of Dental Technicians (§§ 2091 — 2102) › § 2097 - Denial, suspension, cancellation or revocation of licenses

The Board may deny, suspend, cancel or revoke a dental technologist’s license or impose a probatory period, if upon notice and hearing it is determined that the candidate or holder of a license has incurred any of the following practices:
(1) Engages in habitual use of drugs or intoxicating liquor.
(2) Has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude and it is shown that the crime for which he/she was convicted is substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of the dental technologist’s profession.
(3) Has obtained or attempted to obtain a license through deceit, fraud, false pretenses or impersonation.
(4) Has been negligent or irresponsible in the performance of his/her duties as a dental technologist.
(5) Has committed acts constituting unfair competition within the practice of dental technology, as the term “unfair competition” is defined in the regulations of the Board.
(6) Commits any act prohibited by § 2098 of this title.
(7) Has been declared mentally unfit by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(8) Gives a false statement to benefit a person who has requested the revalidation examination, or in any investigation of complaints filed before said Board for violations of the provisions of this chapter and its regulations.
(9) Alters or forges any document or material with the malicious intention of deceiving the members of the Board in the performance of his/her official duties.
(10) Fails to comply with the requirement regarding continuing education and registration provided in §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24.
The decision of the Board denying, suspending or revoking a license, may be reconsidered within thirty (30) days following the notice of this decision. The final decision may be reviewed by the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico by petition of aggrieved party.
All the regulation, investigation and adjudication procedures that may arise before the Board, as well as the judicial review of the final decisions that it issues, shall be governed pursuant to what is established in §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as “Uniform Administrative Procedure Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 7; Dec. 3, 1990, No. 19, p. 1483, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 61 - Board of Examiners of Dental Technicians (§§ 2091 — 2102) › § 2098 - Prohibited acts

Dental technicians are prohibited:
(1) To intervene directly with the dental patient for the purpose of doing some work which by law corresponds to a physician or dentist.
(2) To keep in their dental laboratory a dentist chair, clinic instruments or medicines. The instruments, equipment, medicines or drugs found in a dental laboratory in violation of the provisions herein shall be seized pursuant to section 2 of Act No. 39 of July 4, 1960. If the legality of the seizure is upheld or if it is not challenged within the term prescribed by said section, the articles shall be transferred to the School of Odontology of the Medical Science Campus of the University of Puerto Rico or to the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to be used in either of these governmental entities or to be destroyed if useless or inadequate.
(3) To use after their names the acronyms or abbreviations M.D., D.M.D., D.D.S., or any other abbreviation which is not duly authorized by the Board of Examiners of Dental Technologists.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 8; Dec. 3, 1990, No. 19, p. 1483, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 61 - Board of Examiners of Dental Technicians (§§ 2091 — 2102) › § 2099 - Licenses without examination

Within six (6) months after the approval of this act, any person meeting the requirements provided in § 2094 of this title and who proves to the satisfaction of the Board that he has practiced the occupation of dental technician in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for a term not less than two (2) years may apply for and obtain a dental technician license without examination.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 61 - Board of Examiners of Dental Technicians (§§ 2091 — 2102) › § 2100 - Exemptions

Within six (6) months after the effectiveness of this act, any person who has engaged in the practice of dental technique in Puerto Rico and fulfills the other requirements provided by § 2094 of this title may apply for and obtain a dental technician license without need of presenting a school diploma or certificate. To that effect he shall submit to the Board of Examiners a certificate issued by the College of Dental Surgeons of Puerto Rico or affidavits by two (2) authorized professional dentists in the practice of their profession and who are active members of the College of Dental Surgeons of Puerto Rico showing that he has practiced dental technique for two (2) continuous years competently.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 61 - Board of Examiners of Dental Technicians (§§ 2091 — 2102) › § 2101 - Penalties

Any person who practices dental technique and who is not legally authorized to do so or who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of misdemeanor and if convicted shall be punished with a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than three hundred dollars ($300), or imprisonment in jail for a term not less than one (1) month or more than six (6) months, or both penalties in the discretion of the court.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 11; Dec. 3, 1990, No. 19, p. 1483, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 61 - Board of Examiners of Dental Technicians (§§ 2091 — 2102) › § 2102 - Reciprocity

The Board is hereby authorized to issue licenses without an examination to those dental technologists who so request it and who hold a dental technologist’s license issued in any state of the United States with which the Board has established a reciprocity relation, if in the Board’s judgment, the petitioner meets all the requirements of this chapter and the regulations approved by virtue thereof.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 12; Dec. 3, 1990, No. 19, p. 1483, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 62 - Dental Technicians Association (§§ 2105 — 2105j) › § 2105 - Constitution

All professionals licensed to practice dental technology in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are hereby constituted in a juridical entity or quasi-public corporation under the name of “Dental Technicians Association of Puerto Rico”, with official domicile in the city of San Juan, provided that the majority of these professionals do so determine it in the referendum to be held to such effects, as provided hereinbelow.
History —July 3, 1986, No. 64, p. 218, § 1.