2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 77 - Board of Examiners of Health Service Administrators (§§ 2351 — 2361) › § 2354 - Powers and duties

The Board shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To authorize the practice of the profession of health service administrator, according to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) To establish the requirements and mechanisms needed to renew the licenses it issues every three (3) years, based on continued education and the rules provided by the Professional Regulation and Evaluation Organization.
(c) To draft a continued education plan for the health service administrators’ profession.
(d) [To] establish the requirements and mechanisms necessary for the registration every three (3) years of the licenses issued and keep a registry of the licenses granted.
(e) To revise the provisions of this chapter to be in harmony with changes in legislation or in the practice of the profession, and to draft and present the necessary legislation to the Governor and the Legislature through the Secretary of Health.
(f) To adopt the standards, rules and regulations needed to enforce this chapter, after receiving the approval of the Secretary of Health, and to file them with the Department of State, according to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3.
(g) To hold public hearings on all regulations that are not internal.
(h) To establish a reciprocal consulting relationship with the Professional Regulation and Evaluation Organization.
(i) To establish mechanisms for consulting and coordinating with the Department of Health in order to adopt the agreements needed to carry out their respective functions.
(j) To adopt an official seal.
(k) To elect a chairman from among its members, during the first meeting and whenever a vacancy occurs.
(l) To refuse, suspend, cancel or revoke licenses.
(m) To hold administrative hearings, resolve controversies on matters under its jurisdiction, to issue orders pursuant to its resolutions; to issue summonses for the appearance of witnesses or interested parties; to demand the presentation of books, documents or any other documentary evidence; to take statements or oaths; to admit evidence submitted on any matter under its jurisdiction; to take depositions; to regulate hearings and to perform all actions needed for airing quasi-judicial matters.
(n) To resolve complaints presented for violations of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated hereunder.
(o) To request the Secretary of Justice to institute in behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico those civil and criminal procedures deemed necessary to enforce compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(p) To evaluate applications for licenses and renewals.
(q) To draft and administer examinations to practice the profession.
(r) To adopt bylaws for the proper operation of the body which shall be submitted to the Secretary of Health for approval.
(s) To submit to the Governor, through the Secretary of Health, an annual report of its work indicating the number of applications received, licenses issued or renewed and any other data it deems pertinent or that is requested by the Governor.
Provided, That the duties and obligations set forth in subsections (b)—(i) of this section shall be performed pursuant to the provisions of §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24.
History —May 30, 1975, No. 31, p. 63, § 4; June 3, 1980, No. 85, p. 235, § 2; June 24, 2004, No. 165, § 1.