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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 42 - Regulatory Board of Public Relations Agents of Puerto Rico (§§ 855 — 864) › § 857 - Board—Powers

The Board shall have the power to:
(a) Have and use a seal, which shall be altered at will.
(b) Draft and adopt their regulations for the administration of this chapter, including, but not limited to:
(1) Meetings or sessions of the Board.
(2) Investigation proceedings and holding of administrative hearings relative to the behavior of the aspiring candidates or holders of licenses, granted by virtue of this chapter.
(3) The requirement of continuing education courses for the renewal of the license issued by virtue of this chapter.
(4) The quality of the behavior in the practice of the profession, as well as integrity, competence and responsibility towards customers and employers.
(5) Ways to use the license issued pursuant to this chapter.
(6) Examinations to be approved for the practice of the profession.
(7) Any other regulation necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
(c) Guarantee the public relations agent license to any person who meets the requirements of this chapter and the regulations thereunder.
(d) Promote investigations on the performance of the practitioners of the public relations agent profession.
(e) To deny or revoke any license issued by virtue of this chapter, if it is determined that an aspiring candidate to the practice of the public relations profession or any licensed public relations agent lacks good reputation, as defined by this chapter. In the event that the Board revokes or denies a license on these grounds, it shall notify the person in writing about his/her right to appeal within a term of thirty (30) days as of the date of notice to the Court of Appeals.
(f) Guarantee that the education requirement is met prior to the issuance of the license.
(g) Grant certifications, which shall have a term of effectiveness of four (4) years, to credit the continuing education courses so as to guarantee knowledge in matters of public relations, as well as of communications theories and practice, and in any other matters that the Board may include.
(h) Report before a court with competence any act or practice incurred by a public or private person or company which may constitute a violation of this chapter. To request or file an injunction or any legal action necessary to stop said practice.
(i) Keep a book of minutes of all the issues on their meetings, proceedings, decisions and resolutions. Likewise, it shall organize its files, so that all its documents, records and accounts are conserved, pursuant to §§ 1001—1013 of Title 3.
(j) Keep an official register which shall contain a list with the corresponding number of all licenses granted as an authorization to practice the public relations agent profession.
History —Aug. 8, 2008, No. 204, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 42 - Regulatory Board of Public Relations Agents of Puerto Rico (§§ 855 — 864) › § 858 - License—Who shall be able to apply

The persons authorized to apply for a license to practice the public relations agent profession shall be:
(a) Any aspiring candidate who have a Bachelor’s Degree [in] Public Relations from an institution or university accredited by the Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education or the Middle State Association of Colleges and Universities or its equivalent.
(b) Any aspiring candidate who has obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications with a Minor in Public Relations from an institution or university accredited by the Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education or the Middle State Association of Colleges and Universities or its equivalent.
(1) Aspiring candidates who meet the requirements of this subsection should also have a two (2) -year minimum experience in the public relations practice, counted as of the time in which the person started to discharge the functions included as requirements in the definition of public relations agent. Said experience shall be certified through a letter from one (1) employer.
(c) Any aspiring candidate who has obtained a Master’s Degree in Public Relations from an institution accredited by the Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education or the Middle State Association of Colleges and Universities or its equivalent.
(d) Any aspiring candidate who has been accredited by the Public Relations Society of America.
(e) The term “experience”, as used in the above subsections, shall be understood as having practiced for not less than two (2) years [in] the following areas:
(1) Public relations advising and consulting.
(2) Designing and planning public relations programs or campaigns, execution of public relations programs or campaigns or analysis and evaluation of audience or market behavior research, as well as public opinion research.
(3) Effective communication management in the event of a crisis or in public affairs.
(4) Liaison with the communications media so as to oversee the correct and assertive communication of the information in favor of the public interest.
History —Aug. 8, 2008, No. 204, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 42 - Regulatory Board of Public Relations Agents of Puerto Rico (§§ 855 — 864) › § 859 - License—Granting

(a) The Board shall grant or renew the license to practice the public relations agent profession to those aspiring candidates who apply and prove their abilities, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Licenses shall be issued by the Board. The licensed public relations agent shall have to certify, through documentary evidence every four (4) years, before this Board, that he/she has met the continuing education requirements, pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.
(c) Any applicant for this license shall show through documentary evidence that he/she meets the requirements established in the public relations agent definition, pursuant to § 855(j) of this title.
(d) As an exception, the Board may issue a license without having the requirements herein established fully met, when such an applicant certifies and credits that he/she has been authorized to practice such a profession in another jurisdiction, whose standards are similar to those established through this chapter.
(e) The licensed public relations agent shall be bound to certify through documentary evidence before this Board every four (4) years, that he/she has taken not less than thirty (30) credit-hours of continuing education within said term.
(f) The Board shall establish through regulations, the fees to be paid for each application for license approval or renewal.
History —Aug. 8, 2008, No. 204, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 42 - Regulatory Board of Public Relations Agents of Puerto Rico (§§ 855 — 864) › § 860 - License—Validation clause

Any person who is able to show, through one (1) employer’s letter or three (3) letters from clients and a résumé, that he/she practices the public relations profession as of the date of effectiveness of this act shall be able to apply for a license without having to meet the requirements set forth in the public relations agent definition, pursuant to § 855(j) of this title. However, once this Board issues said license, the licensed public relations agent shall be bound to meet continuing education requirements, pursuant to § 859(e) of this title.
Those persons who at the time of approval of this act hold a certification issued by the Public Relations Society of America or its equivalent shall be able to be licensed pursuant to this chapter, without having to meet all the requirements described in § 855(j) of this title.
History —Aug. 8, 2008, No. 204, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 42 - Regulatory Board of Public Relations Agents of Puerto Rico (§§ 855 — 864) › § 861 - License—Prohibitions

Any person who has not obtained a public relations agent license or whose license has expired or has been suspended or revoked, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall not be authorized to use the public relations agent title or any other title that may purport the same meaning.
Any person who has not obtained a public relations agent license or whose license has expired or has been suspended or revoked, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall not be authorized to use any title or designation related to the above described functions so as to implicate that he/she holds such a license.
History —Aug. 8, 2008, No. 204, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 42 - Regulatory Board of Public Relations Agents of Puerto Rico (§§ 855 — 864) › § 862 - License—Suspension and revocation

The Board may suspend, revoke or deny a license to any person who has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, after notice and holding an administrative hearing to such effect. A license can also be suspended, revoked or denied to any person who has been found guilty by the Board or any other entity, of obtaining a license fraudulently or of having practiced the profession negligently. The Board shall oversee compliance with due process of law regarding any person subject to these proceedings.
History —Aug. 8, 2008, No. 204, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 42 - Regulatory Board of Public Relations Agents of Puerto Rico (§§ 855 — 864) › § 863 - Penalties

Any person who, during the course of an investigation, is found by the Board to have incurred actions or practices that may constitute a violation of this chapter, shall be submitted to disciplinary measures, pursuant to the provisions of the discipline regulations that the Board must have approved within ninety (90) days as of the date of effectiveness of this act. The Board shall oversee compliance with due process of law during this process.
This Board shall have the authority to establish in its discipline regulations, as one of its sanctions, the imposition of fines for up to a maximum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
History —Aug. 8, 2008, No. 204, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 42 - Regulatory Board of Public Relations Agents of Puerto Rico (§§ 855 — 864) › § 864 - Applicable administrative law

The actions of the Board shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”.
History —Aug. 8, 2008, No. 204, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 941 - Creation

A Board of Examiners of Master and Journeyman Plumbers is hereby created to be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate, which Board shall be composed of five (5) master plumbers, including a vocational-school master plumber, who shall have at least five (5) years of experience as master plumbers. The members of this Board shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and shall hold office until their successors have been appointed and qualify.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, § 1; June 21, 1961, No. 89, p. 172, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 942 - Duties

It shall be the duty of this Board to examine all applicants for licenses as master, journeyman or apprentice plumber and issue the corresponding certificate to those approved by said Board. The Board shall prepare such bylaws to govern its operations. It shall establish the nature of the examinations, and the place, date and hour of the holding thereof as are not in conflict with this chapter. No examination is needed to grant an apprentice plumber license.
The Board shall also regulate the procedure for the renewal of license, including the date said procedure shall begin.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, § 2; June 5, 1986, No. 34, p. 91, § 1; Aug. 17, 1990, No. 43, p. 177, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 943 - Requirements for license

Every applicant for a license as master plumber shall be of legal age and must have worked as a licensed journeyman plumber for at least four (4) years before the date of the examination, under the direction of a duly licensed master plumber.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, § 3; June 21, 1961, No. 89, p. 172, § 1; July 12, 1979, No. 102, p. 244.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 944 - Requirements for license—Journeyman plumber

In order to apply for a license as a journeyman plumber, every applicant must have an apprentice plumber license and must have completed a training course prescribed, or to 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. Students of legally recognized plumbing schools in Puerto Rico may be admitted to examination if they hold a certificate issued by said vocational schools. Provided, That until December 1, 1981, any person who, by a certificate sworn to and subscribed by an authorized master plumber, proves to the satisfaction of the Board of Examiners of Master and Journeyman Plumbers that he/she has worked in the plumbing trade for a period of five (5) years or more under the direction of a master plumber, shall be entitled to be issued a license as journeyman plumber by the Board after proving his knowledge in the trade, without a practical or written examination and without having to meet the requirement of academic training, upon payment of the corresponding fees.
Any person who wishes to obtain a license to practice as Apprentice Plumber from the Board of Examiners of Master and Journeyman Plumbers must meet the following requirements:
(a) Be at least sixteen (16) years old.
(b) Prove to the Board that he/she is enrolled in a training course as prescribed with a minimum of three (3) months of studies, in a plumbing school legally authorized and accredited by the Apprenticeship Council of Puerto Rico.
(c) Fill out in his/her own handwriting, a printed application form that will be supplied by the Board in which he attests under oath before any official authorized to administer oaths in Puerto Rico, all the necessary data for his/her personal identification and domicile. The application shall be accompanied by a medical certificate that certifies that he/she is in good medical condition to practice the plumbing profession, and said application shall be sent or delivered to the offices of the Board.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, § 4; June 21, 1961, No. 89, p. 172, § 1; June 12, 1980, No. 117, p. 430, § 1; Aug. 17, 1990, No. 43, p. 177, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 945 - License—Fees and renewal

The Board shall collect the following fees for examinations and licenses.
For licenses issued as provided in this chapter, and for renewals that shall be made every four (4) years, master plumbers and journeymen shall pay ten dollars ($10) and five dollars ($5), respectively. For the apprentice plumber license, the candidate shall pay the sum of five dollars ($5). Said license shall be for a term of one (1) year and may be renewed for an equal term upon the payment of the same fees.
To renew the license as journeyman or master plumber, the candidate shall have taken not less than nine (9) hours of continuing education a year, offered by an accredited educational entity or by the master plumbers and journeymen association of Puerto Rico.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, § 5; June 5, 1986, No. 34, p. 91, § 2; Aug. 17, 1990, No. 43, p. 177, § 3; Feb. 27, 2002, No. 38, § 1; Aug. 10, 2004, No. 207, §§ 1, 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 945a - License—Denial to issue

The Board shall deny the issue of a license, upon prior notice and hearing, to any person who:
(a) Does not meet the requirements established in this chapter.
(b) Has attempted to obtain or helped another to obtain a license by means of fraud or deceit.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 5A on Aug. 10, 2004, No. 207, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 945b - License—Suspension

The Board may suspend a license for a term of not more than one (1) year, upon prior notice and hearing, of any master plumber or journeyman who:
(a) Has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor that implies moral turpitude.
(b) Has attempted to help another person to obtain a license by means of fraud or deceit.
(c) Has incurred manifest incompetence in the practice of the profession in prejudice of a third party.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 5B on Aug. 10, 2004, No. 207, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 945c - License—Denial of renewal

(a) Licenses shall be issued for life, and the holders thereof are bound to renew their yearly membership thirty (30) days in advance of their expiration date. If the membership is not renewed within said term, and is renewed within one (1) year after the expiration date, the holder is bound to pay double the amount of the fee.
(b) The Board shall cancel the license, upon prior notice and hearing, of any master plumber or journeyman who has not renewed their membership for a term of five (5) years after its expiration. Provided, That if it is cancelled, the person may obtain the license anew, upon meeting the requirements of this chapter, as if requesting it for the first time.
(c) The license shall not be renewed if the holder thereof does not submit evidence of being a member and having approved continuing education studies by means of training or seminars for improvement in the practice of the trade, for a term of not less than nine (9) hours during the effectiveness of his/her membership; Provided, That he/she may obtain the license after showing evidence of membership and continuing studies, along with the other requirements.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 5C on Aug. 10, 2004, No. 207, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 946 - License—Review

Any person who is adversely affected by any order or decision of the Board denying the issue or renewal of a license, or the suspension of a license, may request a review of the order or decision within thirty (30) days of having been notified thereof. The Court of First Instance shall review the order or decision of the Board based on the record kept by the Board.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, § 6; Aug. 10, 2004, No. 207, §§ 2, 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 949 - Certification of debt

The payment of any debt duly approved by the Board of Examiners shall be made effective through warrant and voucher certified by the chairman and Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico for its proper payment.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, § 10, eff. 90 days after May 4, 1939.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 950 - Time for examinations

It shall be the duty of this Board to hold examinations for master and journeyman plumbers at least once each year in the month, on the date and at the places most convenient to the applicants, provided the call therefor is issued at least sixty (60) days in advance of the date fixed for examinations.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, § 11; June 21, 1961, No. 89, p. 172, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 951 - Payment to Board members

Each member of the Board, including public employees and officials, shall be entitled to a per diem of fifty dollars ($50) for each day or portion thereof in which they render services to the Board, in addition to compensation for mileage from their domicile to the site of the Board and back, in accordance with the regulations of the Department of the Treasury. As of January 1, 1999, the members of the Board shall receive per diems equal to the minimum per diems 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 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 11-A on June 21, 1961, No. 89, p. 172, § 3; Mar. 7, 1983, No. 6, p. 11; June 29, 1995, No. 65, § 1; Jan. 4, 2000, No. 7, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 952 - Enforcement of professional practice

The Secretary of Health, the College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers, or their authorized representatives shall be in charge of seeing that no person shall practice as master, journeyman or apprentice plumber in Puerto Rico without holding the corresponding license. To such effects, the Secretary of Health shall designate plumbing inspectors who shall have as their main mission to see that this section’s provisions are met.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 11-B on June 21, 1961, No. 89, p. 172, § 3; June 12, 1980, No. 117, p. 430, § 2; Aug. 17, 1990, No. 43, p. 177, § 4; Feb. 27, 2002, No. 38, § 2, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 955 - Constitution

The persons entitled to practice the trade of master and journeymen plumbers are hereby constituted into an artificial entity under the name of “College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers of Puerto Rico” with its seat in the municipality of San Juan, provided that more than fifty percent (50%) of them so resolve in a duly-called referendum.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 13 on June 8, 1973, No. 130, p. 519, § 1; July 27, 1974, No. 255, Part 2, p. 257, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 959 - Members

All master and journeyman plumbers duly licensed by the Board who comply with the duties imposed on them by this chapter shall be members of the College.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 17 on June 8, 1973, No. 130, p. 519, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 960 - Membership required for practice of profession

After the first General Assembly is held and the first Governing Board is elected, no person who is not a member may practice the trade of master or journeyman plumber in Puerto Rico. If after a period of thirty (30) days from the date the first General Assembly is held, provided he has been informed by certified mail [sic].
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 18 on June 8, 1973, No. 130, p. 519, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 961 - Powers and duties

The College shall have the following duties and powers:
(a) To procure and contribute toward the improvement of relations and bonds of fellowship among the persons practicing as master and journeyman plumbers.
(b) To determine and sponsor protective measures for its members and the community.
(c) To subsist in perpetuity under the name of College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers and to sue and be sued as an [juridical] person.
(d) To possess and use a seal and to alter it at will.
(e) To acquire rights and property, both real and personal, by donation, legacy, assessments on its own members, purchase or otherwise, and to hold, mortgage, lease and dispose of same in any form.
(f) To adopt the bylaws necessary to govern the College adequately. Said bylaws shall be binding on all its members.
(g) To appoint the officers and officials it may deem necessary to govern and manage the College.
(h) To adopt the canons of ethics that shall govern the conduct of its members in the performance of their work.
(i) It may investigate and solve the complaints formulated in regard to the conduct of its members in the practice of their trades and, upon the previous holding of a hearing to that effect, adopt the necessary disciplinary measures according to its bylaws.
(j) To protect its members in the practice of their trade and by the creation of gratuity funds, insurance systems and special funds or in any other way to help those who retire for physical disability or advanced age, and the heirs or beneficiaries of the deceased.
(k) To exercise such incidental powers as may be necessary or convenient for the purposes of its creation and not in conflict with this chapter.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 19 on June 8, 1973, No. 130, p. 519, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 962 - Organization

The affairs of the College shall be governed, in the first place, by its General Assembly and secondly by its Governing Board.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 20 on June 8, 1973, No. 130, p. 519, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 963 - Officers

The Governing Board of the College shall be composed of the following officers: a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer, an auditor and six (6) members.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 21 on June 8, 1973, No. 130, p. 519, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 964 - Delegations or organizations

The bylaws of the College shall establish senatorial district delegations or local organizations which shall be elected or designated and shall operate and fulfill their duties in the manner and under the conditions that the bylaws may provide. The election or designation of the persons who shall compose them shall be made, except in case of delegation of such faculty, by the members of the College who reside or have their offices in the respective jurisdictions of the delegations or organizations.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 22 on June 8, 1973, No. 130, p. 519, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 965 - Bylaws; provisions

The bylaws shall provide that not provided for in this chapter, including everything regarding functions, duties and proceedings of all its organizations and officials; calls, dates, quorum, form and requisites for the regular and special general assemblies and meetings of the Governing Board, election of officials, standing committees, budgets, investment of funds and disposal of the College’s properties, terms of offices, creation of vacancies and procedure to fill them.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 23 on June 8, 1973, No. 130, p. 519, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 966 - Dues

College members shall pay annually a quota on the date or in the manner prescribed in the bylaws, which shall be fixed by the annual regular assembly of the College.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 24 on June 8, 1973, No. 130, p. 519, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 967 - Failure to pay dues; suspension

In the case of College members who have failed to pay their quotas, the College, after a reasonable lapse of time without the member having rehabilitated himself through payment of the amount owed for such reason, shall have power to suspend him as a member of the College and to notify such fact to the Board of Examiners to the end of filing and processing the corresponding complaint to revoke the license.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 25 on June 8, 1973, No. 130, p. 519, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 968 - Penalties

Every person who practices as a master, journeyman plumber, or apprentice plumber in Puerto Rico without holding a license issued by the Board of Examiners pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and every person who passes himself or advertises as such without being duly licensed by said Board, and every master plumber who employs or has working under his/her supervision doing plumbing chores, any person that does not hold an apprentice plumber license or journeyman plumber license shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) month nor more than three (3) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court. In the case of subsequent convictions, he/she shall be punished by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment for a term of not less than four (4) months nor more than six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
Any employer who hires a person as a master, journeyman plumber, or apprentice plumber, knowing that said person does not have a license issued by the Board to practice in such a capacity, shall incur a misdemeanor that shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and for subsequent convictions, by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) nor more than three thousand dollars ($3,000).
For purposes of this chapter, “employer” means any natural or juridical person who on his own account, or through an agent, engages in the commercial practice of rendering installation, maintenance, or repair of plumbing equipment geared toward providing drinking water for daily consumption to the citizenry, or to manage waste waters.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 26 on June 8, 1973, No. 130, p. 519, § 1; Sept. 11, 1979, No. 6, p. 959, § 2; Aug. 17, 1990, No. 43, p. 177, § 6; Feb. 27, 2002, No. 38, § 4; June 1, 2003, No. 134, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 968a - Reciprocity

The Board shall be authorized to establish reciprocity relations given the conditions and requirements it deems necessary on the granting of a license without examination, directly with the corresponding entities of any state of the United States of America in which there are requirements similar to those established in this chapter obtain a license as apprentice, master plumber or journeyman, which provide a similar concession for those granted a license by this Board.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 26A on Aug. 10, 2004, No. 207, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 970 - Injunction

The Secretary of Justice, the Secretary of Health, the College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers of Puerto Rico, the district prosecutors, the Board of Examiners of Master and Journeyman Plumbers or any affected person or entity within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, may prosecute an injunction proceeding, pursuant to the laws that govern these proceedings, against any person who engages in the practice of plumbing without having a master plumber, journeyman plumber or apprentice plumber license issued by the Board of Examiners of Master and Journeyman Plumbers; Provided, That the injunction action provided herein shall not release the violator from being criminally indicted for illegal practice as established in § 968 of this title.
For purposes of this section, every natural or juridical person engaged in the commercial practice of rendering services for the installation, maintenance or repair of plumbing equipment shall be deemed to be engaged in the practice of plumbing.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 28 on May 6, 1988, No. 28, p. 116; Aug. 17, 1990, No. 43, p. 177, § 7; Feb. 27, 2002, No. 38, § 6, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 47 - Board of Examiners and College of Master and Journeyman Plumbers (§§ 941 — 971) › § 971 - Registry and bond

Any licensed master plumber or journeyman who wishes to engage the full or part-time practice thereof as an independent contractor, shall register in the Department of Consumer Affairs and pay a bond in said Department, whose amount shall be determined on the basis of the corresponding regulations. The registration and renewal fees shall be those required in the Consumer Affairs Regulations. The Master Plumbers and Journeymen Association shall provide a list each year, to the Department of Consumer Affairs, the names of all persons to whom a license and membership has been issued for the practice of this trade. This list shall include the membership number, date of issue and expiration, and specifications of any disciplinary action taken by the College against any of its members, and any other pertinent information. Every licensed master plumber and journeyman shall submit evidence annually before the Department that their license is in effect, and that, because he is engaged in the full or part time practice as an independent contractor, they have a bond in effect to guarantee the proper performance of their work. The funds generated by said registration shall be covered into a special fund of the Department of Consumer Affairs to be used to set up this section. The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs is hereby authorized to promulgate the necessary regulations and/or amend the existing ones to set up and comply with this section. Provided, That professional master plumbers and journeymen employed as such, in government or private enterprise, as well as those who do not render than professional services as independent contractors, shall not have to register in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 29 on Feb. 27, 2002, No. 38, § 7; Aug. 10, 2004, No. 207, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 49 - Examining Board of Embalmers (§§ 1001 — 1011) › § 1001 - Creation

The Examining Board of Embalmers of Puerto Rico is hereby created, composed of five (5) members, four (4) of whom shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico, with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico; the fifth member shall be the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, or a medical officer of the Department of Health on whom the Secretary of Health may have delegated such functions. The Secretary of Health or his delegate shall be the Chairperson of the Board. One (1) of the four (4) members to be appointed by the Governor shall be a physician who is a member of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Puerto Rico, and three (3) shall be embalmers licensed to practice as such in Puerto Rico, under legislation or regulations in force on the date of approval of this act, and shall have no less than five (5) years of experience.
History —Mar. 9, 1967, No. 6, p. 152, § 1; July 11, 1988, No. 73, p. 324.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 49 - Examining Board of Embalmers (§§ 1001 — 1011) › § 1002 - Term of office

The members appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico shall hold office for a term of four (4) years and until their successors have been appointed and have qualified.
History —Mar. 9, 1967, No. 6, p. 152, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 49 - Examining Board of Embalmers (§§ 1001 — 1011) › § 1003 - Registry

The Board of Embalmers of Puerto Rico shall keep a registry of embalmers in which there shall be registered the embalmers authorized to practice as such in Puerto Rico under the laws and regulations in force on the approval of this act and the embalmers whom the Board has granted a license to practice as such. It shall be the duty of every embalmer with a license granted under the law or regulation in force on the effectiveness of this act to present his license to the Board of Embalmers herein created for evidence before the Board and for its registration in the registry of embalmers established by the Board. The presentation of said licenses before the Board shall be made within a term of three (3) months of the approval of this act and every license which has not been presented to the Board within said term shall be considered cancelled and null.
History —Mar. 9, 1967, No. 6, p. 152, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 49 - Examining Board of Embalmers (§§ 1001 — 1011) › § 1004 - Official seal

The Board shall adopt an official seal to be stamped on all licenses and other authentic documents issued by the Board. The seal of the Board of Embalmers shall be under the custody of the Secretary of Health.
History —Mar. 9, 1967, No. 6, p. 152, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 49 - Examining Board of Embalmers (§§ 1001 — 1011) › § 1005 - Per diem and mileage

The members of the Board, including public employees and officers, appointed by the Governor who are not officers of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall receive a per diem for attending the sessions of the Board in a amount of fifty dollars ($50) per session of the Board and shall be entitled to the payment of mileage for attending said sessions. 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 —Mar. 9, 1967, No. 6, p. 152, § 5; Aug. 2, 1995, No. 102, § 1; Jan. 4, 2000, No. 7, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 49 - Examining Board of Embalmers (§§ 1001 — 1011) › § 1006 - Minutes and proceedings

The Board shall keep minutes and a record of its proceedings to be kept under the custody of the Secretary of Health.
History —Mar. 9, 1967, No. 6, p. 152, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 49 - Examining Board of Embalmers (§§ 1001 — 1011) › § 1007 - License—Regulations

The Board shall adopt internal bylaws for the implementation of this chapter, it shall establish the requirements for obtaining a license for practicing the functions of embalmer in Puerto Rico, it shall regulate the practice of embalming, issue licenses for such practice, and shall be empowered to revoke a license of embalmer to any authorized embalmer who violates the regulation for the practice of embalming adopted by the Board.
History —Mar. 9, 1967, No. 6, p. 152, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 49 - Examining Board of Embalmers (§§ 1001 — 1011) › § 1008 - License—Requirement to practice embalming; penalties

No person shall engage in the practice of embalming without an embalmer’s license, validated or issued by the Board in accordance with the terms of this chapter and every person who practices as embalmer in violation of this chapter shall incur in a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) or more than three hundred dollars ($300) for each case.
History —Mar. 9, 1967, No. 6, p. 152, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 49 - Examining Board of Embalmers (§§ 1001 — 1011) › § 1009 - License—Examinations for aspirants

The Board of Embalmers of Puerto Rico shall offer examinations once every year to aspirants for licenses. The examination shall include, without excluding others, the following subjects: anatomy, transmissibility of diseases, toxicology, bacteriology, principles of legal medicine, preservation of bodies, disinfection and cosmetic restoration art.
The Board is hereby authorized to issue an embalmer’s license to every person who requests such license before the first of December of 1968, accredits to the Board that he has practiced during ten (10) years the profession of embalmer and, further, passes a practical examination that the Board shall offer to such effect.
History —Mar. 9, 1967, No. 6, p. 152, § 9; June 29, 1968, No. 163, p. 527.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 49 - Examining Board of Embalmers (§§ 1001 — 1011) › § 1010 - License—Payment of fees; display

For issuance of a license the aspirant shall supply an internal revenue stamp of five dollars ($5) and the licenses shall be displayed conspicuously at the place where the embalmings are usually performed.
History —Mar. 9, 1967, No. 6, p. 152, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 49 - Examining Board of Embalmers (§§ 1001 — 1011) › § 1011 - Definition

For the purposes of this chapter, “embalming” shall mean the preservation of bodies through injections in the arteries and cavities of the bodies of antiseptic solutions which retard natural decay and through the plugging of orifices, in accordance with the procedures that the Board of Embalmers may prescribe or authorize through regulations adopted to that effect.
History —Mar. 9, 1967, No. 6, p. 152, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 51 - Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy (§§ 1031 — 1043) › § 1031 - Definitions

(1) Occupational therapy. — The field of study which makes use of evaluative methods and of functional, motor and sensorial selected activities specifically for the purpose of promoting and conserving the health, to avoid disabilities, evaluate the conduct and to treat or train patients with physical or psychosocial disabilities.
(2) Occupational therapist. — The person who is authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to practice the profession of occupational therapy.
(3) Assistant in occupational therapy. — The person who under the supervision of a licensed occupational therapist performs selective tasks or activities proper to occupational therapy.
(4) Board. — The Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy of Puerto Rico, as established in § 1033 of this title.
(5) License. — Any document duly issued by the Board which certifies that the person in whose behalf it has been issued is a professional authorized to practice the corresponding discipline pursuant to the requirements established in this chapter.
(6) Secretary. — The Secretary of the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(7) Recertification. — The procedure provided in §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24 for health professionals.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 137, p. 325, § 1; June 24, 1971, No. 89, p. 304, § 1; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 113, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 51 - Board of Examiners of Occupational Therapy (§§ 1031 — 1043) › § 1032 - License

No person shall, after six (6) months from the date of effectiveness of this act, practice or offer to practice as occupational therapist or as certified assistant in occupational therapy in Puerto Rico unless he has a license in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 137, p. 325, § 2; June 24, 1971, No. 89, p. 304, § 1.