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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/87c-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 87c-1 - Additional disciplin... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 87c-1 - Additional disciplinary measures | After due notice and hearing, the Board shall impose on any dentist licensed under this subchapter the following disciplinary measures:
(1) To issue a decree of censure to the licensed dentist.
(2) To issue an order fixing a probation[ary] period and term, taking into consideration the protection of the public health a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/88/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 88 - Filling vacancies | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 88 - Filling vacancies | The Puerto Rico Dental Association or the College of Dental Surgeons of Puerto Rico, or any other bona fide Puerto Rican dentist’s association, as long as they exist as juridical persons under the laws of the Commonwealth, may recommend candidates to the Governor of Puerto Rico to fill the vacancies on the Board that m... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/89/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 89 - Requirements for admiss... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 89 - Requirements for admission | Any person who desires to obtain a license to practice dental surgery in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall meet the following requirements before the Board of Dental Examiners:
(1) To file an application with the information determined by the Board.
(2) To produce identifying documents, and to be of legal age.
(3) ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/89a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 89a - Provisional licenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 89a - Provisional licenses | The Board of Dental Examiners is hereby empowered to grant provisional licenses to practice, gratuitously, the odontology profession, exclusively in nonprofit charitable institutions in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico recommended by the Secretary of Health, to those professional dentists who meet the following qualific... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/89b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 89b - Licenses; fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 89b - Licenses; fees | Every dentist who wishes to be issued one of the licenses established hereinbelow to practice the profession in Puerto Rico must complete the application and submit the evidence and information the Board provides and requires, together with an Internal Revenue voucher, in the following amount[s]:
(a) License with exami... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/90/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 90 - Registry of license | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 90 - Registry of license | Every person obtaining a license from the Board shall, within thirty (30) days of the date thereof, cause it to be registered in the office of the Secretary of Health. The Secretary of Health shall enter on the back of the license the date of its registry, collecting from the applicant the corresponding fees for such s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/91/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 91 - Operations not requirin... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 91 - Operations not requiring license | The provisions of §§ 81—94u of this title shall not be construed as prohibiting a person without a license from doing the following works and shall not apply:
(1) To practicing physicians who give dental relief only in cases of emergency, this exemption not to be construed as authorizing the regular practice of dental ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/92/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 92 - Exercise of dental surg... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 92 - Exercise of dental surgery | Under the terms of this chapter, any person shall be deemed to be practicing dental surgery if he/she advertises by means of signs, cards, circular letters, pamphlets or newspapers that he/she shall perform examinations of human teeth, maxillary bones, gums, the oral cavity, or adjacent tissue with the intention of per... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/92a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 92a - Specialist licenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 92a - Specialist licenses | The Board shall decide from time to time, according to the advances of the science of odontology and according to the experiences of professional development in and outside of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, those areas of odontology which shall be recognized as propitious and adequate fields for the development of ot... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/93/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 93 - Violations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 93 - Violations | Any person who not being legally authorized to practice dental surgery shall practice it, or who shall violate the provisions of this subchapter, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a minimum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and a maximum fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000), o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94 - Practicing without a li... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94 - Practicing without a license | It shall be unlawful for any person, whether or not a dentist, to practice dental surgery or to offer his services as a dental surgeon, under the name of any company, association, corporation or firm, or under any name other than his own; or to work, manage or be employed anywhere or in any office where dental work is ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94-1 - Injunctions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94-1 - Injunctions | The Secretary of Justice, the district attorneys, the Dental Examining Board, or any concerned person or entity within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may initiate an injunction procedure, in accordance with the laws that rule these procedures, against any person engaged in the practice of odontology, without holding t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94a - Dental hygiene—Practic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94a - Dental hygiene—Practice authorized | The practice of dental hygiene in Puerto Rico is hereby authorized subject to the following provisions of §§ 81—94u of this title:
There is hereby understood as “dental hygienist” the dentist[’s] assistant who renders preventive dental services directly to the patient. His responsibilities vary according to the place w... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94b - Dental hygiene—Require... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94b - Dental hygiene—Requirements for license | Any person aspiring to practice as dental hygienist in Puerto Rico shall obtain a license which shall be issued by the Board of Dental Examiners if the applicant meets and fulfills the following requirements:
(1) To be eighteen (18) years of age, a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident of Puerto Rico;
(2... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94c - Dental hygiene—Examina... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94c - Dental hygiene—Examinations | The examination to be admitted to practice the profession of dental hygienist shall consist of such matters and tests as the Board of Dental Examiners may deem essential to guarantee the good health of the people and shall be offered at least once every year.
History —Aug. 8, 1925, No. 75, p. 550, added as § 14C on Jun... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94d - Dental hygiene—License... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94d - Dental hygiene—License renewal | Every applicant who, in the judgment of the Board of Dental Examiners, meets the qualifications and passes the examination shall be so certified by the Board and shall be granted a license of dental hygienist upon proper recording in the registry created therefor and which shall be under the control and custody of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94e - Dental hygiene—Conditi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94e - Dental hygiene—Conditions of practice | Dental hygienists duly authorized and registered to practice in Puerto Rico may only practice and work, as such, under the direction or supervision of an odontologist duly authorized to practice the profession in Puerto Rico, either in the latter’s office or in any other place duly qualified for such practice or in any... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94f - Dental hygiene—Cancell... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94f - Dental hygiene—Cancellation or suspension of license | The Board of Dental Examiners may suspend or cancel the license of dental hygienist, subject to the proceeding provided in § 87a of this title, on the occurrence of one or various of the causes hereinafter set forth:
(1) The following cause shall be sufficient for the suspension of a license:
(a) Failure to renew a lic... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94g - Dental hygiene—Registr... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94g - Dental hygiene—Registry | The registry kept by the Board of Dental Examiners in accordance with Act No. 6 of April 8, 1954, which is hereby repealed, shall have validity and shall continue to be kept by the Board in accordance with the provisions of §§ 81—94u of this title.
History —Aug. 8, 1925, No. 75, p. 550, added as § 14F on June 23, 1971,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94h - Dental hygiene—Adverti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94h - Dental hygiene—Advertisements | Advertisements published by dental hygienists shall comply with norms and requisites that the Board of Dental Examiners may [set].
History —Aug. 8, 1925, No. 75, p. 550, added as § 14G on June 23, 1971, No. 74, p. 216, § 5, eff. 60 days after June 23, 1971. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94i - Dental hygiene—Recipro... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94i - Dental hygiene—Reciprocity | The Board of Dental Examiners may establish [reciprocity] with fellow organizations of any of the states of the United States to permit the practice of the profession and to issue licenses without examination to those dental hygienists holding a certificate or license from the state concerned and who meet the qualifica... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94j - Dental assistants—Prac... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94j - Dental assistants—Practice authorized | Dental assistants are hereby authorized to practice in Puerto Rico, subject to the provisions of §§ 81—94u of this title.
[It] is hereby understood [that] “dental assistant” [is] the auxiliary dental personnel who works directly with the dentist while the latter is rendering his services to patients in his office. His ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94k - Dental assistants—Requ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94k - Dental assistants—Requirements for license | Any person aspiring to practice as dental assistant in Puerto Rico shall obtain a license which shall be issued by the Board of Dental Examiners if the applicant meets and fulfills the following requirements:
(1) Is eighteen (18) years of age, a citizen of the United States or permanent resident of Puerto Rico;
(2) to ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94l - Dental assistants—Exam... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94l - Dental assistants—Examinations | The examination to be admitted to practice as dental assistant shall be offered by the Board of Dental Examiners at least twice a year and shall consist of such matters and tests as the Board of Dental Examiners may deem essential to guarantee the good health of the people.
History —Aug. 8, 1925, No. 75, p. 550, added ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94m/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94m - Dental assistants—Lice... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94m - Dental assistants—License; registration | Every person who passes the examination and meets all the qualifications shall be certified by the Board and shall be issued a dental assistant’s license upon proper recording in the registry created which shall be under the control and custody of the Board of Dental Examiners.
History —Aug. 8, 1925, No. 75, p. 550, ad... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94n/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94n - Dental assistants—Term... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94n - Dental assistants—Term of license; renewal | The dental assistant’s license shall be issued every four (4) years, renewable for a like term, without examination, upon payment of a two-dollar ($2) internal revenue voucher for renewal fee.
If a dental assistant fails to renew his license, same shall be suspended by the Board of Dental Examiners but he may rehabilit... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94o - Dental assistants—Canc... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94o - Dental assistants—Cancellation or suspension of license | The Board of Dental Examiners may suspend or cancel the license of a dental assistant, subject to the proceeding provided in § 87a of this title, on the occurrence of one or various of the causes hereinafter set forth:
(1) The following cause shall be sufficient for the suspension of a license:
(a) Failure to renew lic... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94p/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94p - Dental assistants—Cond... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94p - Dental assistants—Conditions of practice | Dental assistants duly authorized and registered to practice in Puerto Rico may only practice or work under the direction and/or supervision of a duly authorized odontologist either in the latter’s office, or in any other place duly qualified for such practice or in any other place duly qualified in a government depart... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94q/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94q - Dental assistants—Adve... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94q - Dental assistants—Advertisements | Dental assistants are hereby prohibited to advertise as such.
History —Aug. 8, 1925, No. 75, p. 550, added as § 14Ñ on June 23, 1971, No. 74, p. 216, § 5, eff. 60 days after June 23, 1971. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94s/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94s - Dental assistants—Regu... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94s - Dental assistants—Regulation | The Board of Dental Examiners shall be empowered to approve and amend such norms and regulations as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of §§ 81—94u of this title as to the practice of the profession by dental hygienists and by dental assistants, subject to the provisions of the Rules and Regulations Act of 1958... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94t/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94t - Dental assistants—Reci... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94t - Dental assistants—Reciprocity | The Board of Dental Examiners may establish [reciprocity] with fellow organizations of any of the states of the United States to permit the practice of the profession and to issue licenses without examination to those dental assistants holding a certificate or license of the state concerned and who meet the qualificati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-i/94u/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95)›§ 94u - Dental assistants—Viol... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter I - Board of Dental Examiners (§§ 81 — 95) › § 94u - Dental assistants—Violations; penalties | Any person who violates any of the provisions of §§ 81—94u of this title and of the regulations promulgated thereunder relative to dental hygiene and dental assistance in Puerto Rico shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/111/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 111 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 111 - Creation | Professionals entitled to practice dental surgery in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are hereby constituted into an artificial person or quasi-public corporation under the name of College of Dental Surgeons of Puerto Rico, with official domicile in San Juan.
History —May 13, 1941, No. 162, p. 986, § 1, eff. 90 days aft... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/112/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 112 - Powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 112 - Powers | The College of Dental Surgeons of Puerto Rico shall have power:
(a) To subsist in perpetuity under that name; to sue and to be sued as a [juridical] person.
(b) To possess and use a seal which it can alter at will.
(c) To acquire rights and property, both real and personal, through donation, legacy, quotas on its own m... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/113/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 113 - Membership require... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 113 - Membership required; exceptions | No person not a member thereof may practice the profession of dental surgery in this Commonwealth except in the following cases:
Dentists in active service in the Armed Forces of the United States in the official discharge of their duties and permanent employees of federal agencies participating in odontological resear... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/114/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 114 - Membership | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 114 - Membership | All dentists who are legally admitted to practice the profession of dental surgery in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and who fulfill the duties prescribed by §§ 111—123 of this title and by the bylaws approved by the College shall be members of the College. Dentists specifically exempted by law from the license requir... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/115/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 115 - Organization | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 115 - Organization | The college shall be governed in the first place by its general assembly, and in the second place by its board of directors.
History —May 13, 1941, No. 162, p. 986, § 5, eff. 90 days after May 13, 1941. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/116/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 116 - Officials | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 116 - Officials | The officials of the College who, in turn, shall be officials of the board of directors, shall consist of a president, a first vicepresident, a second vicepresident, a secretary, a treasurer, an auditor, and one member for each section or district stipulated in the bylaws, which shall never be less than five (5) and sh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/117/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 117 - Local organization... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 117 - Local organizations | The bylaws shall establish district sections or local organizations which shall be elected or designated, and shall operate and fulfill their duties in such form and under such conditions as the bylaws of the college shall [set]; but the election or designation of those who are to constitute them shall, save in the cas... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/118/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 118 - Bylaws | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 118 - Bylaws | The bylaws shall prescribe whatever has not been provided for in §§ 111—123 of this title, including everything concerning the functions, duties, and procedure of all its bodies and officials, calls, dates, quorum, form and requirements of the general assemblies and meetings of the board of directors; election of direc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/119/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 119 - Fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 119 - Fees | Each year the members of the College shall pay a fee which shall be [set] by regulation. Any change in fees shall be considered as one of the stated topics on the agenda at a general assembly duly constituted with the quorum established by regulation. This proposed change in fees shall be circulated to all the members ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/120/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 120 - Suspension for non... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 120 - Suspension for nonpayment | Any member who does not pay his annual [dues] shall be suspended as such member, even though he is, in all other respects, qualified as a member of the college.
History —May 13, 1941, No. 162, p. 986, § 10, eff. 90 days after May 13, 1941. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/121/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 121 - Certificate of mem... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 121 - Certificate of membership | When a member of the dental profession duly authorized to practice the profession pays his first annual quota, there shall be issued to him, in addition to the receipt, a certificate on which it is set forth that said member of the college has fulfilled all the requirements of law and the regulations and is authorized ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/122/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 122 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 122 - Penalties | Every dentist who, without being duly admitted as a member of the College as provided by §§ 111—123 of this title, practices as a capacitated person authorized to do so, advertises himself as such dentist; or holds himself to be a practicing dentist, member of the College, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon con... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/123/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123)›Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123)›§ 123 - Duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 5 - Board of Dental Examiners and College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 81 — 123) › Subchapter II - College of Dental Surgeons (§§ 111 — 123) › § 123 - Duties | The College of Dental Surgeons of Puerto Rico shall have the following duties and obligations:
(1) To contribute to the advancement and development of the science and the art of odontology.
(2) To raise and maintain the dignity of the profession and of its members.
(3) To establish relations with similar associations i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-i/131/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§ 131)›§ 131 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§ 131) › § 131 - Definitions | The following terms shall have the meaning stated below when used or referred to in this chapter:
(a) Hopeful, candidate or applicant.— A person who meets the requirements established in this chapter and applies to the Medical Discipline and Licensure Board to obtain authorization to take the licensure examination or p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132 - Composition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132 - Composition | As this act becomes effective, the Governor of Puerto Rico, through and with the consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico, shall appoint a Medical Discipline and Licensure Board, to be attached to the Department of Health.
The Secretary of Health shall chair the Nominations Committee, which shall recommend to the Governor ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132a - Powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132a - Powers | The Board shall have the power to:
(a) Adopt an official seal.
(b) Elect from among its members, in the first session, a Chair, to serve for one (1) year.
(c) Hold regular sessions to resolve its official affairs; Provided, That the Board shall hold at least one regular meeting a month and may also hold additional meet... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132b - Members, Code of... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132b - Members, Code of Ethics | Board members shall be under the obligation to comply with the Code of Ethics of the Medical Discipline and Licensure Board. The Board shall have one hundred and eighty (180) days to draft and approve the Code of Ethics. Violation of the Code thus instituted shall constitute grounds for removal of any member of the Boa... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132c - Official documen... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132c - Official documents | The Chair and the Secretary of the Board shall sign all official documents issued by the Board, as well as any other document authorized by related laws and regulations. Provided, That all certifications of copies of documents at the Board may only be signed by the Secretary, as the Board may provide by regulation. Pro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132d - Authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132d - Authority | (1) The Board shall be in charge of authorizing, within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the practice of the profession of physician and osteopath. The Board shall also authorize the practice of acupuncture for physicians legally admitted into the practice of the profession in Puerto Rico who present their credentials ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132e - Responsibilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132e - Responsibilities | The Board shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
(a) To enforce this chapter.
(b) To promulgate fair, impartial and nondiscriminatory rules and regulations to comply with this chapter and to discharge its obligations pursuant thereto.
(c) To select and/or administer licensure examinations.
(d) To enforce... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132f - Functions of the... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132f - Functions of the Chair | The Chair shall have the following functions, among others, within the Board:
(a) To chair and establish the order of the agenda at Board meetings.
(b) To appoint Committees and their members.
(c) To coordinate Board activities.
(d) To supervise the operations of the Board.
(e) To act as a liaison among the Board, the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132g - Functions of the... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132g - Functions of the Executive Director | The Executive Director shall have the following functions, among others, within the Board:
(a) To answer directly to the Chair.
(b) To support the works of the Board.
(c) To supervise the areas of Human Resources, Finances, Budget and General Services.
(d) To bear the responsibility, in the first instance, of ensuring ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132h - Functions of the... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132h - Functions of the Secretary | The Secretary of the Board shall have the following functions, among others, within the Board:
(a) To certify Board member attendance per session.
(b) To keep a book of minutes of the sessions, which shall be approved by the Board and signed by the Chair and the Secretary. The same are to be approved in the following r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132i - Confidentiality | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132i - Confidentiality | For the purposes of this chapter, the following shall be deemed to be confidential:
(a) Renewal applications and forms and any evidence presented with the applications for practicing the medical profession.
(b) All investigations and investigation registers.
(c) Any report concerning the suitability of any person for r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132j - Committees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132j - Committees | The Committees shall have the duty to facilitate the work of the Board. The Board shall establish the following Standing Committees:
(a) Licensure and Testing Committee.
(b) Investigation Committee.
(c) Administration Committee.
(d) Legislation, Rules and Regulations Committee.
(e) Public Information Committee.
(f) Edu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-ii/132k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k)›§ 132k - Mileage allowanc... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter II - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board (§§ 132 — 132k) › § 132k - Mileage allowance | All Board members, including public officials, shall be entitled to collect a an [sic] amount equal to mileage expended pursuant to that which is established in the regulations of the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No. 139, § 14, eff. Jan 1, 2009. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iii/133/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j)›§ 133 - Examinations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j) › § 133 - Examinations | The Board shall offer total or partial licensure examinations in Puerto Rico at least twice (2) a year and pursuant to the norms to be established by the Board. This licensure examination shall be prepared by an external entity properly approved by the Board. The Board shall contract services for administering and eval... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iii/133a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j)›§ 133a - Examinations—Format | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j) › § 133a - Examinations—Format | Licensure examinations for medical surgeons or osteopaths shall be written examinations, in Spanish or English, except for practical examinations, as per the rules made by the Board and provided there is graphical evidence of the evaluation made of each case. Said examinations shall include, but shall not be limited to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iii/133b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j)›§ 133b - Requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j) › § 133b - Requirements | (1) Any person who wishes to obtain a license to practice in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a professional physician or osteopath shall meet the following requirements:
(a) Be of legal age.
(b) Hold a diploma, a medical or osteopath degree, or accreditation certificate that attests that all academic studies germane... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iii/133c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j)›§ 133c - Exemptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j) › § 133c - Exemptions | Physicians or osteopaths of the Armed Forces of the United States of America and the federal public health service are hereby relieved from the examinations established in this chapter and shall be able to practice medicine in Puerto Rico while in the active discharge of their official functions, for which they shall o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iii/133d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j)›§ 133d - Physicians graduating from foreign schools | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j) › § 133d - Physicians graduating from foreign schools | Minimal requirements for candidates holding a degree as a medical doctor:
(a) Candidates shall hold a degree as a medical doctor, a bachelor’s degree in medicine or an equivalent approved by the Board and which is geared toward satisfactorily fulfilling a Board-validated educational program.
(b) Candidates shall be eli... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iii/133e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j)›§ 133e - Required documents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j) › § 133e - Required documents | The Board shall obtain supplemental documentation, including but not limited to:
(a) Criminal records;
(b) absence of current or pending investigations in any jurisdiction where a candidate holds a license;
(c) verification of the specialty certificate, and
(d) professional experience.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No. 139, §... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iii/133f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j)›§ 133f - Requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j) › § 133f - Requirements | (a) Candidates shall furnish the following information to the Board in the manner required by the Board:
(1) Full name and assumed names or any other name used in life, current address, and date and place of birth.
(2) A recent signed photograph and/or identification documents.
(3) Name and location of the school of me... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iii/133g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j)›§ 133g - Kinds of license | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j) › § 133g - Kinds of license | (a) Regular license.— Issued by the Board to hopefuls who have met all the requirements established by this chapter, after they have approved the corresponding examinations.
(b) Special licenses.—
(1) Physicians licensed by examinations from any of the states of the United States of America with which the Puerto Rico M... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iii/133h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j)›§ 133h - Special license; interns or residents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j) › § 133h - Special license; interns or residents | The Board shall issue a provisional license authorizing the practice of medicine and surgery in Puerto Rico for all physicians and surgeons who show evidence attesting that they have been admitted into an internship or a residence program at a Board-approved hospital in the United States of America, Canada, or Puerto R... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iii/133i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j)›§ 133i - Services [in] the Armed Forces credited towa... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j) › § 133i - Services [in] the Armed Forces credited toward internship | The Board shall credit for all physicians who have served in the Armed Forces of the Nation, the time they have thus served, in the same manner and with the same effect as if they have served under an internship at a renowned hospital or as officially appointed physicians of one of the municipalities of the Commonwealt... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iii/133j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j)›§ 133j - Special license for sports medicine physicia... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter III - Licensure (§§ 133 — 133j) › § 133j - Special license for sports medicine physicians | The Board shall grant a provisional license to all physicians who legally practice medicine in another state or jurisdiction, contingent upon the request by such physicians to the Board and on condition that they are coming to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico by invitation extended by the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iv/134/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter IV - Discipline (§§ 134 — 134d)›§ 134 - Disciplinary actions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter IV - Discipline (§§ 134 — 134d) › § 134 - Disciplinary actions | (a) The Board or the Secretary of Health, motu proprio or by virtue of a duly grounded complaint or denunciation by any natural or juridical person, may at any time request that the Department of Justice investigate the identity of any person who purports to be, advertises as or poses as a physician or osteopath or as ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iv/134a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter IV - Discipline (§§ 134 — 134d)›§ 134a - Disciplinary measures in cases of malpractic... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter IV - Discipline (§§ 134 — 134d) › § 134a - Disciplinary measures in cases of malpractice | (a) The Insurance Commissioner of Puerto Rico, pursuant to the powers and duties conferred unto him/her by law, shall report to the Board as pertains to all malpractice cases against physicians or osteopaths finally adjudicated or settled judicially or out of court, within ten (10) days following the date the informati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iv/134b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter IV - Discipline (§§ 134 — 134d)›§ 134b - Regulatory and disciplinary actions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter IV - Discipline (§§ 134 — 134d) › § 134b - Regulatory and disciplinary actions | The Board shall take actions as pertinent to enforce and discipline when required, ensuring that procedures are fair and are in observance of due process of law for licensees. The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented and be consistent with the following:
(a) Authority of the Board.— The Board shall have the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iv/134c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter IV - Discipline (§§ 134 — 134d)›§ 134c - Physicians with disabilities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter IV - Discipline (§§ 134 — 134d) › § 134c - Physicians with disabilities | The Medical Discipline and Licensure Board may restrict, suspend or revoke the medical license of any physician who is physically or mentally impaired to practice medicine safely and with reasonable skill; this physician shall be deemed to be unfit. The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented and consistent wit... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-iv/134d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter IV - Discipline (§§ 134 — 134d)›§ 134d - Incompetent physicians | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter IV - Discipline (§§ 134 — 134d) › § 134d - Incompetent physicians | The Board may restrict, suspend, revoke, or deny a medical license to any physician whom the Board has determined to be incompetent as the result of repetitive conduct of medical malpractice. These provisions shall be implemented or consistent with the following:
(a) Definitions.— The following terms shall have the mea... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-v/135/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j)›§ 135 - Mandatory reports and investigations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j) › § 135 - Mandatory reports and investigations | The Board shall submit to the Governor of Puerto Rico and the Secretary of Health, an annual report attesting to its works and rendering an account of the number of applications received and licenses issued, of expense and income accounts, of mileage accounts refunded to Board members and to whom were said refunds made... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-v/135a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j)›§ 135a - Information | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j) › § 135a - Information | In addition to any other information required under this chapter, the following reports shall be required under the circumstances set forth below:
(1) When the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is sued or receives an extrajudicial claim for an act of alleged professional malpractice by a physician, surgeon or osteopath, the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-v/135b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j)›§ 135b - Procedures | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j) › § 135b - Procedures | In order to obtain the reports rendered and the investigations conducted by other entities, the Board must establish procedures that are consistent with the following:
(a) Any person shall be allowed to give notice to the Board in the manner prescribed thereby, concerning any information known in connection with a reas... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-v/135c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j)›§ 135c - Protected actions and communications | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j) › § 135c - Protected actions and communications | The Board shall not be liable for actions taken in good faith within the bounds of its duties and functions, including, among others:
(a) Immunity. — There shall be no monetary liability, and no cause of action for damages may be filed against any formal member, officer, administrator, team member, committee member, ex... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-v/135d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j)›§ 135d - Illegal practice of medicine, violation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j) › § 135d - Illegal practice of medicine, violations and penalties | (a) Any person convicted of illegally practicing medicine or surgery, or osteopathy, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, punished by imprisonment for a fixed term of three (3) years; if there should be extenuating circumstances, the same may be reduced to a mini... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-v/135e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j)›§ 135e - License—Renewal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j) › § 135e - License—Renewal | The Board shall establish the requirements and mechanisms necessary to recertify professionals every three (3) years, on the basis of continuing education. The Board shall also provide for the certification of specialties, when applicable, provided that up to a maximum of ten (10) credit hours may be granted per recert... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-v/135f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j)›§ 135f - License—Renewal period | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j) › § 135f - License—Renewal period | In order to comply with the periodic renewal procedure established for medical licenses, the Board shall regularly review the qualifications of licensees and establish the following:
(a) At the time of the periodic renewal, the Board shall require that the licensee proves, to its satisfaction, continuity in qualificati... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-v/135g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j)›§ 135g - Rules and regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j) › § 135g - Rules and regulations | The Board shall contract legal services as it deems necessary and fees shall be paid out from Board funds. The Board may also seek, when deemed necessary, the legal assistance of the Secretary of Justice.
The Board shall be empowered to subpoena witnesses and compel their appearance before the Board to take testimonies... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-v/135h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j)›§ 135h - Funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j) › § 135h - Funds | (a) Revenues.— The Board shall be supported by the revenues generated by its activities, including fees, charges and refunds. Said revenues, with the exception of fines, shall be deposited into a special account for the exclusive use of the Board, into which any interest yielded by the deposit of such revenues shall be... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-v/135i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j)›§ 135i - Relationship with the Department of Hea... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j) › § 135i - Relationship with the Department of Health | The Department of Health shall lend administrative support to the Board, to include the areas of human resources and finances.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No. 139, § 40, eff. Jan 1, 2009. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-6/subchapter-v/135j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j)›Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j)›§ 135j - Preemption | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 6 - Medical Discipline and Licensure Board Act (§§ 131 — 135j) › Subchapter V - Final Provisions (§§ 135 — 135j) › § 135j - Preemption | Any law or part thereof, joint resolution or administrative provision that contravenes any provision of this chapter, shall be preempted thereby. Jurisprudential or legal norms not specifically revoked or which do not contravene that which is set forth in this chapter, shall remain in effect.
History —Aug. 1, 2008, No.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/151/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 151 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 151 - Definitions | Whenever used in §§ 151—169 of this title, the following words shall mean:
(a) Chiropractic. — Shall mean the science of the treatment of the human body by means of adjustments and manipulations for the purpose of correcting partial misalignment and subluxation of the spinal column, causing compression on the nerves, t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/152/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 152 - Board—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 152 - Board—Creation | The Board of Chiropractic Examiners of Puerto Rico is hereby created, which shall be composed of three (3) doctors in chiropractic, of recognized ability and moral repute, and who are graduates of a chiropractic school or college accepted by the Chiropractic Association of Puerto Rico.
Each member of the Board, includi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/153/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 153 - Board—Members; appointment and term | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 153 - Board—Members; appointment and term | Upon the effectiveness of this act, the Governor of Puerto Rico shall appoint a Board of Chiropractic Examiners, composed of three (3) doctors in chiropractic who are members of a chiropractic association duly registered in the Department of State of Puerto Rico as a nonprofit chiropractic association. Said appointment... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/154/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 154 - Board—Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 154 - Board—Regulations | The Board shall be empowered to promulgate such regulations as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of §§ 151—169 of this title, provided such regulations are not in conflict with any of the provisions of §§ 151—169 of this title. Such regulations shall have the force of law after being published in at least... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/155/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 155 - Board—Practice of chiropractic | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 155 - Board—Practice of chiropractic | The Board of Examiners shall have charge of the granting of authorization for the practice of the profession of chiropractic in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in accordance with the provisions of §§ 151—169 of this title, through the granting of lifetime licenses.
History —May 15, 1952, No. 493, p. 1062, § 5; May 31, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/156/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 156 - Board—Admission to examinations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 156 - Board—Admission to examinations | Any person shall be admitted to examinations for a license as doctor in chiropractic who establishes, to the satisfaction of the Board, that:
(a) He/she is of age, a citizen of the United States of America and a resident of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for one year prior to the date of application;
(b) he/she is a g... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/157/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 157 - Board—Exemption from examinations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 157 - Board—Exemption from examinations | The Board shall issue a license as chiropractor, without examination, to such persons who on the date that this act takes effect are graduates from a school or college approved by the Chiropractic Association of Puerto Rico and to any other person who also meets such qualifications and proves to the satisfaction of the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/158/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 158 - License—Powers granted | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 158 - License—Powers granted | Any license to practice chiropractic, issued under the provisions of §§ 151—169 of this title, authorizes its holder:
(a) To examine and analyze the human body by means of the use of physical, chemical, electric, thermic or radion [sic] methods, as well as by means of the use of x-rays.
(b) To treat the human body by m... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/159/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 159 - License—Limitations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 159 - License—Limitations | A license to practice chiropractic, issued under the provisions of §§ 151—169 of this title, does not authorize its holder:
(a) To prescribe or administer to any person any medicine or drug; neither
(b) to practice surgery, nor
(c) to practice obstetrics.
History —May 15, 1952, No. 493, p. 1062, § 9. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/160/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 160 - License—Duties of licensees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 160 - License—Duties of licensees | Any holder of a license under the provisions of §§ 151—169 of this title shall be bound to comply with the laws relative to the control of contagious or infectious diseases, and it shall be the duty of such licensee to submit such cases to the Department of Health or to a doctor in medicine duly authorized to practice ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/161/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 161 - License—Fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 161 - License—Fees | The following license fees shall be collected and paid in connection with the provisions of §§ 151—169 of this title:
(a) Issuance of a license: $ 20.00
(b) Examination: $ 15.00
(c) when the candidate has previously failed: $ 10.00. Second examination, or other examination,
History —May 15, 1952, No. 493, p. 1062, § 11... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/162/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 162 - Powers of Board and members; date of meetings and examinations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 162 - Powers of Board and members; date of meetings and examinations | The Board shall have the following powers, duties and rights:
(1) It shall hold meetings as many times as it may deem it necessary.
(2) It shall hold examinations at least once a year, at the place and on the date it may deem most convenient. Such examinations shall be conducted in such manner as the Board may by regul... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/163/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 163 - Licenses—Registration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 163 - Licenses—Registration | The Secretary of State shall enter in a record book the number and date of each license issued by the Board, the complete name of the authorized person, the place and date of his birth, and any other information which the Board may deem necessary. The production of this book in a court of justice shall be prima facie e... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/164/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 164 - Licenses—Duplicates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 164 - Licenses—Duplicates | Upon proof, by evidence satisfactory to the Board, that a license has been lost, stolen, defaced or destroyed, the Board may, upon payment of a fee of five dollars ($5), issue a duplicate of the original license.
History —May 15, 1952, No. 493, p. 1062, § 14. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/165/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033)›Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169)›§ 165 - Licenses—Collected funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 165 - Licenses—Collected funds | All fees shall be paid by means of vouchers issued in the internal revenue collectors’ offices, for the equivalent of the fees or amounts concerned. Only the fees paid by those candidates who fail to comply with the requirements of law for securing a license may be returned.
History —May 15, 1952, No. 493, p. 1062, § 1... |
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