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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/166/ | 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)›§ 166 - Licenses—Cancellation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 166 - Licenses—Cancellation | Licenses for the practice of chiropractic may be temporarily or permanently cancelled or annulled by the Board after a hearing is held and the repondent is given an opportunity to be heard in his defense. Licenses may be annulled or cancelled for the following reasons, among others:
(1) For immoral conduct.
(2) For man... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/167/ | 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)›§ 167 - Violations and penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 167 - Violations and penalties | Any person who violates any of the provisions of §§ 151—169 of this title or who practices as a chiropractor anywhere in Puerto Rico without holding a license issued in accordance with the terms of §§ 151—169 of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in a court of justice, shall be punished f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/168/ | 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)›§ 168 - Authorization to sign documents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 168 - Authorization to sign documents | Doctors in chiropractic, duly authorized to practice the profession of chiropractic in Puerto Rico, as provided in §§ 151—169 of this title, may execute and sign any legal document or certificate incidental to the practice of chiropractic.
History —May 15, 1952, No. 493, p. 1062, § 18. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-7/169/ | 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)›§ 169 - Registration with Health Department | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 7 - Board of Chiropractic Examiners (§§ 151 — 169) › § 169 - Registration with Health Department | Any person obtaining a license from the Board of Examiners of Chiropractors in Puerto Rico shall, within thirty (30) days after issuance thereof, have said license recorded in the Department of Health of Puerto Rico, where a register shall be kept for the purpose.
History —May 15, 1952, No. 493, p. 1062, § 19. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/171/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 171 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 171 - Definitions | For purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings stated below:
(a) Board. — Means the Puerto Rico Board of Examiners of Massage Therapists.
(b) Massage therapist. — Is a person who meets all the requirements of this chapter and has been duly certified by the Board to practice massag... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/172/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 172 - Puerto Rico Board of Examiners of Massage Therapists | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 172 - Puerto Rico Board of Examiners of Massage Therapists | (a) Creation.— The Puerto Rico Board of Examiners of Massage Therapists is hereby created, which shall enforce and oversee compliance with this chapter. This Board shall be attached to the Office for the Regulation and Certification of Health Professionals of the Department of Health. The Board is hereby authorized to ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/173/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 173 - License—Requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 173 - License—Requirements | Any person who requests a massage therapist license pursuant to this chapter shall submit evidence, verified by oath and to the satisfaction of the Board, proving his/her compliance of the following requirements:
(a) Be over eighteen (18) years of age.
(b) Be a citizen of the United States or a legal resident.
(c) Show... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/174/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 174 - License—Renewal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 174 - License—Renewal | The license shall be renewed every three (3) years. The following requirements shall be met for the renewal of the license:
(a) Filing a request to the Board on the form provided by it.
(b) Present a current certificate of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and first aid.
(c) Present a Negative Certificate of Penal Re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/175/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 175 - License—Inactive | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 175 - License—Inactive | Any massage therapist who, for any reason, no longer wishes to actively practice the profession, may turn in the license as inactive to the Board, if so desired, prior to the expiration date thereof.
No massage therapist whose license has been surrendered to the Board may practice the profession until the following req... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/176/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 176 - Massage business—Registration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 176 - Massage business—Registration | A massage business must be registered in the Department of Health pursuant to the stipulations stated in this section. The applicant shall present a certificate issued by the Deputy Secretary of Regulations and Certification of Health Facilities. Said certification shall include the following:
(a) The name and address ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/177/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 177 - Massage business—Legal actions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 177 - Massage business—Legal actions | All massage businesses shall notify the Department of Health, in writing, of any legal action (civil or criminal) related to the operation of the massage business, its owner, employees, officials, directors, or any salaried personnel, within ten (10) days after the massage business, its owner, employees, officials, dir... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/178/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 178 - License—Denial of renewal, suspension | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 178 - License—Denial of renewal, suspension | The Board may deny, renewal, suspend or revoke a license, of its own accord (motu propio) or at the request of a party, upon filing of the charges, and an administrative hearing, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, to any massage therapist who:
(a) Fails to meet the requirements to obtain a licens... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/179/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 179 - License—Right to reconsideration and appeal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 179 - License—Right to reconsideration and appeal | The renewal of a license or certification cannot be denied, suspended or revoked for the reasons indicated in the previous sections without prior written notification, nor the offer of an opportunity for a formal hearing regarding said denial, suspension or revocation. The notification to such purposes shall be issued ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/180/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 180 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 180 - Penalties | Any person who practices the profession of massage therapist without the corresponding license, or who employs another person who does not hold a license for such practice shall incur a misdemeanor and shall be sanctioned with imprisonment for a term that shall not exceed six (6) months, or a fine that shall not exceed... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/181/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 181 - Prohibited practices | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 181 - Prohibited practices | The following situations shall serve as the grounds upon which the disciplinary measures set forth in § 178 of this title may be taken against a massage therapist, pursuant to this chapter:
(a) To attempt to obtain a license to practice as a massage therapist through bribery or misrepresentation.
(b) To have been found... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/182/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 182 - Disciplinary measures | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 182 - Disciplinary measures | If the Board should find that a massage therapist has incurred one or more of the abovementioned faults [in § 181 of this title], it may impose one or more of the following disciplinary measures:
(a) Deny the license to the applicant.
(b) Revoke and/or suspend his/her license. Any person whose license has been suspende... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/183/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 183 - License—Exhibition and/or display | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 183 - License—Exhibition and/or display | Every massage therapists and provisionally licensed practitioner shall conspicuously display their certificate of registration or license with their photograph in their office, cubicle or in the workplace or business. The title granted by the certification or license may be abbreviated as LMT (TML, in Spanish).
History... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/184/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 184 - Grandfather clause | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 184 - Grandfather clause | As of the date on which this act takes effect, up to one (1) year after, when its effectiveness shall expire automatically, any person who applies for a massage therapist license shall receive it once the Board approves the application, if the following requirements are met:
(a) Be eighteen (18) years of age or older.
... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/185/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 185 - Provisional license | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 185 - Provisional license | Any person who does not meet the education requirements provided by the Board, but who meets all other requirements, may obtain a non-renewable temporary two (2) year license that allows him/her to continue practicing the massage therapist profession during this period of time, while he/she completes studies of not les... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/186/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 186 - Reciprocity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 186 - Reciprocity | The Board is hereby authorized to establish reciprocity agreements on:
(a) The granting of licenses without examination directly with several states or territories of the United States, or any foreign country in which substantially similar requirements to those set forth in this chapter, are required to obtain a massag... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-8/187/ | 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 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187)›§ 187 - Exceptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 8 - Massage Therapy (§§ 171 — 187) › § 187 - Exceptions | Excluded from the requirements of this chapter, shall be the practice of massage within osteopathic medicine, physical therapy, naturopathy, or any other branch of medicine in which the practice of massage has been regulated by law, provided this is within the context of the regular medical treatment, and not as part o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203 - Board of Examiners—Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203 - Board of Examiners—Definitions | For purposes of §§ 203—203r of this title the following terms have the meaning expressed hereinbelow:
(a) Nursing. — The science and the art of caring for the health of the individual, the family and the community. Its field of action is the promotion and maintenance of health, prevention of illness and participation i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203a/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203a - Board of Examiners—Organization | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203a - Board of Examiners—Organization | (a) The Board of Female and Male Nurse Examiners attached to the Department of Health is hereby reorganized. The Board and the Department of Health shall establish the consultation and coordination mechanisms and shall adopt the necessary agreements to carry out their respective functions related to the regulation and ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203b/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203b - Board of Examiners—Appointment and qualifications | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203b - Board of Examiners—Appointment and qualifications | (a) When this act becomes effective, the Governor shall appoint the Board members as follows: four (4) members for a term of three (3) years, and three (3) for a term of two (2) years. Subsequent appointments shall be for a term of three (3) years. When vacancies arise before the end of a term, the Governor of Puerto R... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203c/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203c - Board of Examiners—Removal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203c - Board of Examiners—Removal | The Governor of Puerto Rico may remove any member of the Board from office for noncompliance with his duties, inefficiency, incompetence, incapacity to carry out his functions, for conviction for a felony or misdemeanor that implies moral [depravity] or for any other justified cause.
History —Oct. 11, 1987, No. 9, p. 9... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203d/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203d - Board of Examiners—Per diems and travel expenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203d - Board of Examiners—Per diems and travel expenses | The members of the Board shall be entitled to per diems of fifty dollars ($50) per day or fraction thereof that they attend meetings of the Board. They shall be entitled to the payment expenses for miles travelled as provided by the regulations of the Department of the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Payme... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203e/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203e - Board of Examiners—Meetings and quorum | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203e - Board of Examiners—Meetings and quorum | The Board shall hold a meeting in the month of July of each year during which a chairperson and any other officials that are needed shall be elected from among the members. It shall hold meetings at least four (4) times a year or as many times as necessary to carry out its functions upon being summoned by the chairpers... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203f/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203f - Board of Examiners—Faculties and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203f - Board of Examiners—Faculties and duties | The Board shall have the following faculties and duties:
(a) It shall use an official seal for the processing of the licenses and other documents issued by the Board.
(b) It shall adopt the necessary regulations to carry out the provisions of §§ 203—203r of this title, after holding public hearings and publishing a not... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203g/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203g - Board of Examiners—Disciplinary measures | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203g - Board of Examiners—Disciplinary measures | The Board shall provide by regulations the sanctions corresponding to each violation established within the terms of this section. The Board is hereby empowered to hold hearings for the purpose of elucidating charges of violations of §§ 203—203r of this title on its own initiative, or through a complaint filed by the i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203h/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203h - Mental unfitness | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203h - Mental unfitness | Any mentally unfit female or male nurse may be suspended from practicing the nursing profession as long as said condition exists. Provided, That all his rights to practice nursing shall be restored when his treatment and rehabilitation is ascertained through expert opinion.
History —Oct. 11, 1987, No. 9, p. 956, § 10, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203i/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203i - Proceedings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203i - Proceedings | The proceedings against any person shall be initiated by filing a complaint sworn before the Board by any natural or juridical person or legally constituted entity. Once the complaint is filed before the Board, it shall determine if it will or will not take action on the charges that are filed. The person against whom ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203j/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203j - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203j - Penalties | (a) It shall be considered as a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be sanctioned with a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a term not greater than thirty (30) days, or both penalties at the discretion of the court, if any person:
(1) Practices n... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203k/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203k - Application for license and right to nursing examination—Generally | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203k - Application for license and right to nursing examination—Generally | (a) Any person who files an application for a license to practice nursing in Puerto Rico shall submit an official written certification to the Board indicating that he/she has completed the requirements of a nursing program at an educational institution recognized or accredited by the Council on Higher Education, or by... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203l/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203l - Application for license and right to nursing examination—Persons with licenses from other p... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203l - Application for license and right to nursing examination—Persons with licenses from other places or countries | Every person authorized to practice nursing in the United States of America, the District of Columbia or a foreign country and is interested in practicing nursing in Puerto Rico shall take the revalidation examination offered by the Board. In order to obtain the license that authorizes him to practice nursing in Puerto... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203m/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203m - Application for license and right to nursing examination—Examinations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203m - Application for license and right to nursing examination—Examinations | The Board shall offer revalidation examinations for the practice of nursing twice a year, pursuant to the norms established by its regulations for these purposes. The examination shall be prepared, taking into account the following rationale requirements:
(1) That it be designed for the purpose for which it is going to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203n/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203n - Application for license and right to nursing examination—Provisional license | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203n - Application for license and right to nursing examination—Provisional license | Every person admitted to the examination for the first time under the previous sections shall be entitled to be issued a provisional license by the Board to practice nursing in Puerto Rico pursuant to the provisions of §§ 203—203r of this title. The candidate shall pay the sum of ten dollars ($10) by a certified check,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203o/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203o - Application for license and right to nursing examination—As specialist | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203o - Application for license and right to nursing examination—As specialist | (a) Every person who files an application before the Board to practice as a specialized female or male nurse shall submit written evidence of having completed studies in the specialty he or she is requesting pursuant to the provisions of §§ 203—203r of this title and shall not have to submit to the examination requirem... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203p/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203p - Application for certification as specialist | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203p - Application for certification as specialist | (a) Every female or male nurse who holds evidence of studies and practice to work in a specialized area pursued at an institution of higher learning accredited or recognized by the Council on Higher Education of Puerto Rico shall be recognized by the Board according to the criteria and requirements established in its r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203q/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203q - Registration and recertification | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203q - Registration and recertification | (a) Every three (3) years, every person who possesses a license to practice nursing shall recertify his license pursuant to the laws in effect in Puerto Rico.
(b) Every female or male nurse must complete the application for Registry of Health Professionals of the Department of Health of Puerto Rico as provided by §§ 30... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-9/203r/ | 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 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r)›§ 203r - Penalty for not recertifying | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 9 - Board of Nurse Examiners (§§ 191 — 203r) › § 203r - Penalty for not recertifying | Every person authorized to practice nursing who has not recertified his license must pay the sum of ten dollars ($10) as penalty, besides the corresponding fee, through a bank or postal money order or certified check drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico. The funds thus collected shall be c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211 - Creation | Professional nurses authorized by the Board of Nurse Examiners of Puerto Rico are hereby empowered to practice as such in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and to constitute themselves into a legal entity under the name of “College of Nursing Professionals of Puerto Rico”. The official domicile of the College shall be de... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211a/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211a - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211a - Definitions | For the purposes of §§ 211—211n of this title, the terms listed below shall have the meaning herein expressed:
(a) College. — The College of Nursing Professionals of Puerto Rico established by §§ 211—211n of this title.
(b) Female nurse or male nurse. — Any person authorized by the Board of Female and Male Nurse Examin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211b/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211b - Powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211b - Powers | The College shall have the power to:
(a) Subsist in perpetuity under that name; to sue and be sued as an [juridical] person.
(b) Possess and use a seal which it can alter at will.
(c) Adopt its internal bylaws, which shall be binding on all its members and to amend it in the form and under the requirements established ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211c/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211c - Members | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211c - Members | All female nurses and male nurses, according to the categories defined in §§ 203—203r of this title, who have been authorized by the Board of Female and Male Nurse Examiners of Puerto Rico to practice as such in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and who comply with the duties of §§ 211—211n of this title and the bylaws a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211d/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211d - Membership required | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211d - Membership required | No person may practice the nursing profession in Puerto Rico, as defined in §§ 203—203r of this title, if he/she is not affiliated to the College. Any person who practices the profession not being a member of the College shall be subject to the penalties provided in §§ 211—211n of this title.
History —June 1, 1973, No.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211e/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211e - Organization | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211e - Organization | The College shall be governed first, by its General Assembly, and second by its Governing Board.
History —June 1, 1973, No. 82, p. 367, § 5, eff. 90 days after June 1, 1973. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211f/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211f - Governing Board, composition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211f - Governing Board, composition | The College officials shall constitute the Board of Governors. The General Assembly shall determine, through the adoption of bylaws, its composition, internal organization and the terms of office of its components.
History —June 1, 1973, No. 82, p. 367, § 6; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 306, § 6. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211g/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211g - Regulation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211g - Regulation | The College bylaws shall provide for everything necessary to its internal operation including that concerning the functions and duties of its officers and other college members and of all its bodies; calls, dates, quorum, form and requirements of the general assemblies and meetings of the Governing Board, as well as it... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211h/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211h - Dues | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211h - Dues | College members shall pay a fee every year on the date or in the manner established in the bylaws, and they shall be fixed by the provisions of the Regular Annual Assembly of the College. The quorum prescribed in the bylaws to modify the annual fees shall be as required by the assembly for amendments to the bylaws. Pro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211i/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211i - Obligation of all employers to require compulsory evidence of annual College membership | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211i - Obligation of all employers to require compulsory evidence of annual College membership | Any female nurse or male nurse who in the practice of his/her profession works for the federal government (with the exception of those agencies or institutions of the federal government to whom the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico do not apply by express provision of the law), or for the Commonwealth or municipa... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211l-a/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211l-a - Suspension for failure to pay | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211l-a - Suspension for failure to pay | Any member of the College who fails to pay his/her dues on the regulatory date shall not be entitled to vote. The debtor shall be deemed as a passive member of the College for a maximum term of thirty (30) days during which the College shall notify said person in writing by certified mail indicating that he/she:
(a) Is... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211l-b/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211l-b - Injunctions against illegal acts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211l-b - Injunctions against illegal acts | The College shall have the power to solicit that the court issue an injunction, a writ of prohibition or any other pertinent interlocutory order to cease and desist from committing acts or practices against the provisions of §§ 211—211n of this title.
Said order may also be solicited against any natural or juridical pe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211m/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211m - Representation of members | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211m - Representation of members | The College hereby established shall assume the representation of all College members and shall have the authority to speak on their behalf and as their representative according to the terms established in §§ 211—211n of this title and the bylaws to be approved and the decisions adopted by the College members in the re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-10/211n/ | 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 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n)›§ 211n - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 10 - College of Nursing Professionals (§§ 211 — 211n) › § 211n - Penalties | Any person who practices the Nursing profession in Puerto Rico in any of the categories described in §§ 203—203r of this title, without being a duly registered member of the College; any natural or juridical person who helps, facilitates or employs a non-member of the College of female or male nurses and any person who... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235 - Constitution | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235 - Constitution | The [male and female practical nurses] are hereby authorized to practice as such in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to constitute themselves as a juridical entity or quasi-public corporation under the name of College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Puerto Rico; provided, that the majority of said persons do so resolve ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235a/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235a - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235a - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms listed hereinafter shall have the meanings expressed below:
(a) College. — The College of Licensed Practical Nursing of Puerto Rico created by this chapter.
(b) Licensed practical nursing. — A male or female person engaged in performing and practicing selective activities in ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235b/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235b - Powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235b - Powers | The College shall have the authority to:
(a) Subsist in perpetuity under that name and sue and be sued as a juridical person.
(b) Possess and use a seal which it can alter at will.
(c) Adopt its bylaws which shall be binding on all its members and to amend them in the form and under the requirements enacted therein.
(d... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235c/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235c - Members | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235c - Members | All practical female and male nurses legally authorized by the Examining Board to practice as such in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and who comply with the duties provided by this chapter and the regulations approved by the College may be members of the College.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 86, p. 330, § 4, eff. 90 day... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235d/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235d - Mandatory membership | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235d - Mandatory membership | After the first meeting of the Governing Board of the College, no male or female practical nurse who is not a member of the College shall practice this profession in Puerto Rico, and if he/she should so practice, shall be subject to the penalties established herein after.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 86, p. 330, § 5; Jul... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235e/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235e - Government | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235e - Government | The College shall be governed first by its General Assembly, and second by its Governing Board.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 86, p. 330, § 6, eff. 90 days after July 2, 1987. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235f/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235f - Governing Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235f - Governing Board | The officers of the College shall constitute the College Governing Board which shall consist of a president, a first vice president, a second vice president, a secretary, a treasurer and eight (8) board members, one for each senate district.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 86, p. 330, § 7; July 20, 2005, No. 26, § 6. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235g/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235g - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235g - Regulations | The regulations of the College shall provide for all in regard of its internal operations including that which concerns the functions and duties of all its bodies, calls, dates, quorum, forms and requirements of the general assemblies and sessions of the Governing Board as well as its powers and duties; budget or inves... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235h/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235h - Annual dues—Determination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235h - Annual dues—Determination | Each year, the members shall pay fees on the date or in the manner established in the regulations, which shall be fixed by the Regular Assembly of the College. The quorum prescribed by regulations to fix fees shall be established by regulations.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 86, p. 330, § 9; July 20, 2005, No. 26, § 8. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235i/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235i - Annual dues—Nonpayment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235i - Annual dues—Nonpayment | Any member who fails to pay his/her fees shall be considered as a passive member without right to voice nor vote for a period of time that shall be established in the regulations, and once this period is over, he shall be suspended as a College member after prior notice to the Examining Board but can be reinstated upon... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235j/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235j - Representation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235j - Representation | The College herein established shall assume the representation of all College members and shall have the authority to speak on their behalf and in their representation pursuant to the terms of this chapter and the regulations to be approved, and shall implement the decisions adopted by the College members in the annual... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-11a/235k/ | 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 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k)›§ 235k - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 11A - College of Licensed Practical Nursing (§§ 235 — 235k) › § 235k - Penalties | Any person who practices the profession of practical licensed nurse in Puerto Rico without being duly registered as a College member and every person who acts or advertises as such without being duly licensed by the Board of Examiners, shall incur a misdemeanor and shall be punished with a fine of not less than two hun... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/241/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 241 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 241 - Definitions | (1) Physical therapy or physiotherapy. — Treatment of any disability, injury, illness or other condition of health, or the prevention of such disability, injury, illness or other condition of health in the human being, and his rehabilitation, by the use of the physical, chemical and other properties, of heat or cold, l... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/242/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 242 - License required | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 242 - License required | No person shall practice or offer to practice as a physical therapist or as a physical therapist assistant in Puerto Rico, nor shall practice as a physical therapist assistant unless he holds a license under this chapter; Provided, however, That nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent a person from practicing t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/243/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 243 - Board of Physical Therapy—Establishment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 243 - Board of Physical Therapy—Establishment | A Board of Physical Therapy is hereby established, to be composed of seven (7) members, to wit: four (4) physiotherapists and the Secretary of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the person on whom he may delegate, and two (2) assistant physical therapists. The four (4) physiotherapists and the two (2) assista... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/244/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 244 - Board of Physical Therapy—Powers and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 244 - Board of Physical Therapy—Powers and duties | The following shall be the powers and duties of the Board:
(1) It shall evaluate all applications received for the practice of the profession of physical therapist or physiotherapist and of physical therapist assistant, hold examinations, grant licenses to physical therapists and to physical therapist assistants comply... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/245/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 245 - License—Application | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 245 - License—Application | Every physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, citizen of the United States of North America, who desires that a license be issued to him to practice his profession in Puerto Rico, shall fill in the blank form which the Board shall furnish him for such purpose. Such blank form shall be accompanied by a fee o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/246/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 246 - License—Examinations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 246 - License—Examinations | The Board shall hold a theoretical and practical examination to test the knowledge of the candidate fulfilling the requirements of § 245 of this title. The subject matter to be covered by the examination for physical therapist or physiotherapist shall include anatomy, chemistry, kinesiology, pathology, physics, psychol... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/247/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 247 - License—After examination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 247 - License—After examination | The Board shall grant a license to each physical therapist and physical therapist assistant passing the examination according to the standards fixed thereby, provided such physical therapist or physical therapist assistant is not affected by any of the conditions set forth in § 252 of this title.
History —June 29, 1962... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/249/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 249 - License—Special | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 249 - License—Special | (1) Physiotherapist license. — A special physiotherapist’s license shall be granted without examination to persons having a diploma or certificate of graduate nurse, who have been practicing physical therapy in the Government of Puerto Rico for a period of not less than five (5) years and who are holding a position as ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/250/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 250 - License—Provisional | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 250 - License—Provisional | The Board shall issue provisional licenses without examination to:
(1) Physiotherapists meeting the requirements established in § 245 of this title who present satisfactory evidence of the fact that they are in Puerto Rico temporarily to render services of an emergency nature, or for educational purposes. In such cases... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/251a/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 251a - License—Reciprocity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 251a - License—Reciprocity | The Board shall have authority to establish a system of reciprocity and, in this case, it may issue physical therapist or physiotherapist or physical therapist assistant licenses to any person who presents evidence before the Board that he has been duly licensed to practice as such, upon examination by a competent orga... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/252/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 252 - License—Denial, suspension, or revocation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 252 - License—Denial, suspension, or revocation | The Board may suspend or revoke a physical therapist or physiotherapist or physical therapist assistant license and refuse to grant it as well, upon notice and hearing, to any person who:
(1) Practices physical therapy without the prescription therefor of a physician authorized to practice medicine in Puerto Rico.
(2) ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/253/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 253 - Fees and expenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 253 - Fees and expenses | All fees collected by the Board shall be paid in internal revenue stamps, checks or in cash and shall be covered into the Health Fund.
History —June 29, 1962, No. 114, p. 337, § 13; Apr. 10, 1963, No. 5, p. 9. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/254/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 254 - Undue use of certain terms, words and phrases | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 254 - Undue use of certain terms, words and phrases | Any person not granted a license to practice as physical therapist or physiotherapist in Puerto Rico by the Board, posing as, or holding himself out to be a physical therapist, or using the words Physical Therapist, Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy Technician, Physical Therapy-Technician, Registered Physical Therapist or... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-12/255/ | 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 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256)›§ 255 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 12 - Physiotherapists (§§ 241 — 256) › § 255 - Penalties | (1) Any person violating §§ 242 or 254 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or by imprisonment in jail for a term of not more than one (1) year, or by both penalties, [at] the discretion of the court, f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281 - Definitions | For the purposes of §§ 281—281p of this title, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning set forth hereinbelow:
(a) Clinical analysis. — Shall mean the use of laboratory techniques in order to obtain scientific information which may be used in the diagnosis, treatment, control or prevention of disease.
(b)... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281a/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281a - Board of Examiners—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281a - Board of Examiners—Creation | The Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists of Puerto Rico is hereby created, which shall be attached to the Regulations and Certification Office of Health Professionals of the Department.
The Board shall be composed of five (5) medical technologists appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, wit... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281b/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281b - Board of Examiners—Members; requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281b - Board of Examiners—Members; requirements | The members of the Board shall be persons over twenty-one (21) years of age, citizens of the United States of America and residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. They shall, likewise, hold a medical technology license duly recertified in accordance with the laws of Puerto Rico, have practiced actively as medical ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281c/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281c - Board of Examiners—Members; vacancies and dismissals | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281c - Board of Examiners—Members; vacancies and dismissals | Any vacancy that arises on the Board before the expiration of the term of appointment of the member that causes it shall be filled in the same way that the former member was appointed for the remainder of his/her term.
The Governor of Puerto Rico may dismiss any member of the Board after due filing of charges, notice a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281d/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281d - Board of Examiners—Per diems | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281d - Board of Examiners—Per diems | The members of the Board shall be entitled to per diems of fifty dollars ($50) for each day or fraction thereof that they attend the meetings of the Board. They shall also be entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses necessarily incurred to carry out their functions in accordance with the applicable regulations of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281e/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281e - Board of Examiners—Quorum; bylaws; officers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281e - Board of Examiners—Quorum; bylaws; officers | Three (3) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and a vacancy or the absence of two (2) of its members shall not affect the faculty of the three (3) remaining members to exercise all the powers and functions delegated to the Board. All agreements of the Board shall be made by simple majority vote of the member... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281f/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281f - Board of Examiners—Powers and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281f - Board of Examiners—Powers and duties | In addition to any other faculties and duties provided in §§ 281—281p of this title, the Board shall have the following faculties and duties:
(a) Authorize the practice of the profession of medical technologist in Puerto Rico in accordance with the provisions of §§ 281—281p of this title.
(b) Prepare, evaluate, and adm... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281g/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281g - Revalidation examination—Requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281g - Revalidation examination—Requirements | Any person who wishes to practice the profession of medical technologist in Puerto Rico must apply for and pass a revalidation examination. In order to qualify for the revalidation examination, the person must:
(a) Be of legal age and have resided uninterruptedly in Puerto Rico for a minimum term of six (6) months.
(b)... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281h/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281h - Revalidation examination—Failure | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281h - Revalidation examination—Failure | Any person who, as of the effective date of this act, fails to pass the revalidation examination on three (3) different occasions cannot submit to a new examination until he/she presents attesting evidence to the Board that he/she has taken and approved the corresponding course or courses, after his particular situatio... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281i/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281i - License—Issuance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281i - License—Issuance | The Board shall issue a license to authorize the practice of the profession of medical technologist in Puerto Rico to every person who passes the revalidation examination and has completed one year of public service as required in Act No. 79 of June 28, 1978.
History —Aug. 11, 1988, No. 167, p. 733, § 11. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281j/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281j - License—Fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281j - License—Fees | The following fees shall be paid through a mail or bank money order, or certified check, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Treasury:
(a) Revalidation examination and license $ 50.00 (b) License by reciprocity 100.00 (c) Reexamination 50.00 (d) Duplicate license 15.00 (e) Recertification 50.00
The funds generat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281k/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281k - License—Denial | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281k - License—Denial | The Board may deny a license to practice the profession of medical technologist to any person who:
(1) Tries to obtain a license by means of fraud or deceit; or
(2) does not meet the requirements established in §§ 281—281p of this title for the granting of a license; or
(3) has been found mentally incompetent by a cour... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281l/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281l - License—Suspension, cancellation or revocation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281l - License—Suspension, cancellation or revocation | The Board may suspend, cancel or revoke the license after due notice of charges and an administrative hearing, of any medical technologist who:
(a) Has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor implying moral turpitude and it is shown that the crime for which he/she was convicted is substantially related to the quali... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281m/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281m - Disciplinary sanctions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281m - Disciplinary sanctions | The Board may, after due notice and administrative hearing, censure and admonish any medical technologist who:
(a) Reveals data identifying a patient when it is obtained during the course of a physician-patient relationship, without the prior authorization of the patient, except when legally required or authorized.
(b)... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281n/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281n - Administrative and judicial procedures | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281n - Administrative and judicial procedures | Whenever the Board determines that the denial, suspension or revocation of a license is in order, or it determines that a medical technologist must be admonished or censured, it shall so notify the person concerned in writing by certified mail with acknowledgment of receipt, specifying the causes or reasons therefor. T... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281o/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281o - Reciprocity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281o - Reciprocity | The Board may establish [reciprocity] concerning the granting of licenses without examination with those entities of the United States of America that grant licenses through examination, but who impose requirements equivalent to those established in §§ 281—281p of this title to obtain a medical technologist’s license.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-13/281p/ | 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 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p)›§ 281p - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 13 - Board of Examiners of Medical Technologists (§§ 261 — 281p) › § 281p - Penalties | Any person who incurs a misdemeanor shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, for:
(a) Engaging in the practice as medical technolo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-16/321/ | 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 16 - Regulation of the Practice of Histology (§§ 321 — 340)›§ 321 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 16 - Regulation of the Practice of Histology (§§ 321 — 340) › § 321 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning expressed below:
(a) Histology. — The science that studies and through which are conducted the processes for fixing, dehydrating, clearing and impregnating in paraffin, human tissue samples for the inclusion, cutting and mounting of ultrathin ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-16/322/ | 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 16 - Regulation of the Practice of Histology (§§ 321 — 340)›§ 322 - Board—Creation and terms | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 16 - Regulation of the Practice of Histology (§§ 321 — 340) › § 322 - Board—Creation and terms | The Board of Examiners of Histologic Technicians and Histotechnologists is hereby created, attached to the Department of Health. Said Board shall be constituted by five (5) members who shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate. One (1) of the members shall be a physicia... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twenty/chapter-16/323/ | 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 16 - Regulation of the Practice of Histology (§§ 321 — 340)›§ 323 - Board—Requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY - Examining Boards and Professional Colleges (§§ 1 — 6033) › Chapter 16 - Regulation of the Practice of Histology (§§ 321 — 340) › § 323 - Board—Requirements | The members of the Board must be over twenty-one (21) years of age, citizens of the United States of America and residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for a period of not less than three (3) years before being appointed. They must have the necessary academic preparation, have been admitted to the practice of the... |
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