P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 613
(a) For the purposes of Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”, the University personnel shall comprise the following university positions: the President, the Director of Finance, the Auditor, the Chancellors of institutional units, the Deans, the Director of the Agricultural Extension Service, the Director of the Agricultural Experimental Station, the Director of the University Enterprises, the Director of the University Publishing House, the Director of Lands and Buildings, the assistants of the various officials, the Librarians and Library Assistants, the members of the teaching staff of the University of Puerto Rico, including all its colleges, schools, faculties and dependencies; the personnel engaged in scientific, historical, literary and art research and their assistants; the technical personnel of the University; the professional and supervisory personnel concerned with the various services provided for the professors and the students as certified by the chancellors of the institutional units; and the bona fide students of said institution who are part-time employees of the University or of any agency of the Government of Puerto Rico. The university personnel of the University of Puerto Rico shall also include the personnel not included in the foregoing categories as heretofore or hereafter specified by the President and the chancellors, as pertinent.
(b) The University personnel appointed prior to the effectiveness of this act shall acquire permanency, when otherwise entitled thereto, in accord with the time and periods of service provided in § 16 of Act No. 135 of May 7, 1942, as amended, or according to the General University Regulations adopted hereunder, whichever may be more advantageous.
(c) No member of the University personnel whose appointment is of a permanent nature, may be removed without previously having had charges brought against him/her and being given the opportunity to defend him/herself. However, should the best interests of the university require it, the President of the University and the chancellor of each institutional unit may suspend any member of the university personnel ascribed to the office of the President or to the institutional unit, respectively, from employment and salary until the charges against said person have been discussed, without prejudice to the appeal resources granted in this chapter.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, § 14, renumbered as § 13 and amended on Aug. 7, 1998, No. 186, § 10.