P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 614
(a) The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meaning, save where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) University. — Shall mean the University of Puerto Rico.
(2) Council. — Shall mean the Higher Education Council established by this chapter.
(3) University personnel. — Shall mean the teaching, technical and administrative staff of the University.
(4) Teaching personnel. — Shall mean the personnel engaged in teaching, scientific research and technical publication, or all three of them, and professional librarians. Provided, That social workers, psychologists and professional counselors shall be deemed as teaching personnel, except with regard to the Agricultural Extension Service and the Experiment Station personnel, in which case “teaching personnel” shall be deemed to be what the Council provides pursuant to § 603(a)(2) of this title.
(5) Technical and administrative personnel. — Shall mean the University personnel not included under the definition of teaching personnel.
(6) Institutional unit. — Shall mean each one of the autonomous administrative and academic units of the university system constituted by colleges, faculties, schools, services and other dependencies.
(7) Faculty. — Shall mean the dean and the teaching personnel attached to a college or to a school not a part of a college.
(8) Department. — Shall mean an academic and administrative division within a college or a faculty.
(9) Consultation. — Shall mean reciprocal communication between the official or body making it and the official or body consulted, as determined by the Council, and not involving the taking of a vote.
(10) Intramural university practice plan. — Shall mean those programs established by the institutional units pursuant to the Regulations approved by the Board of Trustees, to offer services through contracts, to public and private persons and institutions, using the teaching and the supporting personnel that participate voluntarily, generating resources for the institution and the participating personnel.
History —Jan. 20, 1966, No. 1, p. 85, § 15; Aug. 12, 1996, No. 128, § 1; Aug. 31, 1996, No. 174, § 2.