P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 1432
Every participant shall meet the following minimum requirements to be eligible to enter the Administration:
(a) Must be between the ages of fourteen (14) to twenty-nine (29) at the time of participating in the programs to be offered by the Administration, with the exception of participants in special projects for workers and/or persons with disabilities.
(b) To require advanced or specialized training or retraining that will give him a real opportunity of finding a job in the labor market.
(c) To require education, training and guidance to be able to obtain and keep a significant job, to participate successfully in the regular educational programs or to qualify for other training programs.
(d) To have the necessary aptitudes and aspirations to complete and obtain the benefits and services of the Administration, and not be affected by medical or psychological problems of such nature that would prevent him/her from meeting the requirements of behavior, discipline, work and successful participation in the group activities required by the Administration.
(e) To meet any other requirement or condition which is provided by regulations and be committed to comply with the rules and norms thereof.
Subject to the basic requirement indicated above, the Administrator shall prepare and submit for the approval of the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, the regulations on the criteria for eligibility, as well as the procedures for the admission and suspension of the individual components of the Administration.
The Administrator shall likewise adopt the norms and selection guidelines for the participants upon consultation with entities and organizations such as professional or labor groups, public employment agencies, community action bodies or individuals.
No participant shall be selected as such unless there is a reasonable possibility that he/she shall participate successfully in group activities and shall behave in a way that is compatible with the proper functioning of the Administration.
In the selection of the Administration’s participants there shall be no discrimination whatsoever by reason of race, color, sex, birth, origin or social condition or political or religious convictions.
There shall be no discrimination against a participant with a physical disability for said condition when the same does not constitute a limitation to participate in the Administration’s activities.
History —June 23, 1985, No. 1, p. 595, § 9; Aug. 13, 1990, No. 34, p. 133, § 2; Dec. 18, 1991, No. 97, art. 15, § 3; Aug. 6, 1999, No. 224, § 13.