P.R. Laws tit. 15, § 572
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Camp training. — Training in which the athlete is lodged in a facility for prolonged periods of time under a rigorous daily routine and a program to train for competition.
(b) Athletes. — Those persons identified and recommended by COPUR and approved by the Board to draw from the Fund created hereunder, and those approved by the Board upon assessment of their merits and presentation of their credentials in international competitions.
(c) Department. — The Sports and Recreation Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) Director. — The executive official responsible for directing and administering the Fund and the Board for the Development of Full-Time High Performance Puerto Rican Athletes created by this chapter.
(e) Trial competitions. — Competition circuits the purpose of which is to allow athletes to compete against other athletes of a similar or higher caliber.
(f) Fund. — The Fund and the Board for the Development of Full-Time High Performance Puerto Rican Athletes created by this chapter.
(g) Board. — The dependency of the Department established in Section 3 of this Act, for the purpose of coordinating and expediting programs, activities and services to propitiate the development and strengthening of Puerto Rican athletes, among others.
(h) Secretary. — The Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department of Puerto Rico.
(i) COPUR. — The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee.
(j) High performance trainer. — A specialized technician who employs his/her methodological, technical and tactical knowledge to achieve the highest levels of proficiency and performance in the training of athletes and in the competition circuit.
(k) COPAPUR. — Puerto Rico Paralympic Committee, Inc.
(l) Sports scientist. — A person who has received academic training at a graduate university level (natural, social or physical sciences) from an institution accredited or recognized by the educational authorities of the country, engaged in the study and analysis of the motor control and/or behavior of the human body in athletic or sports activities, and who is able to integrate research, education and the proper application of the concepts of exercise sciences to improve the performance of athletes, while maintaining their optimum state of health.
History —Aug. 17, 2001, No. 119, § 2.