P.R. Laws tit. 1, § 508

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§ 508. Educational institutions

Public or private institutions that offer and render higher education services may not discriminate against qualified disabled persons with physical, mental or sensory limitations; Provided, That they must make the arrangements and adopt those affirmative measures which shall insure an equal educational opportunity to students with physical, mental, or sensory disabilities. To those effects it is provided that:

(a) They must not limit the number of persons with physical, mental, or sensory disabilities that may be admitted.

(b) They must not use tests that discriminate against persons with physical, mental, or sensory disabilities.

(c) They shall not carry out pre-admission investigations with regard to a person with physical, mental, or sensory disabilities, except to correct the effects of past discrimination or to combat the effects of conditions that limit participation.

(d) They shall not use any test or admission criteria which has a substantially adverse effect on persons with physical, mental, or sensory disabilities, unless it has been validated as a forecaster of academic success, and when there are no alternate tests available.

History —July 2, 1985, No. 44, p. 155, § 8, renumbered as § 10 and amended on Dec. 20, 1991, No. 105, § 10.