P.R. Laws tit. 10, § 2307
The regulations adopted by the Department shall specify, among others, the following requirements that must be met by student boarding house businesses:
(a) Adequate physical facilities, sanitary conditions of the locale and neighborhood and ventilation provided in keeping with the services offered and the number of students it serves.
(b) Safety measures against fires, and other protection measures such as public liability insurance or bonds, that are necessary for the health and well being of the students.
(c) Accessibility to the teaching institutions and means of transportation needed by the students to attend their classes and other educational activities.
(d) Health requirements to be met by the person who operates the business, his/her agents, persons in charge or employees.
(e) Health requirements that must be taken into account for the acceptance of the students in the boarding house.
(f) Quality and conditions of the services that are rendered.
(g) Every lease contract shall contain a clause certifying that the student boarding house complies with all the provisions contained in this chapter, and with regulations of the Department of Consumer Affairs for Student Boarding House Businesses. In addition, it shall certify that the lessee has been duly informed about the availability of the act and the regulations and the advantages of reviewing and discussing both documents at the time of the execution of said contract.
The requirements listed in this section shall apply to any apartment identified by the Department as a single unit, which is sublet as an individual student boarding unit. Likewise, the provisions of § 341 l of Title 3, part of the act known as the “Organic Act of the Department of Consumer Affairs” shall apply thereto.
History —Aug. 22, 1990, No. 48, p. 196, § 8; Aug. 9, 1998, No. 213, § 1; Jan. 23, 2006, No. 31, § 1, eff. 90 days after Jan. 23, 2006.