P.R. Laws tit. 10, § 4035
The registry policy requirements shall not apply to the following:
(a) A person making telephone calls to the home of a citizen with the sole purpose of conducting a survey or to request the expression of ideas and opinions, or for political or religious reasons.
(b) A securities broker or investment consultant who is duly registered in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a securities broker, provided the purpose of the call is to sell this type of securities.
(c) A financial institution authorized to accept deposits which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Shares and Deposits Insurance Corporation for Cooperative Savings and Credit Unions (PROSAD, in Spanish), in the case of cooperative savings and credit unions located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) An insurance company or other organization authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico by the Insurance Commissioner.
(e) A college or university institution, duly approved by the Council on Higher Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United States Department of Education.
(f) Person or entity that publishes a catalogue with a minimum of 15 pages three times per year, and with a minimum circulation of at least 100,000 catalogues, clearly stating prices, shipping and handling costs, and other charges.
(g) An instrumentality of the Government of the United States, any state, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico itself.
(h) A duly licensed real estate broker, when the telephone call is only to exercise the duties for which same is duly licensed.
(i) Any travel agency that is duly registered in the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico when the purpose of the call is to sell travel offers.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 210, § 7.