P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 251a

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§ 251a. License—Reciprocity

The Board shall have authority to establish a system of reciprocity and, in this case, it may issue physical therapist or physiotherapist or physical therapist assistant licenses to any person who presents evidence before the Board that he has been duly licensed to practice as such, upon examination by a competent organization therefor in any state of the United States, and who further proves that the academic and examination requirements he had to comply with to obtain said license are not lower than those required at the time in Puerto Rico by the Board. He shall also prove that the state concerned grants a similar kind of license to persons holding licenses issued by the Board in accordance with our statute. The applicant shall pay the corresponding fees as prescribed by § 245 of this title and shall meet the other requirements under the law and regulations that the Board may promulgate.

History —June 29, 1962, No. 114, p. 359, added as § 11 on May 28, 1970, No. 41, p. 97, § 3; May 30, 1976, No. 79, p. 245, § 1.