P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 624
Any person shall be entitled to a license to practice the agronomy profession in Puerto Rico who is of legal age, a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident in the United States, and a resident of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Provided, That the requirement to be a U.S. citizen shall not apply to persons who have pursued in its entirety and received their corresponding degree in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, insofar as the courses approved and the institution where they pursued studies meet the requirements of this chapter, and provided, that the applicants also comply with one of the following requirements:
(1) To hold a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (B.A.S.) title or degree conferred by a university or college recognized and accredited by the entity with jurisdiction and validated by the Board of Examiners of Agronomists.
(2) To hold a title or degree of bachelor of science (B.S.) granted by an institution recognized by the Council on Higher Education specializing in agronomy, soils, horticulture or phytotechny, agricultural or forestal engineering, zootechny, forestry or dasonomy, agricultural economy or agrobusiness management, agricultural education or agricultural extension, food technology, agromechanical technology, biosystems, sustainable agriculture, crop protection, herbology, nematology, entomology and/or phytopatology. Consideration shall likewise be given to specializations directly related to agricultural science and which may be conferred in the future, conducive to a similar title or degree, granted by a higher education institution at university level which is recognized by the Council on Higher Education of Puerto Rico.
(3) To hold a title or degree of bachelor of ordinary or natural science (B.S.) conferred by an institution recognized by the Council on Higher Education, having approved not less than forty (40) credits at the bachelor degree level, in formal courses of the same specialization of the agricultural sciences mentioned above, as well as the basic subjects of: general or inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry or biochemistry (may be substituted by environmental chemistry, agricultural chemistry, food chemistry, or other chemistry-related subjects), physics, mathematics (may be substituted by statistics), edaphology (may be substituted by soil science or geology), general biology (may be substituted by botanical science or zoology).
(4) To hold a title or degree of bachelor of ordinary or natural science (B.S.) conferred by a university institution recognized by the Council on Higher Education of Puerto Rico and a master’s or doctorate title or degree in a specialization of the agricultural sciences described above.
History —Apr. 9, 1941, No. 20, p. 360, § 4; June 21, 1971, No. 55, p. 180, § 2; renumbered as § 5 and amended on Dec. 13, 2006, No. 265, § 3; July 16, 2010, No. 79, § 1.