P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 759
The Puerto Rico Architects Association shall have the following duties and obligations:
(a) To contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of the Puerto Rican community.
(b) To promote the well-being of the Puerto Rican community and watch over its interests.
(c) To promote the beautification and the environmental, physical and social improvement of the Puerto Rican community.
(d) To contribute to the advancement of architecture and related trades and industries in Puerto Rico.
(e) To represent the professional class before the Commonwealth and the Puerto Rican community.
(f) To promote the progress of culture, the arts, social and physical sciences and technology, especially in connection with architecture.
(g) To safeguard the rights and insure that the members fulfill their responsibilities in all that concerns the practice of their profession.
(h) To collaborate with the Legislature and the Government Agencies regarding the regulation of the profession of architecture.
(i) To promote and establish a relationship with the Engineers and Surveyors Institute created by §§ 731—743 of this title through the Joint Committee as established in § 757 of this title and with professional, national and international institutions with similar pursuits within determined rules of courtesy and community of interests.
(j) To advise the Commonwealth on matters of their specialty and render the reports and opinions that the Commonwealth may require.
(k) To perform their duties in committees, render reports, offer counsel, and carry out other actions in adequate representation of the public interest, when these activities are directed to the community and the Commonwealth.
(l) To promote and put into effect the Precepts of Professional Ethics.
(m) To make statements regarding their specialty on matters of public interest.
(n) To keep the spirit of professional self-improvement alive in their members by means of continuing education programs and other programs of professional interest.
(o) To establish and maintain a professional library which will also be open to the general public.
(p) To collaborate with the universities and technological institutions of the country for the advancement of education.
(q) To take cognizance of the outstanding or meritorious professional achievements and the effective collaboration of the members towards the Association, the profession and the Puerto Rican community.
(r) To strengthen the spirit of membership and encourage the development of an extensive and stable professional conscience.
(s) To promote fraternal relationships [among] its members.
(t) To promote any other mechanism that is in harmony with the purposes of the institution and the rights and duties conferred upon it by law.
History —July 6, 1978, No. 96, p. 284, § 9.