P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 2191
(a) Powers. — The College shall have power:
(1) To subsist perpetually under that name, to sue and be sued as a juridical person.
(2) To have and use a seal which it may alter at will.
(3) To adopt the canons of professional ethics which shall govern the conduct of nutritionists and dietitians.
(4) To investigate the complaints filed under oath with respect to the conduct of its members; and upon hearing where the interested party shall be given an opportunity to defend himself, if cause be found, it may request the intervention of the Board of Examiners for the appropriate action. Nothing provided herein shall be interpreted in the sense of limiting the power of the Board of Examiners to begin in its own initiative the investigations it may deem necessary.
(5) To acquire rights and properties, both personal and real, through donation, legacy, contributions from its own members, purchase or otherwise, and to possess, mortgage, lease and dispose of same in any legal way.
(6) To appoint its directors and officers or officials.
(7) To adopt its bylaws, which shall be binding on all its members and to amend same in the form established therein.
(8) To protect its members in the exercise of their profession.
(9) To exercise such incidental powers as may be necessary or advisable for the purposes of its creation and which are not in conflict with this chapter.
(b) Duties. — The College shall have the following obligations or duties:
(1) To work towards the improvement of the dietetics and nutritionists working conditions in Puerto Rico in all its phases.
(2) To promote the enlargement of nutritional and dietetic knowledge among the members for their professional improvement through an intensive program of education.
(3) To promote the relations among dietitians, nutritionists and other allied field personnel in Puerto Rico and other countries for the purpose of working in coordination toward the attainment of common objectives.
(4) To offer guidance to the community on different aspects of nutrition for the purpose of improving the nutritional conditions of our people.
(5) To raise and maintain the dignity of the profession and of its members.
(6) To defend the rights and immunities of nutritionists and dietitians.
(7) To prepare the reports that the Government may request relative to nutrition and dietetic matters.
History —May 31, 1972, No. 82, p. 190, § 11, eff. 6 months after May 31, 1972.