P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 2682
The failure to pay the annual membership fee by any member as of the deadline for such payment established in the bylaws shall entail the suspension of membership in the Association and the suspension of the license to practice rehabilitation counseling, which shall be decreed by the Board upon request by the Association. The procedure for these suspensions shall be established in the bylaws by the Board and its final decision may be reviewed judicially at the request of the person adversely affected thereby, pursuant to the provisions of § 2658 of this title, and in §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”. The person shall not practice rehabilitation counseling for the duration of the suspension, but the Board shall restore it completely once the person pays the total debt. Temporary suspensions or permanent revocations that are final and binding decreed by the Board against any rehabilitation counselor and for the causes established in the code of ethics shall also entail the automatic suspension of the member of the Association for the duration of the suspension or revocation decreed by the Board. For such purposes, the Board shall officially notify in writing all suspension or revocation to the Association within a term of not more than five (5) work days.
History —Aug. 16, 2006, No. 160, § 12.