P.R. Laws tit. 27, § 2108
Any person who establishes, works, administers, or operates an ambulance service without the authorization or license referred to in this chapter, or who poses as an ambulance driver, an ambulance attendant, or an emergency technician without having the proper authorization or license issued by the Secretary of Health or the Public Service Commission, and any person who violates any of the provisions hereof or of the regulations or orders issued by the Public Service Commission and the Secretary of Health hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon than five hundred dollars ($500).
In addition to the foregoing, any ambulance driver who unlawfully or without their being a medical emergency activates the whistles, sirens of any kind, or bells installed in the ambulance shall be subject to the suspension of his/her authorization to drive ambulances issued by the Commission for a term of thirty (30) calendar days for the first infraction. In the event of a second infraction, the Public Service Commission may, in its discretion, revoke such authorization permanently.
The penalties provided for herein shall be additional to any other applicable punishment under the provisions of §§ 5001 et seq. of Title 9, known as the “Puerto Rico Vehicle and Traffic Act”, and any other existing law or regulation.”
History —July 23, 1974, No. 225, Part 2, p. 168, § 8; Dec. 7, 2010, No. 187, § 1.