P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 9017a
Authorized professionals or practitioners of other licensed professions in construction-related fields must have at least five (5) years of experience, after having obtained their licenses or certifications and admitted or qualified into the practice of their respective professions in Puerto Rico, in such fields or areas as established by regulation. They must as well be current in the payment of their corresponding professional association membership fees and take such courses and pass such examination as the Office of the Chief Permit Inspector may determine through regulation.
Furthermore, authorized professionals must receive skill-building training and accreditation by the Office of the Chief Permit Inspector. Likewise, such Office shall establish, as part of skill-building training courses, the green design guidelines that are to be set forth in the Joint Permit Regulation.
In order to receive such authorization, authorized professionals shall pay an annual registration fee pursuant to the regulation to be adopted by the Chief Permit Inspector and show evidence of having posted a bond whose amount is to be established by the Office of the Chief Permit Inspector. Such authorization shall be effective for two (2) years and the renewal application shall be submitted thirty (30) days before its expiration date or earlier, for which applicants shall include evidence that they meet any requirement that applies to the practice of their profession in Puerto Rico. If any authorized professional’s authorization to practice his/her profession in Puerto Rico should lapse for any reason, or if his/her authorization under this chapter should be suspended by the Office of the Chief Permit Inspector, such professional shall be immediately barred from continuing to issue the authorizations described in §§ 9017 et seq. of this title. Any permit issued under such circumstances shall be void ab initio.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 7.2.