P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 360b
Within one hundred and eighty (180) days as of the approval of this act, the Secretary shall be responsible for establishing a regulation for the procedures of evaluation and certification of entities issuing certificates. Furthermore, the Secretary shall have the authority to designate an interdisciplinary team which shall advise him/her on the certification procedures and the development of a curriculum for the certification of the providers.
The regulations shall contain information on the parameters to be required to the institutions interested in providing training services for issuing the training certificates, which shall include the basic knowledge of the persons who work in the different establishments; develop assessment guidelines; evaluate institutions interested in offering training certificates; issue certifications to those entities that meet the requirements established in the regulations; conduct periodical visits every year for monitoring the certified entities; orient the general public on the selection criteria and the content of the courses; and investigate complaints filed against training services providers.
History —June 22, 1977, No. 94, p. 209, added as § 12 on Aug. 4, 2008, No. 157, § 3.