P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 444b
The Sports and Recreation Department shall have, without limitation, the following functions and powers:
(a) The formulation and implementation of the sports and recreational policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
(b) the planning and organization of the sports and recreational system of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
(c) the definition of guidelines and programs for the policy of promotion and development of sports and recreation in its different levels;
(d) the promotion and organization of sports in all its levels and the tutelage of sports entities under the terms of this chapter and regulations to be enacted;
(e) the regulation of activities related to the practice of sports and the conditions required in sports facilities;
(f) education in sports matters, as well as the granting of licenses that accredit them;
(g) the order, organization and programming of sports for school children, performed in coordination with the Department of Education, in a way that favors and guarantees a quality base sport;
(h) promoting sports and [Puertorican] high-level and high-performance sportspersons;
(i) promoting medical attention for sportspersons;
(j) inspecting the action of the sanctioning authority in sports and recreational matters;
(k) representing Puerto Rico before state and international organizations, without prejudice to the functions and powers of the [Puertorican] Olympic Committee and its affiliated federations, and
(l) granting sports prizes and distinctions.
(m) The promotion, organization, and formulation of an exercise and recreational activity plan for senior citizens throughout Puerto Rico.
History —Jan. 8, 2004, No. 8, § 5, eff. 120 days after Jan. 8, 2004; July 3, 2013, No. 52, § 1.