P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 17
The power of every Examining Board attached to the Department of State to establish through regulations the continuing education requirements shall not be delegated.
Likewise, the duty of every Examining Board attached to the Department of State to certify as providers those educational institutions, professional associations or colleges and any other entity offering continuing education pertinent to the professions regulated by said Boards shall not be delegable.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Examining Boards of the Department of State shall establish General Regulations on Continuing Education that shall function as guidelines for the Boards in drafting their specific regulations by profession. Those General Regulations shall include the basic requirements to be evaluated by every Board in provider certification procedures.
General Regulations shall contain as well provisions that contemplate situations unknown to the professionals who appear before their corresponding Examining Board, such as the shortage of members in the Board. Furthermore, General Regulations shall provide on the role to be played by professional colleges or associations that represent the various groups of licensed professionals at the time the Examining Boards accredit the continuing education providers. It shall be an active role in the evaluation of continuing education regulations of the professional class represented by them, provided that said professional colleges or associations have continuing education divisions or departments. The Board shall take into account the standpoints of professional colleges or associations in drafting specific regulations.
The General Regulations shall provide that being accredited by any higher education accrediting body shall not be an essential requirement to be certified as provider. Likewise, it shall provide that the certification as continuing education provider shall be effective for five (5) years.
History —Aug. 5, 1991, No. 41, added as § 8 on Dec. 13, 2007, No. 189, § 1; Aug. 4, 2008, No. 152, § 1.