P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 711e
The Board shall offer licensure examinations at least once a year to determine the capacity of every applicant who meets the requirements established in this §§ 711–711z of this title for the issuing of certificates or licenses to practice the profession of engineer, surveyor, architect or landscape architect, as the case may be.
Any person who does not pass the licensure examination on the first attempt shall have the opportunity to retake said examination five (5) months after the date of the first examination. Those persons who fail on two (2) consecutive occasions shall be entitled to retake the examination, provided they meet the requirements established by the Board in its regulations for such purposes. Engineers and surveyors shall take both the fundamentals and the principles and practice exams.
The Board may offer the fundamentals exams to engineering or surveying students who need fewer than thirty-two (32) credit hours to complete graduation requirements. The pertinent procedure shall be established in the regulations of the Board.
The engineering, surveying, architecture and landscape architecture examinations shall be conducted in accordance with the rules established by the Board and shall include those matters, subjects and skills it may deem convenient for evaluation purposes.
The regulations of the Board shall provide for the applicant to receive an orientation, prior to appearing for the examination, that will familiarize him/her with the revalidation procedure, the norms that govern its administration, the type of examination and the method of evaluation thereof. To such effect, the Board shall prepare and publish a handbook containing the above information and shall make copies available to the persons allowed to take the revalidation examination upon the payment of a ten-dollar ($10) Internal Revenue voucher.
The Board may revise the cost of this revalidation handbook from time to time, based on the expense incurred in its preparation and publication, but the amount to be charged shall not exceed the real cost of such expense.
The Board shall adopt standards to guarantee that those persons who fail any revalidation examination have the right to examine their answer sheet, receive a breakdown of the points obtained per question, discipline or subject matter, as the case may be, and request the reconsideration of the grade obtained in their examination. The type and form of the examination shall be according to the provisions of the regulations of the Board.
History —Aug. 12, 1988, No. 173, p. 797, § 7, renumbered as § 9 and amended on Dec. 26, 1997, No. 185, § 9; Aug. 20, 2012, No. 190, § 3.