P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 1040
The Board may refuse a license, after due notice and hearing, to any person who:
(1) Tries to obtain a license by means of fraud or deceit.
(2) Does not meet the requirements to obtain a license as established in this chapter.
(3) Has been declared mentally unfit by a competent court; or whose unfitness has been established by medical experts before the Board. The same may be granted as soon as the person has again been declared fit.
(4) Is a drug addict or habitual drunkard. The same may be granted as soon as said person proves to be fit.
The Board may suspend or revoke a license, after due notice and hearing, to any person who:
(1) Has been declared mentally unfit by a competent court; or whose unfitness has been established by medical experts before the Board. Same may be reinstated as soon as the person has again been declared fit.
(2) Is a drug addict or habitual drunkard. The same may be reinstated as soon as said person proves to be fit.
(3) Has been convicted of a felony or any other offense which implies moral turpitude.
(4) Has, in the judgment of the Board, incurred a violation of the Code of Ethics of the profession, or negligence in his/her practice as occupational therapist or as assistant in occupational therapy.
(5) Has obtained a license by means of fraud or deceit.
(6) Holds a license as assistant in occupational therapy and exercises the functions and duties corresponding to an occupational therapist.
(7) Holds a license as assistant in occupational therapy and practices as such without being under the supervision of a licensed occupational therapist, as established in this chapter.
(8) Gives a false testimony to benefit any person who has requested the revalidation examination or in any investigation of complaints presented before said Board for violations of the provisions of this chapter and its regulations.
(9) Alters or falsifies any document or material with the malicious intent of deceiving the members of the Board in the performance of their official duties.
(10) Does not comply with the continuing education and registration requirement provided in §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24.
All regulation, investigation and adjudication proceedings that arise before the Board, as well as the judicial review of the final decisions issued [by] it, shall be governed by the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Puerto Rico Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”.
History —June 26, 1968, No. 137, p. 325, § 10, renumbered as § 9 and amended on June 24, 1971, No. 89, p. 304, § 1; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 113, § 8.