P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 2097
The Board may deny, suspend, cancel or revoke a dental technologist’s license or impose a probatory period, if upon notice and hearing it is determined that the candidate or holder of a license has incurred any of the following practices:
(1) Engages in habitual use of drugs or intoxicating liquor.
(2) Has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude and it is shown that the crime for which he/she was convicted is substantially related to the qualifications, functions and duties of the dental technologist’s profession.
(3) Has obtained or attempted to obtain a license through deceit, fraud, false pretenses or impersonation.
(4) Has been negligent or irresponsible in the performance of his/her duties as a dental technologist.
(5) Has committed acts constituting unfair competition within the practice of dental technology, as the term “unfair competition” is defined in the regulations of the Board.
(6) Commits any act prohibited by § 2098 of this title.
(7) Has been declared mentally unfit by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(8) Gives a false statement to benefit a person who has requested the revalidation examination, or in any investigation of complaints filed before said Board for violations of the provisions of this chapter and its regulations.
(9) Alters or forges any document or material with the malicious intention of deceiving the members of the Board in the performance of his/her official duties.
(10) Fails to comply with the requirement regarding continuing education and registration provided in §§ 3001 et seq. of Title 24.
The decision of the Board denying, suspending or revoking a license, may be reconsidered within thirty (30) days following the notice of this decision. The final decision may be reviewed by the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico by petition of aggrieved party.
All the regulation, investigation and adjudication procedures that may arise before the Board, as well as the judicial review of the final decisions that it issues, shall be governed pursuant to what is established in §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as “Uniform Administrative Procedure Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 97, p. 326, § 7; Dec. 3, 1990, No. 19, p. 1483, § 7.