P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 555
Any employee of the Bureau of Employment and Migration in employment service activities, and any employee of the United States Employment Service for Veterans of Puerto Rico, who on the effective date of this act does not have employee status within the competitive service and who is appointed to the Puerto Rico Employment Service pursuant to §§ 551—563 of this title shall, within ninety (90) days after receipt of the notice of approval specified by § 554 of this title or, in the case of personnel of the United States Employment Service for Veterans, within ninety (90) days after appointment, be afforded a reasonable opportunity to acquire such status within the competitive service by taking, on a qualifying basis, the examination of the Office of Personnel for the position which he occupied on the date of enactment of this act or for the nearest comparable position. Any employee who, within said ninety (90) days is assigned to a position higher than the one which he occupied on the date of the approval of this act shall, concurrently with or immediately following the said examination, be given an opportunity for promotion to such higher position to which he was assigned, in accordance with the procedure established pursuant to the Personnel Act, Act May 12, 1947, No. 345.
History —Dec. 20, 1950, No. 12, p. 356, § 5.