P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 70
No private person, entity, association, corporation or the Commonwealth Government, or any municipality or other political subdivision, or any department, division, board, agency or instrumentality thereof, with the exception of the Department of the Family, may establish, operate or maintain an establishment for the care of children without holding a license issued by the Department of the Family of Puerto Rico for such purposes.
Any person who cares for one or two children or any person who cares for children who are related by blood or affinity up to the third grade of consanguinity are exempted from complying with this provision.
History —Feb. 15, 1955, No. 3, p. 10, § 3; May 1, 1964, No. 17, p. 53, § 1; June 24, 1968, No. 121, p. 276, § 2; July 6, 1978, No. 18, p. 410, § 1.