P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 3410
Every person who aspires to practice the profession of respiratory care technician in Puerto Rico must meet the following requirements:
(a) Submit official written evidence as to:
(1) Having graduated from a respiratory therapy program approved by the Council on Higher Education, the Department of Education or from a foreign school accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Respiratory Therapy Education of the American Medical Association.
(2) Having formal and practical training in a program duly approved by the Council on Higher Education, the Department of Education or by the Joint Review Committee on Respiratory Therapy Education.
(3) Have approved as minimum of sixty-two (62) college credits at an institution accredited by the Council on Higher Education, the Department of Education, with twelve hundred (12,000) [sic] contact hours, or by the Joint Review Committee on Respiratory Therapy Education, among which he shall have approved the following subject matters: anatomy, physiology, microbiology, physics, biology, mathematics, and chemistry. This provision shall apply only to those applicants who request their license for the first time, eighteen (18) months after the date of approval of this act.
(b) Be eighteen (18) years of age.
(c) File a duly sworn application before the Board on the printed form provided by the Board for such purposes.
(d) Present two (2) certificates from persons of known moral solvency recommending him as a person who enjoys a good reputation in the community and as a bona fide resident of Puerto Rico.
(e) Approve the examinations given by the Board.
(f) Pay the fees provided hereinbelow.
(g) Practice in the public service for a period of one (1) year wherever the Secretary of Health determines that his services are most needed and useful, through a special authorization issued to such effects pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 79 of June 28, 1978.
(h) Be a person of good repute, attested by a negative criminal record issued by the Police of Puerto Rico and any other credentials established by the Board through regulations.
History —June 4, 1987, No. 24, p. 69, § 11.