P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 5056a
Any person who is authorized to operate a motorcycle in Puerto Rico shall meet the following requirements:
(a) Be physically and mentally fit to do so.
(b) Be eighteen (18) years of age.
(c) Be an authorized motor vehicle driver.
(d) Have received a training to operate motorcycles and on the provisions of the Puerto Rico Vehicle and Traffic Act, this chapter, in the places designated and authorized by the Secretary, and that said training is provided by instructors duly certified by the Secretary or his/her authorized representatives. This training shall be required only if the person fails to obtain the minimum score needed to pass the theoretical or practical test in the first attempt.
(e) Have passed a theoretical and practical exam offered by the instructors of the Office of the Director of Driver’s Services (DISCO, Spanish acronym) duly certified by the Secretary in an area designated and authorized by the latter, and consequently obtain, a certification of approval from the instructor.
(f) Any person who, for tourist purposes, is interested in renting, or rent motorcycles through an authorized company or business in the Island Municipalities of Culebra or Vieques, to be used exclusively in said jurisdictions, shall be exempt from meeting the requirements of subsections (d) and (e) of this section. The rental and use of a motorcycle is nontransferable and unassignable.
This exception shall only be effective within the first thirty (30) days after arriving to the Island Municipalities of Culebra and Vieques.
The motorcycle rental company or business in the jurisdictions of Culebra and Vieques shall require the lessee to meet, and the lessee shall meet the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section.
The company or business shall be required to state in writing and verbally the usual road safety warnings, in accordance with this chapter.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, added as § 3.06A on Aug. 10, 2007, No. 107, § 3; July 29, 2011, No. 166, § 1, eff. 60 days after July 29, 2011.