P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 6004
The [issuance] of a license under the provisions of this chapter to any physician who practices surgery or osteologist, shall be construed to bind said surgeon or osteologist to the jurisdiction of the Board of Medical Examiners in all matters related to his/her medical practice and to any legislation or regulations related to said profession; and, he/she shall also be subject to any disciplinary sanction that could be imposed on him/her, and, likewise, it shall be construed that holding a license under this chapter binds the physician, surgeon or osteologist to the jurisdiction of the Justice Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It shall be construed that any physician who practices surgery or osteologist, to whom a license is issued under the provisions of this chapter, has agreed to produce any medical record or any materials or reports, as requested by the Board of Examiners, and/or to appear before the Board of Examiners or any Committee thereof within the term established by the Board of Examiners, after having been duly notified in writing to such effects. Said request shall be issued by the Board of Examiners pursuant to any complaint filed or investigation initiated, and when the records, materials or reports are pertinent to resolve such a complaint or investigation.
The Board of Examiners may revoke or suspend the license of any physician who practices surgery or osteologist who refuses to appear before the Board or to produce the aforementioned records, materials or reports. It shall be construed that such revoking or suspension constitutes a disciplinary sanction for the purpose of any notice to any Board of Examiners or information system.
History —Aug. 11, 1998, No. 227, § 6, eff. 60 days after Aug. 11, 1998.