P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 971
Any licensed master plumber or journeyman who wishes to engage the full or part-time practice thereof as an independent contractor, shall register in the Department of Consumer Affairs and pay a bond in said Department, whose amount shall be determined on the basis of the corresponding regulations. The registration and renewal fees shall be those required in the Consumer Affairs Regulations. The Master Plumbers and Journeymen Association shall provide a list each year, to the Department of Consumer Affairs, the names of all persons to whom a license and membership has been issued for the practice of this trade. This list shall include the membership number, date of issue and expiration, and specifications of any disciplinary action taken by the College against any of its members, and any other pertinent information. Every licensed master plumber and journeyman shall submit evidence annually before the Department that their license is in effect, and that, because he is engaged in the full or part time practice as an independent contractor, they have a bond in effect to guarantee the proper performance of their work. The funds generated by said registration shall be covered into a special fund of the Department of Consumer Affairs to be used to set up this section. The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs is hereby authorized to promulgate the necessary regulations and/or amend the existing ones to set up and comply with this section. Provided, That professional master plumbers and journeymen employed as such, in government or private enterprise, as well as those who do not render than professional services as independent contractors, shall not have to register in the Department of Consumer Affairs.
History —May 4, 1939, No. 88, p. 496, added as § 29 on Feb. 27, 2002, No. 38, § 7; Aug. 10, 2004, No. 207, § 10.