6003

Upon the approval of this act, no physician, surgeon, or osteologist outside of the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may draft or publish advertisements to claim that they are legally qualified to practice telemedicine in Puerto Rico without being duly licensed for said practice, unless they obtain a duly issued license from the Board of Medical Examiners to confirm their compliance with the requirements set forth in referenced Act No. 22 of April 22, 1931.\nThis requirement shall not apply to physicians and osteologists from outside of the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth who are consulted by physicians and osteologists that are duly licensed to practice medicine in Puerto Rico.\nHowever, all physicians and osteologists that are consulted shall be duly authorized to practice medicine in the jurisdiction in which they render their services. Likewise, the institutions represented by the consulted physicians, or that provide their facilities for the consultations, shall have official certifications from the jurisdiction in which they are located.\nHistory —Aug. 11, 1998, No. 227, § 5; Oct. 9, 2000, No. 413, § 3; June 27, 2003, No. 148, § 1.