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Any member who ceases to exercise the profession of optician to engage in other activities, retire from professional practice, or to leave Puerto Rico shall continue to be a member of the Association by means of the provisions set forth in this chapter or may otherwise submit a request to cease to be a member to the Board of Directors. Any member who chooses said [option] shall not be bound to pay membership fees during the term of voluntary inactivity, but neither shall same exercise the profession nor enjoy the Association membership benefits.The member shall also notify the Board of Examiners including a copy of the inactivation notice and request for the license to be likewise inactivated during the same term, and said member shall not be able to return to the exercise of the profession nor to the membership until said license is reactivated and the required memberships are paid. There shall be no effectiveness from any inactivation request which has not been sent to notify the Board of Examiners. History —Sept. 3, 2003, No. 245, § 12.