P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 251b
The Commission shall have power to:
(a) Promulgate, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the control of sources of ionizing radiation.
(b) Provide, and it shall provide, through rules or regulations, everything concerning the granting of general or specific licenses in relation with by-product material, source material and special nuclear material, or devices or equipment using such materials. Such rules or regulations shall contain provisions on the causes and procedure for amending, suspending or revoking such licenses.
(c) Require, through rules or regulations, the registration of or the licensing for other sources of ionizing radiation.
(d) Exempt certain sources of ionizing radiation, or certain uses, or certain classes of persons using certain classes of sources of ionizing radiation, from the registration or the licensing requirements referred to by this section, whenever the Commission shall find that the exemption of such sources of ionizing radiation, or of such uses, or of such persons using such sources, does not constitute a significant risk to public health and safety.
(e) Recognize, through rules or regulations, state or federal licenses, subject to such requirements as the Commission may establish through such rules or regulations.
(f) Maintain, and it shall maintain, a register of all licenses granted by the Commission and of all sources of ionizing radiation registered with the Commission.
(g) Vest in the Department of Health and the Department of Labor and Human Resources the responsibility of determining compliance with or violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules or regulations hereunder, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The Department of Health shall be responsible for the regulatory control of sources of ionizing radiation used in the healing arts (medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, chiropractic, osteopathy, and podiatry, among others), commercial establishments, educational institutions, and/or in any place or situation in which the safety of the public health may be affected.
(2) The Department of Labor and Human Resources shall be responsible for the regulatory control of sources of ionizing radiation used in industry and industrial research or testing laboratories, or in any place or situation where the worker’s safety may be affected in accordance with Act No. 112 of May 5, 1939.
(3) Overlapping in the work of the Department of Health and the Department of Labor and Human Resources related with the control of sources of ionizing radiation shall be reduced to a minimum.
History —June 24, 1965, No. 79, p. 182, § 3; Mar. 27, 1967, No. 7, p. 155, § 1.