Colegio de Biólogos del Perú

This college accepts only graduates in biology that have opted to be licensed through a special inter-university procedure called Licenciatura.

[2] According to Peruvian law, to work as a professional biologist one must be registered and be a dues-paying active member of the Colegio de Biólogos del Perú.

In 2006, Peruvian Congress passed Law 28847[3] that regulates the work of biologists and requires them to be duly registered in the Colegio de Biólogos del Perú to work for government, academia or the private world.

Past National Deans are Isabel Martos, Soledad Osorio, Sandro Chavez, Magdalena Pavlich, and Damisela Coz.

The present National Dean is Ernesto Bustamante elected in April 2007 to serve the term 2007–2009.