P.R. Laws tit. 10, § 2347
The operator shall obtain the application for an operating license at the Department of Consumer Affairs. After completing it, he/she shall submit it, including the Internal Revenue vouchers that the Department establishes by regulations.
The Department of Consumer Affairs shall have ten (10) days to evaluate the application after it is duly completed and filed in order to issue or deny the license. If the operating license is granted by the Department, it shall assign it an identification number that shall be displayed in the place where the discount market is held.
If the Department denies the license, it shall so notify the applicant in writing. In such notice, the Department shall inform the applicant that he/she must appear at a hearing to state the reasons why the license should not be denied. If after the hearing the Department upholds its determination to deny the application, the applicant may file a request for reconsideration with the Department within twenty (20) days following the notice of denial, pursuant to the provisions of the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”, §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3.
History —Dec. 12, 1993, No. 126, § 8; Aug. 12, 1994, No. 66, § 1; July 30, 1999, No. 176, § 5; Feb. 18, 2011, No. 16, § 5.