P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 444u
(1) The Department shall address in the first instance:
(a) Controversies in sports matters, without detriment to those that are under the jurisdiction of the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee;
(b) any matter related to the granting of rights, licenses or fines that have been imposed during the use of the powers conferred by this chapter, and
(c) any matter that is brought up through a complaint, request or petition that is under the Department’s jurisdiction.
(2) For such purposes, the Secretary may name examining officers to preside over adjudication procedures, who shall have authority to:
(a) Administer oaths and take declarations.
(b) Issue summons and require the presentation of reports, books, papers and documents deemed necessary to perform his/her functions.
(c) To receive the pertinent evidence and to rule on it.
(d) To take depositions or to order them taken.
(e) To conduct public hearings and to preside over them.
(f) To conduct and to preside over preliminary conferences for the clarification and simplification of matters under dispute.
(g) To rule on motions and procedural or similar matters.
(h) To recommend decisions to the Secretary.
It shall be the duty of the examining officers, once the matter is submitted to their consideration, to prepare a report for the Secretary with the recommended decision. The report must contain a summary of all the evidence received, a narrative of the conclusions of fact and of law in accordance with the evidence received, the facts and the applicable law.
The final decision, signed by the Secretary, must be issued in writing, within ninety (90) days after the hearings are concluded and it shall mention the right to request a reconsideration.
History —Jan. 8, 2004, No. 8, § 24, eff. 120 days after Jan. 8, 2004.