P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 3124
(a) The Board may institute proceedings under the provisions of this chapter on its own, or through a complaint filed by the interested party.
(b) The person affected by a complaint shall be notified in writing of the nature of the charge or charges filed against him and the date and place that the hearing is to be held before the Board. Said notice shall be made thirty (30) days prior to the date on which the hearing is to be held, and may be delivered personally or by sending a copy of the notice by certified mail with acknowledgment of receipt to his last known address.
(c) If, after having been duly notified, the defendant does not appear at the hearing, the Board may proceed to hear the evidence submitted against him and issue the decision justified by said evidence. If within the thirty (30) days following the notice of the order of the Board the defendant shows that his nonappearance was due to a reasonable and just cause, the Board may reopen the case and allow him to present evidence in his favor.
(d) The decision of the Board to deny, suspend or revoke a license may be reconsidered within the thirty (30) days following the notice of said decision.
(e) Any person adversely affected by the final decision of the Board may request a judicial review before the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico. The corresponding appeal must state the grounds on which said appeal is requested. A copy of said petition shall be delivered to any member of the Board on the same date it is filed, and the Board shall submit a certified copy of the record on which their decision was based to the court.
(f) The regulation, investigation and adjudication procedures that arise before the Board, as well as the judicial review of the final decisions issued thereby, shall be governed in accordance with the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Puerto Rico Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”.
History —June 3, 1983, No. 77, p. 160, § 24; Dec. 20, 1991, No. 110, § 10.